Reading Time: 2 minutesTogether, two U of O STEM students have started a club whose focus is mainly on machine learning and AI, which are major subtopics within data science.
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteScott Michael, the student in question, is entering his first year in finance at the Telfer School of Management at the U of O. The incident began when a GPS system error navigated the Michael family from their home in Brampton, Ont to the Kansas town, rather than Canada’s capital.
Reading Time: 7 minutes“The reason in question is that if all parties in a discussion have the freedom to speak their ideas without punishment, this prevents proponents of reprehensible ideas from becoming martyrs,” writes Quinn Sam, a second-year political science and economy student.
Reading Time: 4 minutesAlthough Justice Grant Huscroft clearly showed that the provincial government contravened the “University Acts” by infringing on universities’ autonomy with the SCI, is this really the final nail in the coffin for the policy, or will the government be stubborn and drag taxpayers in an even longer battle with Ontario’s university students?
Reading Time: < 1 minuteVaccination will be opened exclusively to Sandy Hill residents aged 12 and over.
Reading Time: 5 minutesThe University of Ottawa’s Board of Governors announced on Monday afternoon that it has cancelled plans to increase tuition by three per cent for out-of-province students. This follows a report on Sunday from the University of Ottawa Students’ Union (UOSU) that the hike, which was first announced in the BOG’s embargoed documents sent to media and members on Friday, had been scrapped.
Reading Time: 2 minutes“Membership has been focused on faculty members since the issues to be looked at have direct impacts on the work being conducted by our professors and researchers,” wrote U of O manager of media relations, Isabelle Mailloux-Pulkinghorn in an email to the Fulcrum.
Reading Time: 2 minutes“They’ve known about the virtual format since we first registered for graduation months ago. There’s no reason they couldn’t have let us know sooner what was going on,” said Rachel Van Lanen, an imminent graduate of the U of O’s theatre program.
Reading Time: 4 minutes“We are still in the preliminary phases but clearly it raises many legal issues and legal challenges. It doesn’t look as if it is a dominant hypothesis right now, but the conversation is going on and the studies are being conducted,” said the U of O’s president.
Reading Time: 3 minutesStéphane Jobin was named Ambassador to the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia and permanent observer to the African Union on Feb. 16.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe course, which will be offered in the spring semester, will be named SCS 4100: Anti-racist Activism in University Settings. It will take place from May 3 to June 12, 2021, on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 4 to 7 p.m.
Reading Time: 3 minutesGood science communication about the pandemic “gives people a reason to be hopeful while also being cautious,” said Cassidy Swanston, the creator of SciComm School Podcast.
Reading Time: 2 minutes“As a soon-to-be graduating nursing student, I’ve come to realize that health sciences programs, although intensive, unquestionably fail to address humans’ interconnectedness with animals and nature, known as the One Health approach. Never once in my classes have we addressed how human health and well-being are intrinsically related to that of the environment,” writes fourth-year University of Ottawa nursing student, Maëla Séguin.
Reading Time: 3 minutesIn an email to students on Tuesday, Frémont pointed to the court of public opinion as the reasoning behind the creation of the committee.
Reading Time: 4 minutesFor the 2021 student election period, the University of Ottawa observed four simultaneous contests for various student political positions — that was way too many at one time.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteSquat the Raccoon and Blueberry the Goose have been elected as co-commissioners for the University of Ottawa Students’ Union’s position of nature and sustainability commissioner.
Reading Time: 3 minutes “[We are] a very unique team — there isn’t any other team like it. Being able to design something that’s supposed to go on another planet,” said Cameron Paul, the co-captain of the University of Ottawa’s Mars Rover Team.
Reading Time: 21 minutesWith the University of Ottawa Students’ Union (UOSU) general election quickly approaching on March 24-27, here’s a look at the candidates running for the faculty of social science seats on the UOSU’s Board of Directors.
Reading Time: 4 minutes“Facebook and Google are not the only good tech companies to work for, there are tons of local tech companies that look for new talent, especially in Ottawa,” said Cameron Thompson, a junior software developer at Magnet Forensics.
Reading Time: 11 minutesWith the University of Ottawa Students’ Union (UOSU) general election quickly approaching on March 24-27, here’s a look at the candidates running in the Board of Governors election.
Reading Time: 4 minutesWith the University of Ottawa Students’ Union (UOSU) general election quickly approaching on March 24-27, here’s a look at the candidates running in the Board of Governors election.
Reading Time: 10 minutesWith the University of Ottawa Students’ Union (UOSU) general election quickly approaching on March 24-27, here’s a look at the candidates running in the Board of Governors election.
Reading Time: 8 minutesWith the University of Ottawa Students’ Union (UOSU) general election quickly approaching on March 24-27, here’s a look at the candidates running in the Board of Governors election.
Reading Time: 4 minutesWith the University of Ottawa Students’ Union (UOSU) general election quickly approaching on March 24-27, here’s a look at the candidate running for the faculty of medicine seat on the University of Ottawa Senate.
Reading Time: 12 minutesWith the University of Ottawa Students’ Union (UOSU) general election quickly approaching on March 24-27, here’s a look at the candidates running for the faculty of social science seat on the University of Ottawa Senate.
