Reading Time: 2 minutesFrom Oct. 14 to 15, the semi-annual deCODE: Hackathon will be returning to the University of Ottawa, this time with a few changes—namely, a smaller group of participants to boost competition.
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Reading Time: 2 minutesAfter starting the season with a perfect 9–0–0 record, the Gee-Gees women’s soccer team underwent a minor setback with a pair of ties.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThis year’s event showcased zombies from all walks of life, ranging from the graphically gory to the whimsical.
Reading Time: 2 minutesOn Sept. 28, the Student Federation of the University of Ottawa (SFUO) released its first mobile app for students at the University of Ottawa, with the purpose of connecting individual students to the larger U of O community.
Reading Time: 2 minutesWith a large crowd on hand at the Minto Sports Complex, the Gee-Gees battled the American Hockey League’s Binghamton Senators hard, eventually leading to a 3–2 loss.
Reading Time: 2 minutesAs playoffs begin looming on the horizon for the Gee-Gees women’s rugby team, they are hitting postseason form at the perfect time.
Reading Time: 3 minutesFor the third consecutive year, the Carleton Ravens football team entered the annual battle for Pedro as the underdog, only to find a way to come up victorious.
Reading Time: 2 minutesFor the Gee-Gees cheerleading team, many of their fellow athletes have been struggling to get recognition for their entire lives.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThis November, the Royal Society of Canada (RSC), the oldest scholarly group in the country, will be welcoming University of Ottawa history professor Dr. Chad Gaffield into their midst as their new president.
Reading Time: 8 minutesWhat kinds of advantages does this kind of environment provide students, particularly in terms of educational value?
Reading Time: 2 minutesWhen asked about what he thought about the wall’s erection, Richard Head, a first-year sociology student, replied: “Haha, erection.”
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe University of Ottawa’s Club du droit de la Terre (Environmental Law Club) has been making active changes on campus as of late. They recently started a faculty campaign to ban the use of throwaway cutlery and plates, and instead opt for reusable, biodegradable replacements.
Reading Time: 2 minutesOn Sept. 7 the provincial government announced that it will be providing funding to a number of projects in Ottawa, 28 of which are based in the University of Ottawa.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThis is not to say that the university should mandate that all classes must use open textbooks, as that would be untenable at this point. However, there are concrete steps that can be taken.
Reading Time: 4 minutesLooking back on decades of the best rivalry in Canadian collegiate athletics.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings for 2017 were recently published, giving the University of Ottawa its lowest ever performance, between a band of 251-300 out of 980 universities worldwide.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThis is the second year in a row that over 200 U of O students were awarded this honour.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe meeting covered a wide range of topics, from finances to the recent Student Academic Success Service (SASS) security breach.
Reading Time: 2 minutesAs a result of the breakup, U of O president Jacques Frémont officially cancelled classes, calling for a campus-wide week of mourning instead.
Reading Time: 2 minutesPast the halfway point in their regular season, the Gee-Gees are undefeated with a perfect 9-0-0 record.
Reading Time: 3 minutesOn Sept. 17, the Canadian Association for Equality (CAFE) hosted their first national conference at the Ottawa city hall, where they were met with opposition from the Revolutionary Student Movement (RSM).
Reading Time: 2 minutesWhile no all-star athlete can claim they had an easy road to competing among the elite, this is especially true for U of O alumnus and Paralympic bronze medalist rower Andrew Todd.
Reading Time: 2 minutesInstituting mandatory Indigenous history classes would help ensure students are prepared to make equitable decisions as they start the next chapter of their lives.
Reading Time: 3 minutesOn the evening of Sept. 21 the University of Ottawa announced that it was investigating an external hard drive that went missing earlier this month, which contains information on approximately 900 students.
Reading Time: 3 minutesDespite it only being an exhibition matchup, the win speaks volumes to the quality of team the Gee-Gees can expect to be this year.
