Reading Time: 2 minutesThe women’s basketball team had extra motivation to play hard at the Shoot for the Cure fundraiser game this year. Each season, the Gee-Gees take part in hosting a staple in Canadian University Sport (CIS), the Shoot for the Cure fundraiser for breast cancer awareness and research.
Reading Time: 2 minutesOttawa led for the beginning of the first set, taking advantage of Toronto’s mistakes at the net. But it was Toronto’s attackers that made the difference in the long run, which the Gee-Gees couldn’t respond to consistently. Ottawa went on to win the next two sets, only to fall to Toronto in the final two.
Reading Time: 2 minutesMarc Schryburt wants sports to bring people together on campus. It’s been his dream for 20 years, and as a longtime football coach and sports program manager, he’s finally become the new Gee-Gees director of Sports Services.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThree University of Ottawa professors will share a $1.9-million grant from the federal government to support research on environmental risks.
Reading Time: 2 minutesAmerican author Stanley G. Weinbaum was one of the first writers to introduce the idea of virtual reality in his 1935 novel, Pygmalion’s Spectacles. Eighty years later the fictional technology has found some real-world applications at the University of Ottawa.
Reading Time: 2 minutesStudents at the University of Ottawa are taking teaching into their own hands with the launch of a new tutoring program for the homeless.
Reading Time: 2 minutesGatineau-based activist and artist Aminata Farmo is on a hunger strike for the month of February. She is running an information booth on campus to raise awareness of the often-overlooked extremist organization Boko Haram.
Reading Time: 2 minutesOttawa police have charged a youth with one count of sexual assault and one count of break-and-enter after he entered eight rooms in the Stanton residence at the University of Ottawa in the early hours of Feb. 15
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Student Federation of the University of Ottawa Board of Administration met on Sunday, Feb. 22 for their first meeting since the elections.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteOttawa police have charged a youth with one count of sexual assault and one count of break-and-enter after he entered 8 rooms in a University of Ottawa residence.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe election results of the Student Federation of the University of Ottawa (SFUO) came in early on Feb. 13, with candidates from all three slates to take a seat on next year’s executive.
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Reading Time: 2 minutesAs the year continues to unfold, students at the University of Ottawa are growing increasingly impatient with the lack of futuristic whimsy in their lives.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThirteen years ago, Monia Mazigh was catapulted into the world of human rights activism as she fought for the release of her husband, who was being tortured and held without charge in a Syrian prison.
Reading Time: 2 minutesWhile the economy has recovered significantly since the 2008 recession, the youth unemployment rate in Canada in January was 12.8 per cent, double that of the 6.6 per cent national average.
Ottawa entrepreneurs, Dylan Hunt and Nick Evans decided to take matters into their own hands, by creating a website that would show job hunters more opportunities and employers more applicants.
Reading Time: 2 minutesOttawa man makes first court appearance on terrorism charges A 25-year-old Ottawa man appeared in court facing terrorism charges Feb. 4 after police put out arrest warrants for three local men accused of terrorism-related offences. Awso Peshdary is charged with conspiracy to participate in the activities of a terrorist organization and facilitating the activities of …
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe women’s fencing team presented a strong performance at the Ontario University Athletics (OUA) championships held Jan. 30 at York University.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe Gee-Gee swimming teams had an exceptional weekend Feb. 5–7 at the Ontario University Athletics (OUA) championships, where the men finished fourth and the women in fifth.
Reading Time: 2 minutesU-Pass fees will go up in September as the City of Ottawa approved the continuation of the universal transit program for the 2015–16 academic year and beyond. Students will pay $192.70 a semester starting in the fall, as opposed to the $188 they paid this year.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThis idea that post-secondary education should be about nothing but grades and studying is counterproductive to a student’s healthy social development.
Reading Time: 2 minutesBoth the ABC and Here for Us slates running in the Student Federation of the University of Ottawa (SFUO) general elections are appealing the elections director’s decision to penalize them because of spelling issues on their campaign material.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteDebates were held on Feb. 5 at the SITE cafeteria for the Student Federation of the University of Ottawa presidential and vice-president equity candidate debates. Representatives for and against the Racialized Student Centre also debated.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteLooking back at the history of the Capital Hoops Classic, the Ravens have defeated the Gee-Gees more often than not. With both Gee-Gee basketball teams winning against the Ravens earlier this year, they are set to have an interesting match-up against their cross-town rivals. The Capital Hoops Classic is Friday Feb. 6, beginning with the …
Reading Time: 2 minutesMembers of various federated bodies are fuming after Ikram Hamoud, vice-president social of the Student Federation of the University of Ottawa (SFUO), skipped out on the latest social roundtable.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe University of Ottawa Muslim Students Association (UOMSA) has won a small victory in a fight to acquire more religious space on campus.
