Reading Time: 4 minutesSolutions to the ongoing dearth of student housing on and near the U of O campus will be at the forefront of the election as several candidates intend to pursue a housing strategy.
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Reading Time: 3 minutesA panel held at Carleton University to discuss safe space issues on campus was overshadowed by news of a legal threat issued by the Carleton Undergraduate Student Association (CUSA) and former CUSA president Alexander Golovko regarding an article published on Rabble.ca.
Reading Time: 3 minutesA report by the Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario (HEQCO) suggests that universities are doing a very poor job of assessing the most basic skills of their graduates.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteCarleton students and faculty are hosting a panel in response to the “Fuck Safe Space” Today from 12 to 2 pm. The Graduate Students’ Association (GSA) and faculty members are hosting Building Safe(r) Spaces in the River Building Atrium at Carleton University.
Reading Time: 2 minutesPhil Chiasson encountered his first 3D printer while working at the University of Ottawa’s Bike Co-op. Not much later, his curiosity has led him to answer the environmental question of the modern machine.
Reading Time: 2 minutesResearchers from the University of Ottawa have made an astounding discovery about your morning brew.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe launch of a new program within the Centre for Continuing Education has prompted a discussion about transparency at the University of Ottawa.
Reading Time: 3 minutesA recent proposal to implement landlord licensing in Ottawa has people torn on whether it will make it easier or harder to find affordable housing, especially for students.
Reading Time: 3 minutesOn Sept. 15, the university unveiled a new branding campaign, with the mobilizing slogan “defy the conventional,” aimed at getting people screaming.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteA 26-year-old Carleton student has been banned from all post-secondary campuses after being charged with three counts of sexual assault.
Reading Time: 2 minutesA City of Ottawa development committee has recommended that council approve plans for a new $100 million arts complex, part of which will be used by the University of Ottawa’s theatre department.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Ontario branch of the Canadian Federation of Students (CFS) unanimously voted to boycott Israel at their latest general meeting following ongoing conflicts in the region.
Reading Time: 2 minutesA fish available at your local pet store may hold the secret to how water-based vertebrates were able to climb onto land and evolve into the species—including humans—we know today.
Reading Time: 2 minutesOver the summer months workers have been busy revitalizing the iconic Grande-Allée in front of Tabaret Hall—until work was halted in late August following a striking discovery.
Reading Time: 2 minutesWith an endless number of university clubs and organizations, and an overloaded engineering schedule, Elias Fares wanted a tool to know just what was going on.
Reading Time: 2 minutesLocal tech startups will have an opportunity to meet with global investors, advisors, and panellists at a business networking event to be held at Algonquin College.
Reading Time: 2 minutesA graduate student at the University of Ottawa has a proposal for all those who are afraid to propose.
Reading Time: 2 minutesFor me and countless other like-minded enthusiasts, the beginning of the sports schedule means one thing: the return of soccer.
Reading Time: 6 minutesy leaving the bubble of isolated textbook education, you have the potential to learn from your own friends. It could be about something as simple as a great movie, but it could also be about something as important as astrophysics.
Reading Time: 3 minutes“If nothing else, supply prospective students with all the information they need to make their education decisions—and let that information guide university policy. Graduates will be best able to service the needs of the labour market if we can be confident we are earning degrees in high-demand fields, and program selection and admissions should reflect those realities.”
Reading Time: 2 minutes… the lie that has been perpetuated is that if you go to university, you’ll get a well-paying, white-collar job—as opposed to your non-degree-holding counterparts. The magazine says that according to statistics, a person with a degree should make $1.3 million dollars more throughout their career than someone without one. But as Maclean’s pointed out, that just isn’t happening.
Reading Time: 7 minutesOccasionally an event occurs that can turn life upside down. Whether it’s an illness, divorce, or the death of a loved one, tragedies outside of our control happen, often when we least expect them.
Reading Time: 2 minutesWhat was keeping me at this university now that the free money was gone?
Reading Time: 5 minutesChoosing a school for post-secondary studies is a major decision that comes with its own unique challenges for each individual.
Reading Time: 3 minutesGARY GOODYEAR, MINISTER of state for science and technology, visited the University of Ottawa on March 13 to announce $124.5 million being invested in bringing leading researchers to Canada and building infrastructure for research to foster. This investment funds 136 Canada research chairs across the nation, including a renewal of five chairs at the U …
