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Reading Time: 5 minutesAs we approach a new cycle of student union elections, I wanted to share some thoughts about how the University of Ottawa Students’ Union can better engage the student community.
Reading Time: 2 minutesAs per Annex B of the meeting minutes, the “Voter Incentive Program” would have been funded via a $1.50/year levy on all members.
Reading Time: 4 minutesWhy has the Students’ Union had with maintaining a staff? Current and former employees speak on work environment.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe nomination period began this past Jan. 16, and voting will take place between March 5 and March 9, 2023.
Reading Time: 4 minutesThe University of Ottawa’s Students’ Union held its fall General Assembly on Nov. 26 at 4 p.m.. The meeting, which has been held virtually for the past two years due to COVID-19, was offered in a hybrid format.
Reading Time: 3 minutesSome of the more contentious propositions include a now-rescinded motion to abolish Campus Vibez uOttawa (CVUO).
Reading Time: < 1 minuteUniversity of Ottawa, UOSU, and Action Sandy Hill encourage students to #respectthepanda.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe UOSU Fall general assembly is approaching, stay informed dates, deadlines, and how you can participate.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe University welcomes students back to campus after almost two years, with 101 Week event
Reading Time: 2 minutesUOSU equity commissioner resigned from position on Aug. 2.
Reading Time: 5 minutesNeed a tutor? Want a walk home? Get funding for your club! Find resources and community through your student union and its services!
Reading Time: 4 minutes“We want to make sure that the university knows that decisions impact real life people, and, you know, that’s potentially gonna have really big negative impacts on the lives of these students,” said Armaan Singh, president of UOSU.
Reading Time: 2 minutes“Increasing tuition would plunge students into debt and out of universities. It would make our education non-accessible,” warned UOSU’s president Armaan Singh Kheppar.
Reading Time: 5 minutesU of O students cite lack of transparency and communication, as well as an absence of tangible on-campus change, as reasons for growing dissatisfaction and apathy amongst student voters.
Reading Time: 2 minutesAll elected students were ratified.
Reading Time: 3 minutes“I want to make sure that we’re continuing the work of the Communications and Engagement Committee that the union setup,” said the incoming UOSU president on his plans to improve student engagement.
Reading Time: 4 minutesTwo debates and one Q & A on March 5, saw five students running in this year’s elections talk operations, student life, and Francophone affairs.
Reading Time: 3 minutesIn the second of four nights of election coverage, Fulcrum editor-in-chief Charley Dutil and news editor Zoë Mason sat down with equity commissioner candidates Sana Almansour and Daphnée Veilleux-Michaud.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe phrase, “if you have nothing nice to say, say nothing at all,” was first said to a political science student who had one too many controversial opinions in a crowded 8:30 a.m. Montpetit lecture hall
Reading Time: 3 minutes“We owe it to future generations to do everything we can today to mitigate the effects of climate change while we can still have an impact,” said U of O president Jacques Frémont in a press release.
Reading Time: 2 minutesFunds for the program will be split into many bursaries and scholarships, open to all undergraduate students.
Reading Time: 5 minutesWe have concerns about the vague wording within individual articles, and how that could lead to articles being interpreted in a way to punish students for actions that don’t harm other students, but instead the reputation of the University.
Reading Time: 10 minutesWithout the mandatory meal plan, the University of Ottawa charges students living in its LeBlanc residence between $7,093 and $8,464 for the year depending on their room’s size — a steep price to pay for the appallingly poor condition of the residence.
Reading Time: 2 minutesStudents who choose to submit their candidacy will run for one of four bodies of governance: the UOSU Executive Committee, the UOSU Board of Directors, the University of Ottawa Senate, or the University of Ottawa Board of Governors.
