“It’s important to decide democratically as a group what their priorities are, to advocate for them, and to stick to that and secure those principles,” said UOSU advocacy commissioner Tim Gulliver.
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Foot Patrol, a University of Ottawa Students’ Union (UOSU) offered service, has moved their operations to telephone-only due to current COVID-19 restrictions.
“To say personal information was leaked would be reductive of the mixture of shock, shame, and humiliation myself and the other 110 individuals have felt as a result of the negligent actions of the UOSU. For me, being made aware of the public access to my past … was a nagging reminder of a lonely, vulnerable period in my life, of which I would rather not repeat.”
Nickolas Eburne, director for the faculty of civil law proposed the implementation of the new committee.
On Dec. 9, the University of New Brunswick announced its move to become a smoke free campus for September 2022.
“We take our responsibility to protect our members’ personal information seriously, and we sincerely regret that this incident occurred,” wrote the University of Ottawa Students’ Union in an incident notice.
A total number of 111 students were listed on the document along with their personal student numbers and emails.
The University of Ottawa Students’ Union deems the decision as “a huge win for student advocacy.”
The sit-in to demand a meeting with president Jacques Frémont has now lasted over 65 hours inside of Tabaret Hall as of the publication of this article.
The Right Wing Politics Club at the University of Ottawa lost their club status with Campus Vibez (CVUO) as of Dec. 6 after attempting to book Tyler L. Russell for an event.
Through disasters, social movements, and a pandemic, here’s some of the biggest news from the start of the new decade.
On Nov. 12, a clear majority of those in attendance for the University of Ottawa Students’ Union Fall General Assembly voted to give the Indigenous Law Student’s Association the right to become a recognized student government.
“The university is aware of the petition and is looking into the matter,” says U of O manager of media relations, Isabelle Mailloux-Pulkinghorn.
“The very presence of more Black folk validates the [new President’s Action Committee for an Anti-Racist and Inclusive Campus] and validates Frémont’s inaction. Any validation for the University of Ottawa to move forward with the committee is a step against systemic change for anti-Black racism at the University of Ottawa,” said Jamal Koulmiye-Boyce.
“Nour is absolutely right to state that a toxic workplace environment, misogyny and Islamophobia should not be tolerated within any workplace, let alone within the UOSU,” wrote the UOSU executive committee in response to the allegations in Ines Nour El Huda’s resignation letter.
“In our view, despite our best efforts, online learning is not quite where it needs to be, in terms of quality, access to resources and delivery of course content,” reads an open letter from the UOSU to provost and vice-president of academic affairs Jill Scott.
Students seem not willing to run for positions with the UOSU — as they struggle to fill all of their vacant positions. While maintaining the idea of being a student democracy, many positions run unopposed, meaning whoever runs, wins leaving gaps in the democracy.
The University of Ottawa Students’ Union is attempting to increase the general knowledge of their existence to the U of O population. This week, the awareness campaign was taken to the popular streaming platform, Twitch, with underwhelming results.
The University of Ottawa Students’ Union (UOSU) held its first online Fall General Assembly (FGA) on Thursday night over Zoom. The event was originally planned to be held from 7 to 9 p.m. but lasted over seven hours ending at 2 a.m.
Jason Seguya was elected the University of Ottawa Students’ Union’s (UOSU) equity commissioner on Wednesday night along with ten new students who will serve on the UOSU’s Board of the Directors.
The University of Ottawa Students’ Union will hold their Fall General Assembly at 7 p.m tonight. Here’s a look at the different motions and amendments that the undergraduate student body will be asked to vote on.
“At times it’s overwhelming, but if it were not for my parents, my grandparents, their grandparents what they endured it wouldn’t be possible for me to be here,” said U of O alumni and Canada’s only Indigenous forensic pathologist Dr. Kona Williams.
“As student representatives to the Board of Governors of the University of Ottawa, we want to express our disappointment with the response of the University and many members of our community to the recent racist events occurring on campus,” write Jamie Ghossein & Saada Hussen the undergraduate student representatives on the University of Ottawa’s Board of Governors.
The University of Ottawa’s president and vice-chancellor Jacques Frémont responded early this morning to the recent incident of a professor uttering the ‘N-word’ in an online lecture. The professor had been suspended since early October, and a group of professors had written a letter denouncing her treatment at the hands of the U of O administration.
Café Alternatif (otherwise known as Café Alt) served as a popular study space for students on campus in the basement of Simard Hall.
