Reading Time: 10 minutesThrough disasters, social movements, and a pandemic, here’s some of the biggest news from the start of the new decade.
UOSU
Reading Time: 2 minutesOn 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.
Reading Time: 2 minutes“The university is aware of the petition and is looking into the matter,” says U of O manager of media relations, Isabelle Mailloux-Pulkinghorn.
Reading Time: 3 minutes“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.
Reading Time: 2 minutes “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.
Reading Time: 3 minutes“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.
Reading Time: 3 minutesStudents 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.
Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe 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.
Reading Time: 4 minutesThe 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.
Reading Time: 2 minutesJason 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.
Reading Time: 4 minutesThe 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.
Reading Time: 5 minutes“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.
Reading Time: 4 minutes“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.
Reading Time: 5 minutesThe 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.
Reading Time: 2 minutesCafé Alternatif (otherwise known as Café Alt) served as a popular study space for students on campus in the basement of Simard Hall.
Reading Time: 3 minutesTwo University of Ottawa students, Eve Staszczyszyn and Livia Han have worked with students from the University of Waterloo BETS Program and the Queen’s Center for Advanced Computing to develop Wellness World; a portal aimed to combat the mental health crisis centered around the U of O community.
Reading Time: 3 minutesA variety of activities, speeches and games helped the UOSU and the University of Ottawa student body fundraise close to $4,000 dollars to help raise awareness for cystic fibrosis. Shinerama month continues throughout September.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe University of Ottawa Students’ Union hosted an event called STEMinism to provide advice and help to women and non-binary individuals studying in a STEM degree. The Fulcrum was there and here’s what we learned!
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe University of Ottawa Students’ Union commissioners will have a new reduced “Executive Benefits Policy” after a review by UOSU’s Executive Oversight Committee.
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe University of Ottawa Students’ Union 101-Week is just around the corner. Instead of the usual frosh activities that normally take place on campus, students will partake in an online 101-Week.
Reading Time: 3 minutesOn Aug. 27, the University of Ottawa Student’s Union (UOSU) and nine recognized student governments formally offered their support to Carleton student Khadija El-Hilali in demanding for an anti-racism course to be made a mandatory requirement for all undergraduate students.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe University of Ottawa Students’ Union (UOSU) held an emergency meeting on the night of Sept.1 to approve a two per cent hike in its membership fee.
Reading Time: 3 minutesA picture published on the University of Ottawa’s official Instagram page featuring a Protection Services officer sporting a thin blue line flag patch on Aug.25 has sparked outrage in the U of O community. After being lambasted by students the publication was taken down hours after it was published.
Reading Time: 2 minutesLive from the archives this week goes back to 1987 when graduate students had enough of the SFUO and voted almost unanimously in favour of separating from the student federation.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe University of Ottawa will match every donation up to $25,000 made to the University of Ottawa Students’ Union and Black Student Leaders Association Black Expression :Listen. Speak. Amplify broadcast. The broadcast aims to celebrate Black artists as well as Black excellence and talent.
