Ernest Côté, a World War Two veteran who helped plan the Normandy landing, has died at age 101.
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The University of Ottawa’s graduate students will have a turn at the polls next week as the Graduate Students’ Association (GSAÉD) elections take place March 17–19.
If you’re designing a building from scratch, and you have in mind that it should be for students, you design things differently
A posthumous $1-million donation to the University of Ottawa hopes to help common law and medical students finance their education.
Before the Gees got their rhythm they fell by a 26-point margin, with a final score of 73-47, ending their season in the Ontario University Athletics (OUA) quarterfinal.
The Student Federation of the University of Ottawa (SFUO) passed an emergency motion at the latest Board of Administration meeting to provide support for the Odawa homeless drop-in centre at 510 Rideau Street.
The win was also perhaps point guard Mike L’Africain’s best all season, as he amassed a total of 20 points, four assists, four steals, and three rebounds. The game was not only big for him, but it also solidified the schedule for the OUA Wilson Cup Final Four to be hosted by the Gee-Gees at Montpetit Hall March 6–7.
Electoral law was in focus at the University of Ottawa last week when experts from across Ontario discussed the cornerstone of democracy.
Historically, the biggest priority of any modern university has been research and a professor’s value has been in what new research they generate, not their capabilities as an instructor.
Two University of Ottawa law professors have been recognized by the Canadian Bar Association (CBA) for their work promoting equality in the legal field.
Developers plans billion-dollar Ottawa waterfront development Ottawa’s Domtar region will undergo a transformation as private developers start a 15-year-long, $1-billion development that will include a hotel, parks, and condos. The main Domtar building will also be converted into a commercial and retail shopping centre, according to media reports. The Windmill Development Group and the Dream …
The Student Federation of the University of Ottawa (SFUO) will lobby the central administration to improve services on the south side of campus, the Board of Administration (BOA) decided on Feb. 22.
A University of Ottawa geophysicist and rising star in the earth sciences field was one of 126 early career scientists to be recently selected as Sloan Research Fellows.
The Gee-Gees finished the championship with style, as the win over UBC marked their first victory over a Canada West team since beating the University of Manitoba Bisons back in 2007.
The University of Ottawa, and its president Allan Rock, have filed a notice of motion seeking to strike the $6-million lawsuit of former U of O hockey players, according to the Ottawa Sun.
The OUA playoffs will take place on Feb. 28 at Montpetit Hall. Provided the Gees fend off the rest of their competition, they will look to compete for the number-one seed in the CIS Final Eight in Toronto starting in March.
The 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.
Ottawa 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.
Marc 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.
Three University of Ottawa professors will share a $1.9-million grant from the federal government to support research on environmental risks.
American 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.
Students at the University of Ottawa are taking teaching into their own hands with the launch of a new tutoring program for the homeless.
Gatineau-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.
Ottawa 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
It was a childhood dream come true when Erik Miksik stepped on the ice with the Ottawa Senators over reading week for a little taste of the big leagues.
