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SFUO and uOttawa organizes shuttle service for students during OC Transpo strike

Ottawa, December 10, 2008 — In light of the recent transit strike, the Student Federation (SFUO) and the University of Ottawa will provide a free shuttle service to uOttawa students. The service will offer round trips within the City of Ottawa to the main campus during the exam period.

Starting at 7:00 tomorrow morning, December 11, 2008, ONLY University of Ottawa students will be permitted to use the shuttle service upon presentation of their uOttawa student cards.

Round trips from South Keys Mall (close to the Second Cup and O-Train platform) to University of Ottawa will operate between 7 a.m. and 11 p.m., approximately every hour (as possible), 7 days a week from December 11 to December 22 inclusively.
Round trips from Place d’Orleans (north side, near the Park and Ride) to the University of Ottawa will operate between 7 a.m. and 11 p.m., approximately every hour (as possible), 7 days a week from December 11 to December 22 inclusively.
The existing round trip shuttle service from the University of Ottawa to Carleton University will operate from 7:30 a.m. to 10:20 p.m. from Monday to Saturday. It is recommended to use mid-morning services for afternoon and evening exams. Visit the Parking and Sustainable Transportation's website for the schedule. http://www.protection.uOttawa.ca/en/shuttlecarleton.html

Please note that the drop-off and pick-up point on campus is near Montpetit Hall.

Students are asked to arrive extra early for access to the shuttle buses since they will be offered on a first-come, first-served basis.

Two additional bus routes will be added on Friday depending upon the demand.

Please see the following link for other possible ways to get to the University of Ottawa:
http://www.protection.uOttawa.ca/en/transit_strike.html

INFORMATION:

Danny Albert
Sustainable Transportation Coordinator
University of Ottawa
Parking and Sustainable transportation
613.562.5800, ext. 6523
danny.albert@uOttawa.ca

Julie Séguin
Vice President, Communications
Student Federation of the University of Ottawa (SFUO)
613.562.5966
vp.communications@sfuo.ca

Input encouraged: SFUO Electoral Reform

The Elections Committee of the Student Federation is reviewing a proposal to change the voting system used to elect members of the executive.

Top 3 For a quick review: we currently use a plurality voting system (also known as first-past-the-post). That means students vote once for each position on the executive. The candidate with the most votes is declared elected.

The proposed change would be a transferrable vote system. That means students would instead rank their choices of candidates for each position on the executive. The candidate with the majority of votes (50% + 1) would be declared elected.

We encourage you to review the proposed legislation here to see how this proposed change would change the voting process and the counting of ballots to ensure any elected candidate has a majority of voter support.

How to give your input:
We will be holding a roundtable discussion for students to stop in and give their input on December 5 from 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM in the SFUO Boardroom.

If you cannot make the discussion, please forward your thoughts to boa.kennery@sfuo.ca before that date.

SFUO Elections Official Executive Nomination Form 2009

SFUO Elections Official Board of Administration Nomination Form 2009

Canadian Federation of Students Referendum results:

YES : 52% (3328 votes)
NO : 48% (3086 votes)
Canceled votes: 68 votes.

Voter turnout of 21%.

Student Centre

The SFUO is in the process of creating a plan for a Student Centre to be built on this campus and would like to have as much feedback from you. What would you like to see in your future Student Centre? A garden on the roof? More student Top Buttonlounges? A games room? Once we have a better idea of your ideal student centre, we can think of an estimated cost.

Send us your suggestions at centre@sfuo.ca.

SFUO WINTER GAMES

You are never too old to play in the snow! This year the SFUO is organizing the Ottawa Winter Games for your cold enjoyment! This is a week long event where your team and you (4 people) will compete to win an all paid vacation to Daytona, Florida during Spring Break.

The three best teams win the three biggest prizes. But dozens of other prizes will be distributed randomly amongst the 300 teams! No need to be the greatest athlete in the world!

The form is online! www.winter.sfuo.ca So sign up !

Drop off your form at the SFUO office or email winter@sfuo.ca.

Letters from Dean Haldenby, SFUO President

Letter to Allan Rock, President

Re: Flagrant Mistreatment of Students and Disregard of SFUO Nomination Rights
Dear Mr. Rock:

The Student Federation of the University of Ottawa (SFUO), the collective voice for all
University of Ottawa undergraduate students, is writing to inform the University of
Ottawa (UO) of two cases denoting serious injustices against students. The SFUO
demands that you intervene immediately to remedy these troubling situations.
The SFUO stands strongly behind all of its students and their appeals, in particular the
most recent deliberate abuses shown in the Wang and Kelly cases. Further, the SFUO
condemns the actions taken by the UO to undermine SFUO nomination rights.

Re: Anonymous Email to University of Ottawa Community

Dear Students, Alumni, Community:
The Student Federation of the University of Ottawa (SFUO) and the Graduate Students’ Association (GSAED), whom represent all undergraduate and graduate students at the University of Ottawa wish to inform the university community of the common stance we are taking with regard to the recent disturbing actions from an anonymous source on October 29, 2008. An email was sent to a number of members of the university community regarding a University of Ottawa Professor.