About Us

The Student Federation of the University of Ottawa (SFUO) is the student union and the instrument of political action for undergraduate students of the University of Ottawa.

Speaking with one voice we assert our legitimate needs and state our fundamental goals to be as follows:

• to regroup all undergraduate students of the University of Ottawa in a democratic and cooperative organization where we can advance our own interests and those of our community;
• to take active part in the university community, in all processes and decision making bodies that concern student life;
• to establish a framework whereby its members can share experiences, skills and ideas, communicate, exchange information and debate;
• to assure the distribution and efficient utilization of the student funds, according to the students' will;
• to facilitate cooperation among students in organizing services which supplement academic experience, provide for our human needs and develop a sense of community with our peers and other members of society;
• to achieve a system of post-secondary education which is accessible to all, which is of high quality, which recognizes the legitimacy of student representation and validity of student rights and whose role in society is recognized and appreciated.

Read the Student Federation's constitution to better understand the structure, policies and bylaws of the SFUO.

SFUO Constitution

As students we embrace the traditions of our society that aspire to overcome inequality and promote social change. These traditions find their realization in post-secondary education that is concerned with social issues and with its own social impact. As such, we believe in:

• the bilingual nature of our university;
• articulating the students' concerns to all other groups both on campus and externally;
• organizing at the local, provincial and federal level so that we might continue to strive for quality and accessible education;
• three basic principles: that post-secondary education in Ontario be universally accessible; that post secondary education in Ontario be of high quality and that post secondary education in Ontario be democratically controlled;
• post secondary education both in Ontario and Canada that does not exist to serve the partial interest of any elite. Higher education must be subsidized by the people of Canada and must belong to the people of Canada;
• recognizing our role as agents of social change, assisting students in understanding and acting against oppression and injustice and emphasizing the rights and responsibilities of the student. To further this end, we will act against the oppression of women, lesbians, gays, bisexuals, the disabled, native people, ethnic, religious and linguistics and other disadvantaged groups and causes including our environment on the University of Ottawa campus.