Audit Trail · Article #2525584

University of Ottawa teaching professors go on strike

Source article ↗ · Ottawa Citizen · outlet lean: center · owner: Postmedia (corporate)

published 2026-11-08T19:50:18 · ingested 2026-11-08T15:16:45.507899

Bias Analysis · B.I.A.S.

LEFT score: -1.00 confidence: 75% vv3

triggers: union(-0.40×1)

Trigger phrases: University of Ottawa teaching professors go on strike

      computed at 2026-11-08T15:16:45.507899
    

ML Bias Signal · DistilBERT Zero-Shot (v2)

LEFT score: -0.307 confidence: 44% valhalla/distilbart-mnli-12-3

      computed at 2026-11-08T23:38:39.474274-05:00
    

Ensemble (heuristic + ML v2)

LEFT score: -0.653

Analysis Tier

Tier: quick_v1

Tier-1 at: 2026-11-08T15:43:08.090530

Tier-2 at: —

AI analyzed: ✓ at 2026-11-08T15:18:22.524324

Geographic Extraction · L.O.C.A.L.

Country: CA

Province: ON

Scope: provincial

Fact-Check Claims · V.E.R.I.F.Y. (2)

unverified The teaching professors at the University of Ottawa are set to go on strike starting on Monday, November 9th.

        V.E.R.I.F.Y. · 2026-11-08T15:43:08.087054
      

unverified A picketing process will commence early in the morning on that specific day.

        V.E.R.I.F.Y. · 2026-11-08T15:43:08.087054
      

Cross-Outlet Cluster · I.N.K.

University of Ottawa teaching professors go on strike 1 article across outlets

      clustered at 2026-11-08T15:16:45.524955
    

Governance — C.R.E.E.D.

A+

overall grade

100.0

By Category

Accountability {'events': 0, 'grade': 'A+', 'note': 'no events recorded', 'provisional': True, 'score': 100.0}

Environmental {'events': 0, 'grade': 'A+', 'note': 'no events recorded', 'provisional': True, 'score': 100.0}

Fairness {'events': 3, 'grade': 'A+', 'note': 'below minimum volume (3 events; minimum 100 for a non-provisional score)', 'provisional': True, 'score': 100.0}

Privacy {'events': 0, 'grade': 'A+', 'note': 'no events recorded', 'provisional': True, 'score': 100.0}

Safety {'events': 0, 'grade': 'A+', 'note': 'no events recorded', 'provisional': True, 'score': 100.0}

Transparency {'events': 0, 'grade': 'A+', 'note': 'no events recorded', 'provisional': True, 'score': 100.0}

Ethics audit by C.R.E.E.D. Institute · 3 events tracked

Raw Audit Trail (2 events)

2026-11-08T15:16:45.507899 ingested

payload

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  },
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}

2026-11-08T23:38:39.474274 bias_v2_scored

payload

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