Student Federation of the University of Ottawa, the former official students' union representing undergraduate students of the University of Ottawa, was placed in receivership on April 15 by its own application. Formed in 1969, the federation uses fees collected from the approximately 36,000 undergraduate students to operate various businesses, service centers and social programming for the benefit of its members and other individuals frequenting the university campus. In September 2018, the university terminated its agreement with the federation as a result of allegations of financial mismanagement. A referendum was subsequently held in February 2019 and students voted for a new student union to represent them. With no role to fill on campus, the federation applied for a receiver to develop and then implement an action plan to affect a legal and operational unwinding of the federation. PwC was appointed receiver. Counsel is Dabrowski Joseph for the applicant and Dentons for the receiver.