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Artificial intelligence (AI) is poised to transform how science and engineering is conducted and funded in Canada, bringing both tremendous opportunities and risks, according to a new expert panel report from the Council of Canadian Academies (CCA). AI has the potential to spur innovation and further scientific understanding beyond the limits of human abilities but could also deepen existing inequ...

A team of Canadian researchers, including Inuit and other Indigenous researchers, have published the first study of Inuit surgical outcomes today in CMAJ Open. The study used data from The Ottawa Hospital, which is the quaternary care provider to the Qikiqtani-Qikiqtaaluk Region, home to half of the Nunavut Inuit population.

The City of Ottawa is bracing for a large demonstration downtown that is expected to start tomorrow and continue into the weekend. Some streets in the downtown core will be closed so we encourage you to plan travel accordingly. We are monitoring events very closely and staying in constant communication with local authorities.

A research team from Europe and Canada has discovered that cancer cells break their own DNA in a controlled, reversible way to buy time to repair the massive DNA damage that occurs during radiation treatment. Their research, published in top journal Science, shows that an enzyme called Caspase-activated DNase (CAD) plays a key role in this process and is a promising target for the development new ...

The next uOttawa Chancellor's Debate will address the fight against racism in the business world and beyond. The discussion will be led by Calin Rovinescu, University of Ottawa chancellor and former Air Canada CEO, and Wes Hall, founder and executive chair of Kingsdale Advisors and star of CBC’s Dragon’s Den.

Knowing how important a strong relationship between a social worker and the community they serve is, one University of Ottawa school is taking concrete strides to counter the subjugation and marginalization of Indigenous knowledges within its curriculum.

The University of Ottawa is proud to host the new Canadian office of France’s Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS). A national-level institution in its country, the CNRS is one of the leading research establishments globally. The Canadian office adds to the nine CNRS offices around the world. It will help strengthen and add networks of scientific co-operation and innovation joining ...

A majority of marginalized and racialized citizens in the City of Ottawa are distrustful of police to the point where avoidance is the best solution, according to research from the University of Ottawa.

Researchers at The Ottawa Hospital and the University of Ottawa have discovered that a kind of kiss between cells, called trogocytosis, plays a key role in the battle between the immune system and blood cancer cells.

The University of Ottawa announced today one of the largest individual philanthropic gifts in its history. The Dellelce family is generously donating $5 million to create the Susan, Perry, Taylor, and Nicholas Dellelce Legacy Fund in support of the Faculty of Law, Common Law section’s students and faculty members, both now and in the future.