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Here are highlights of the events taking place at the University of Ottawa from November 1 to 8:   Monday, November 1   Michael Ignatieff: The Inaugural Global Ideas Lecture: Academic Freedom, Free Speech and Thinking for Yourself 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.   Tuesday, November 2 Decolonization and conservation of ...

As a member of the U7+ Alliance of World Universities, the University of Ottawa reaffirms its strong commitment to a healthier global environment and support the implementation of climate goals set at the COP26 conference in Glasgow.   The University of Ottawa, along with 22 universities from 11 countries, signed a joint statement...

According to a joint University of Ottawa and University of British Columbia study, many children across the country do not eat lunch at school, and this issue affects students regardless of income, education level and racial or ethnic background. Being older and living in a food-insecure household also increases the likelihood that chi...

Expansion of 13-Year Partnership to Address Cybersecurity Talent Gap in Canada Ottawa (ON), October 28, 2021: IBM (NYSE: IBM) and the University of Ottawa today announce a multi-year partnership to build and operate a Cyber Range: a fully immersive, interactive, and experiential learning facility that will enable state-of-the-art research and traini...

More than 80 percent of people with Parkinson’s disease suffer from a reduced sense of smell, something that often occurs years before the onset of typical movement-related symptoms. Now, thanks to a US$9 million grant from the Aligning Science Across Parkinson’s (ASAP) initiative, a Canadian-led international team hopes to determine wh...

A new study published in The New England Journal of Medicine has found no correlation between COVID-19 vaccinations and risk of first-trimester miscarriages, providing further evidence of the safety of COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy. The study analyzed several national health registries in Norway to compare the proportion of vac...

(Ottawa, ON) – The Assembly of First Nations (AFN) is pleased to announce the release of the Key Findings and Recommendations for Decision-makers of the First Nations Food, Nutrition and Environment Study (FNFNES). The 10-year study was led by principal investigators and researchers from the AFN, the University of Ottawa and Université de Montréal. Bu...

The University of Ottawa is launching Canada’s first academic research centre dedicated to studying the health of Black communities, creating an interdisciplinary center examining biological, social, economic, and cultural determinants. The Interdisciplinary Centre for Black Health (ICBH) aims to be a leading research and training cent...

Here are highlights of the events taking place at the University of Ottawa from October 19 to October 22:   Tuesday, October 19 Industry Unbound: The Inside Story of Privacy, Data, and Corporate Power 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Research Connections : Equity, diversity and inclusion 3 p.m. to 4 p.m.   Wednesday, October...

As part of its sustained effort to train Francophone teachers to overcome the shortage of such teachers in Ontario, the Faculty of Education at the University of Ottawa, with support from the provincial and federal governments, is relaunching its French-language educational technology teaching program, known as ÉduTek, as a certificate ...