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On September 22nd and 23rd, immerse yourself in a world of science as 16 women researchers take science online during Science Literacy Week. Soapbox Science Ottawa 2021 provides an opportunity to meet women leaders in science, technology, engineering, mathematics and medicine (STEMM) and become inspired by their success. This event is ...

Dear Members of the University Community,  It is with a very heavy heart that I bring you some very sad news. Over the weekend, Francis Perron, one of our Mechanical Engineering students and a defensive lineman in his fifth season with the Gee-Gees football team, died shortly after a game between uOttawa and the Univer...

The fall 2021 academic year, which included the return of some 20,000 students to campus, was done with a high rate of compliance with public health measures at the University of Ottawa. Since August, the University has made vaccination a mandatory requirement for all persons on the campus, and the University community has enthusiastic...

The Global Health Learning Network presents: Vaccine (In)equities: Treating the symptoms or rooting out the disease? About this event The Global Health Learning Network is a platform for knowledge growth and exchange with the goal to build a community of practice in global health that reaches across researchers, practitioners, and learners ...

As Canada seeks to rebuild its biomanufacturing sector and support made-in-Canada solutions to global health challenges, The Ottawa Hospital, the University of Alberta and BioCanRx have collaborated to create Canada’s first full-service, end-to-end biomanufacturing solution for academic and industrial clients.  The three organizations have signed...

uOttawa student travelled 20,000 kilometres collecting milkweed, creating isotope analysis of monarch butterflies’ annual migration journey, hoping to identify factors behind this threatened insect’s decline

Saskatoon, Regina among cities with highest levels of fine particles and Canada identified among countries with highest relative risk for respiratory mortality An international study has found Canadians have the highest relative risk of respiratory mortality resulting from wildfire pollution, with Regina and Saskatoon among the worst h...

uOttawa’s Faculty of Law-Civil Law Section video initiative that showcases legal stories via film lens examines the barriers agricultural laws create for artisanal farmers The first JuriDoc film from the Faculty of Law-Civil Law Section’s innovative film storytelling project Jurivision examines the regulatory barriers facing artisanal ...

Tuesday, September 7 marks the start of the new academic year for thousands of students, faculty and staff at the University of Ottawa. After a long hiatus due to the pandemic, the campus will be energized. The distance learning format adopted in March 2020 has now given way to the gradual resumption of some teaching and research activi...

As part of uOttawa’s expanded efforts in social accountability and commitment to creating a sustainable future, the Faculty of Medicine has appointed Dr. Husein Moloo as Director of Planetary Health; such a new position and portfolio being a first nationwide. The appointment of Dr. Moloo as the maiden Director of Planetary Health is pa...