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Poll of 1,161 Ontario students shows attitudes toward cannabis differ from alcohol, creating potentially risky and dangerous driving behaviour Ontario students are more likely to get behind the wheel of a vehicle after smoking cannabis than drinking alcohol, a new study from researchers at the University of Ottawa’s Faculty of Medicine...

Canadian researchers at The Ottawa Hospital, the University of Ottawa, the Bruyère Research Institute and ICES have built and validated an online calculator that empowers individuals 55 and over to better understand the health of their brain and how they can reduce their risk of being diagnosed with dementia in the next five years. Their process was p...

The University of Ottawa’s Faculty of Medicine has appointed Dr. Sarah Funnell as the Founding Director of the Centre for Indigenous Health Research and Education (CIHRE). Dr. Funnell, a graduate from the Faculty’s Indigenous program, begins her three-year term on July 1, 2021.A public health specialist and an Anishinaabekwe and Tuscaroran family physi...

He escaped civil war as a child. Now, he’s dedicating his life to helping others Landry Kalembo realized early on that a future in population and public health was his calling. “Growing up, I was constantly exposed to people in need of help, people living in poverty and people suffering from all kinds of tropical illnesses that could o...

The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the frustrations of how poor connectivity in a home office can wreak on online meetings. The ramifications of a weak connection in a small-office and home-office (or SOHO) does not end there: imagine the consequences for a small software development shop failing to deploy time-sensitive software for its clients, ...

Survey results from 216 people who gave birth at The Ottawa Hospital between March and June 2020 showed that 52 (24 percent) experienced controlling or abusive behaviour from their partners during their perinatal period (one year pre-pregnancy, during pregnancy, and one year after birth) This is the first study to look at intimate partn...

A Convocation is the official ceremony at which one is conferred their degree by their university’s Chancellor in front of their peers. It is imbued with time-old traditions, pomp, and circumstance to reflect the accomplishments made by the graduating class but throw in a global pandemic and one must adapt to the times. And so, we have...

Canada is currently facing a significant shortage of French as a Second Language (FSL) teachers. While this problem is complex and multifaceted, a lack of qualified teachers and a high rate of teacher turnover are largely to blame. To work towards better understanding and potentially solving this problem, the Canadian Associa...

2020 and 2021 Alumni Association Awards of Excellence: The winners Twelve recipients were honoured Thursday night at a virtual ceremony for the University of Ottawa Alumni Association's 2020 and 2021 Awards of Excellence. The 2020 recipients include The Ottawa Hospital President and CEO, Dr. John Jack Kitts (Faculty of Medicine and Te...

uOttawa calls on G7 leaders to prioritize the interests of future generations and work to reduce the effects of climate change Today marks the start of the 47th G7 Summit in Cornwall, in the United Kingdom. The summit agenda will be dominated by economic stimulus measures in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, access to vaccines for resi...