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New initiative to help athletes achieve success beyond their sport The University of Ottawa has joined the Game Plan Education Network to offer Canadian National Team athletes more flexible education opportunities while they are training and competing. The University of Ottawa joins an existing network of institutions which includes Un...

Breakthrough by uOttawa researchers sees creation of light-emitting solid carbon from CO2 gas A team of researchers at the University of Ottawa has found a way to use visible light to transform carbon dioxide gas, or CO2, into solid carbon forms that emit light. This development creates a new, low-energy CO2 reduction pathway to solid ...

Dr. Deshayne Fell of CHEO Research Institute and uOttawa leads Ontario portion by studying BORN baby registry and province’s vaccination registry While pregnant or breastfeeding individuals were excluded from the initial mRNA and viral vector COVID-19 clinical trials, recent real-world evidence is showing that mRNA COVID...

The University of Ottawa announced today that it is partnering with the Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) and the Ottawa-Gatineau Internet Exchange (OGIX) to bring faster, and more robust internet to the University and the region by hosting an Internet Exchange Point (IXP) at our Central Data Centre. By hosting a network-...

The President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ottawa, Mr. Jacques Frémont, and His Excellency Roy Eriksson, Ambassador of Finland in Canada, invite you to a panel discussion entitled “Advancing Women’s and Girls’ Rights: Harnessing Technology and Innovation in Support of the Economic Empowerment of Women in the Wake o...

Researchers at The Ottawa Hospital and the University of Ottawa are building a research program to better understand Indigenous Peoples’ experience of surgery in Canada. Their latest study, published in CMAJ, is the first to analyze all available surgical outcome data for this population. “Understanding surgical outcomes and access to surgical service...

The bond between students and alumni at the University of Ottawa has been strengthened with the Alumni Association’s pledge of $500,000 over the next 10 years to support student mental health. This donation will expand existing counselling services by up to 500 additional sessions per year enhancing front-line support in the afternoons ...

Study shows rates still very low, and can help identify those at greatest risk An ICU admission is associated with a higher rate of suicide and self-harm after discharge when compared to hospital admissions without an ICU stay, according to the first study of its kind published in the medical journal The BMJ. “ICU care ...

On Thursday, May 6, more than 200 high school students from Ottawa and across Ontario will meet online to explore careers in medicine. They will speak with award-winning uOttawa faculty members, take part in interactive workshops demonstrating real-world medical and health science research skills, and get a clear picture of what it’s really like to be ...

A multidisciplinary team of researchers from INRAP, CNRS, the universities of Ottawa, Rennes 2, Toulouse III Paul Sabatier and the Max Planck Institute has recognised the soldiers of the last battles of the siege of Rennes in 1491. These are the only witnesses of the forces involved in the conflict between the armies of Duchess Anne of Brittany a...