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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, supported by François-Philippe Champagne, minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, has announced more than $518 million in research infrastructure funding for post-secondary institutions across Canada. University of Ottawa researchers have been tremendously successful in this latest round of funding...

University of Ottawa, Bruyère collaboration will also research the immune response to vaccines Long-term care facilities have been disproportionately burdened by COVID-19, accounting for about 60% of COVID-19 deaths nationwide, 70% if retirement homes are included. Not only are residents of these facilities particularly vulnerable to COVID-19 gi...

The recent events at Laurentian University have particularly shaken the francophone university community in Ontario, as well as throughout Canada. As a bilingual institution, the University of Ottawa is directly affected by developments in and future prospects for teaching and research in French-speaking Ontario and Canada as a whole. G...

Solving Canadian health challenges through systems biology The University of Ottawa Institute of Systems Biology (OISB) and the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) are initiating an exciting collaboration on systems biology, aimed at solving some of today’s most significant health challenges. Systems biology takes a big-picture a...

The Ottawa Hospital’s Biotherapeutics Manufacturing Centre (BMC) is manufacturing three COVID-19 vaccines for human clinical trials, filling a critical gap in Canada’s vaccine manufacturing capacity. “It has been amazing to see the rapid development of safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines, but we can’t stop now,” said Dr. Duncan Stewar...

The University of Ottawa is pleased to announce that planning has started for a revitalized campus experience for the Fall 2021 term. The University has an ambitious plan to provide a full, enriching on-campus experience with an increase in in-person and hybrid learning formats. Currently, most courses are being offered online due to c...

The University of Ottawa’s Board of Governors has appointed Jennifer Adams as its new Chair.  Ms. Adams assumes this role as a seasoned leader in education and academia. She recently completed an eight-year term as the Director of Education for the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board, serving a diverse po...

The Institute for Science, Society and Policy will host Faculty Affiliate Professor Stacey Smith? at the ISSP Food for Thought Panel to discuss how modelling potential COVID-19 outcomes on campus helped uOttawa. By early March of 2020, it became apparent that COVID-19 was going to have a significant impact on institutions throughout s...

A study published in Critical Care Medicine led by researchers at The Ottawa Hospital, the University of Ottawa, and ICES shows that severe sepsis is linked with higher mortality, increased hospital readmission and higher healthcare costs. In Ontario these healthcare costs are estimated at $1 billion per year. Sepsis happens when a person’s ...

Study finds using a negative emoji when texting – in any context – reflects negatively despite intent A new study from researchers at the University of Ottawa’s School of Psychology has found that using negative emojis in text messages produces a negative perception of the sender regardless of their true intent.Isabelle Boutet, a Full ...