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The University of Ottawa’s Positive Energy program today released a new report that explores the work of Canada’s Just Transition Task Force. In 2018, the Task Force met with communities and stakeholders across Canada that would be affected by the federal government’s phase out of coal-fired electricity. The report, written by Positive ...

The University of Ottawa’s Faculty of Social Sciences is joining forces with Taiwan’s National Dong Hwa University College of Indigenous Studies (NDHU-CIS) to promote Indigenous Studies after signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on academic and research cooperation. The aim is to promote broad, cross-disciplinary and inter-unive...

At the University of Ottawa, science, technology, engineering, math, or STEM are a way of life. It represents an active research field, a concept where ideas collide, and a transformative approach to learning. It also happens to be the name of one of our most modern structures on campus where students congregate to make the future. To ...

New funding explores the social, cultural and economic impact of COVID-19 Seven University of Ottawa professors are among recipients of millions in funding from The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) aimed at improving the response to challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. The SSHR’s Partnership Grants provide...

Positive Energy today released new survey results examining Canadians’ views on the role of oil and gas in Canada’s current and future economy, and the respective roles of federal and provincial governments in the country’s energy and climate future. This novel survey explores how party affiliation, ideology, region, gender, and age may influence opini...

Jennifer Keir, a uOttawa PhD student and Research Associate whose research investigates firefighters’ health and their occupational exposure to hazardous substances, has been named the 2020 Fire Researcher of the Year by the Canadian Fire Chiefs Association. In October 2017, Jennifer Keir and her research team published a groundbreakin...

A new study led by researchers at The Ottawa Hospital, University of Ottawa and the Public Health Agency of Canada’s National Microbiology Laboratory shows that a Canadian-made spit test can detect the COVID-19 virus.  Although it does not pick up as many cases as the traditional swab test, the spit test is more comfortable than swab testing, wh...

The lawyers of tomorrow are invited to gather today at the University of Ottawa’s Faculty of Law... in the game of Minecraft. Since attending in person isn’t possible, the Faculty of Law is inviting its students—as well as gamers and curious members of the University community—to attend the inauguration of a virtual Fauteux Hall a...

The University of Ottawa wishes to express its solidarity with the University of Alberta’s Campus Saint-Jean, whose mission and existence are threatened due to budget cuts imposed by the provincial government of Alberta. Campus Saint-Jean plays a unique role in promoting and protecting the French language in Alberta. Its closure would be an incalculab...

In the largest study of its kind, researchers from The Ottawa Hospital, BORN Ontario and the University of Ottawa found that children whose mothers reported using cannabis during pregnancy were at greater risk of autism. The incidence of autism was 4 per 1000 person-years among children exposed to cannabis in pregnancy, compared to 2.42...