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Since 2015, being able to buy alcohol in grocery stores throughout Ontario has probably helped the busiest among us pick up a last minute bottle of wine before dinner, or a few beers just before the game starts. However, new research suggests that it may have also increased the number of emergency room visits due to alcohol-related caus...

In a new report, uOttawa’s Monica Gattinger and Michael Cleland are asking crucial questions with regards to Canada’s energy future in a time where everyone is talking about climate change. The report aims to unpack the core challenges and opportunities when it comes to building confidence in public authorities making decisions on our ...

Preterm birth is a leading cause of death among children under the age of five, with low resource countries facing the greatest challenge. But before solutions c­­an be tested­­, researchers first need to be able to accurately measure the problem at a population level. This has been ­particularly difficult in countries where pregnant wo...

Global warming is transforming the way we live everywhere on Earth, but since the Arctic is warming twice as quickly as the rest of the planet, you would think that Arctic communities would be twice as affected by these temperature changes. However, a new study shows that the travel skills and regional knowledge of Inuit communities hav...

Gentrification is the process of rejuvenating deteriorated urban neighbourhoods and it has been observed in many cities in Canada and around the world - with wide-ranging effects. This phenomenon does not just happen in socioeconomically disadvantaged regions of a city, and once it begins it can rapidly expand. Now, a new deep-mapping ...

Up to one in three medical tests and treatments in Canada are not needed, and can expose patients to harm, stress, and longer wait times. They are also costly and wasteful for the health-care system. The Choosing Wisely Canada Implementation Research Network (CWC-IRN) is a new national research collaborative focused on tackling the prob...

Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut Dr. David Saint-Jacques is taking part in a made-in-Ottawa experiment on bone marrow health during his six-month mission on the International Space Station. The study, led by Dr. Guy Trudel, is called MARROW, and will provide world-first insights into how space travel affects the bone mar...

Imagine a machine, a thousand times thinner than a strand of hair, designed to work inside the human body and capable of fighting cancer by delivering drugs directly to cancerous cells. This is but one of the promises that molecular machines hold, and PhD candidate Patrick Szell, undergraduate Scott Zablotny, and Professor David Bryce, ...

Partnership between University of Ottawa and the Canada School of Public Service launches groundbreaking series of learning events Good government involves difficult choices and effective change management; the leaders who rise to the challenge go on to make history.  Today, the Professional Development Institute of the University of Ottawa and ...

Researchers use leading-edge technology to study teamwork and communication in the operating room Researchers at The Ottawa Hospital and the University of Ottawa are studying whether improving teamwork and communication among operating room staff can make surgery safer for patients. Studies suggest that over half of surgery complicatio...