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How exposure to heat affects your health and wellness, and how best to protect yourself University of Ottawa professor Glen Kenny and his team study the effects of heat exposure on the body. We asked him some questions about his findings and what to do to protect ourselves. Tell us about your research. We try to unders...

Joint ILC-Canada /uOttawa-led movement advocates for a UN Convention on the Rights of Older Persons The International Longevity Centre – Canada (ILC-Canada) and the University of Ottawa LIFE Research Institute (uOttawa LRI) attended the Open-ended Working Group on Aging (OEWG) meeting at United Nations Headquarters in New Yor...

Professor Barbara Orser and a research team from the Telfer School of Management at the University of Ottawa have examined diversity in small and medium enterprise (SME) suppliers to the Government of Canada. Conducted in collaboration with Public Services and Procurement Canada, the report, Benchmarking SMEs as Suppliers to the Governm...

Canadian researchers have built and validated an online calculator that empowers individuals to predict their risk of cardiovascular disease. Their process was published today in the journal CMAJ, and the calculator is available at projectbiglife.com. Cardiovascular disease, a group of conditions that include heart attack and stroke, i...

Why do we sometimes mistake people we know for strangers, or strangers for people we know? The confusion is explained by Isabelle Boutet, a uOttawa psychology professor who specializes in facial recognition. Her research focuses mainly on people aged 55 and older and their ability to recognize faces. Facial recognition is the ability ...

Ontario will achieve "single digit" tobacco smoking rates (under 10 per cent) by 2023 for women, and 2040 for men, according to a new big data report conducted jointly by the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES) andThe Ottawa Hospital. “This report is unique because we were able to combine tobacco smokers with their healt...

Francophone Affairs of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Ottawa, the Faculty of Education at the University of Ottawa and the Institut de Savoir Montfort (ISM) – A Knowledge Institute were proud to launch their brand new Research Chair in Medical Education this morning. Its primary goal: to optimize training and contribute to...

Can three hours of exercise a week make a positive impact on your health? Science says yes! A recent study published in the Journal of Physiology by University of Ottawa professor Michael De Lisio shows that exercising at moderate intensity for one hour per session, three times a week, can improve the health of adults with obesity by ch...

The University of Ottawa will not comment on the decision rendered today by the Ontario Court of Justice in the sexual assault trial of two former Gee-Gees hockey players. As we have stated previously, the University’s 2014 decision to suspend the men’s hockey program was based on the serious nature of allegations against team members and following th...

The Let’s Talk Science Ottawa team invites you to celebrate 25 years of science outreach for Ottawa youth. Let's Talk Science is a national, volunteer-driven program that strives to improve science literacy in the community through outreach. Thanks to over 200 uOttawa student volunteers, the program offers a wide variety of meaningful s...