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It is an exciting time for IT at the Faculty of Engineering. The pandemic combined with remote learning/working, has contributed to an urgent need to review of all Faculty IT systems and the manner in which we support and deliver services to the Faculty.

Academic Support provides one-on-one personalized mentoring for students’ academic growth through the Academic GPS webpage. To better support the students, peer mentors use MS Teams to interact with students.  

This is in support of learning, teaching, and research to enhance the academic experience whether it’s in-person or online. Read on to learn more about the Faculty’s IT plans.

Members of the media may directly contact the following experts:   Florian Martin-Bariteau (English and French) Associate Professor of Law and Technology, Faculty of Law – Common Law Section; Director, University of Ottawa Centre for Law, Technology and [email protected] Eltis (English and French) Full Professor, Faculty...

More than 80 percent of people with Parkinson’s disease suffer from a reduced sense of smell, something that often occurs years before the onset of typical movement-related symptoms. Now, thanks to a US$9 million grant from the Aligning Science Across Parkinson’s (ASAP) initiative, a Canadian-led international team hopes to determine whether scent-proc...

Microsoft will no longer be supporting Microsoft Office/Outlook 2016 or earlier versions. These older versions of Outlook and Office will no longer be fully compatible and will be unable to connect with Office 365 and Microsoft 365 services. To avoid disruptions to service, plan to upgrade your Microsoft applications by November 1, 2021.

The University of Ottawa is launching the first research centre dedicated to studying the biological, social, cultural and economic determinants of health in Canada’s Black communities.

A new study published in The New England Journal of Medicine has found no correlation between COVID-19 vaccinations and risk of first-trimester miscarriages, providing further evidence of the safety of COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy. The study analyzed several national health registries in Norway to compare the proportion of vac...

(Ottawa, ON) – The Assembly of First Nations (AFN) is pleased to announce the release of the Key Findings and Recommendations for Decision-makers of the First Nations Food, Nutrition and Environment Study (FNFNES). The 10-year study was led by principal investigators and researchers from the AFN, the University of Ottawa and Université de Montréal. Bu...

The University of Ottawa is launching Canada’s first academic research centre dedicated to studying the health of Black communities, creating an interdisciplinary center examining biological, social, economic, and cultural determinants.The Interdisciplinary Centre for Black Health (ICBH) aims to be a leading research and training centre for promoting h...