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To update Windows on the computer provided by the University or your personal one, follow these steps.

  The University of Ottawa and the Association of Professors of the University of Ottawa (APUO), the union representing its full-time faculty members, have reached a tentative agreement. The agreement was reached on Friday, July 9, following several months of discussions between the two parties.   Details of the tentative agreement will no...

The 2020-2021 school year was particularly disruptive for students due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but it may also have had some benefits, including mitigating bullying at school, according to a University of Ottawa study.

A security vulnerability for Windows users is now in circulation, nicknamed PrintNightmare which exploits a print loophole within Microsoft’s operating system allowing cybercriminals to execute with system-level privileges on your computer and affects versions of Windows.

In July 2020, LARG Director Beverly Baker held a virtual event and discussion for OLBI language instructors on the subject of distance and online language assessment. Her PPT presentation can be found here:

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Eight new research projects are getting underway in Canada to investigate COVID-19 variants of concern (VOCs) and variants of interest (VOIs). These research projects span from investigating the social factors that may protect Indigenous peoples – or increase their vulnerability to – COVID-19 and VOCs, to the creation of a Canadian Wast...

A new risk calculator can help predict how long an older adult will live, and support end-of-life planning. The method used to develop the tool is published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). Although most Canadians die from predictable causes and have health needs that can be met at home, only 20% of people receive a...

The University of Ottawa has established a research program on human rights and the legitimacy of legal systems around the world, focusing on vulnerable populations. Run by the Centre for Research Opportunities (CRO), the annual program will be available to judges, magistrates, lawyers and law professors, as well as uOttawa undergraduate and graduate students.

Microsoft has announced a change to their Stream service. Rather than Teams meeting recordings being saved to Stream, they will now be saved to the user’s personal OneDrive.