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Increasing ground temperatures in the Arctic are indicators of global climate change, but until recently, areas of cold permafrost were thought to be relatively immune to severe impacts. A new study by Antoni Lewkowicz, a professor in the Department of Geography, Environment and Geomatics at the University of Ottawa and published in the...

One of the main challenges in wildlife conservation biology is to understand what factors affect vulnerable wildlife populations over time. Scientists have been trying to understand these factors to estimate how much hunting in a season is sustainable, but the lack of long-term monitoring data, especially in remote areas such as the Arc...

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 ...

This year, the University of Ottawa will celebrate International Francophonie Day with the launch of a new research chairs program dedicated to the study of the Francophonie around the world.

The University of Ottawa is pleased to announce that the Young Researcher of the Year Award has been granted to Beverly Baker, Director of Language Assessment and Associate Professor at the Official Languages and Bilingualism Institute (OLBI), and to Anne Broadbent, Associate Professor at the Faculty of Science and University Research Chair in Quantum Information Processing.

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...

March is Mois de la Francophonie. Whether it’s your mother tongue or you’re new to the language of Molière, here’s why members of our community have chosen to immerse themselves in French.

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 ...