Creating better cities for the future. That’s the goal of the University of Ottawa Sustainable Cities Initiative, which will bring together a critical mass of experts, researchers and graduate students to undertake interdisciplinary, collaborative, solutions-oriented research that will help cities across the country and around the world become more sustainable.
Creating better cities for the future. That’s the goal of the University of Ottawa Sustainable Cities Initiative, which will bring together a critical mass of experts, researchers and graduate students to undertake interdisciplinary, collaborative, solutions-oriented research that will help cities a...
A grim prediction made half a decade ago by a University of Pittsburgh team that included a University of Ottawa epidemiologist and modeler has come true: nearly 108,000 people are now dying from drug overdoses annually in the United States.
A grim prediction made half a decade ago by a University of Pittsburgh team that included a University of Ottawa epidemiologist and modeler has come true: nearly 108,000 people are now dying from drug overdoses annually in the United States.
Since late 2019, we have been facing a global health crisis — one that is making people sick, killing people, spreading human suffering, and upending people’s lives. Beyond a health crisis, the COVID-19 pandemic is a human, economic and social crisis, one that is attacking societies at their core. Predicting the spread of the virus within communities has been a challenge for public health authorit...
Since late 2019, we have been facing a global health crisis — one that is making people sick, killing people, spreading human suffering, and upending people’s lives. Beyond a health crisis, the COVID-19 pandemic is a human, economic and social crisis, one that is attacking societies at their core. P...
While COVID-19 amplified the gaps in Ontario’s digital healthcare network, the province’s eConsult service has provided clinicians with a necessary resource, notably at the start of the pandemic.
While COVID-19 amplified the gaps in Ontario’s digital healthcare network, the province’s eConsult service has provided clinicians with a necessary resource, notably at the start of the pandemic.
Climate change is a daunting policy challenge, where decision-makers must respond to a high-uncertainty and high-risk problem in an environment featuring a diverse multitude of stakeholders and deep-seated ideological controversy. In this situation, making policy decisions based on the best available science is often considered a desirable objective.
Climate change is a daunting policy challenge, where decision-makers must respond to a high-uncertainty and high-risk problem in an environment featuring a diverse multitude of stakeholders and deep-seated ideological controversy. In this situation, making policy decisions based on the best availabl...
A national security strategy for the 2020s
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is another global disruption that has exposed how Canada is ill-prepared for the world’s changing security environment, according to the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs (GSPIA) Task Force on National Security, which issued its report on May 24, 2022.
A national security strategy for the 2020s
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is another global disruption that has exposed how Canada is ill-prepared for the world’s changing security environment, according to the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs (GSPIA) Task Force on National Secur...