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Members of the media may directly contact the following experts:   Daniel Stockemer (English and French) Full Professor, Political Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences daniel.stockemer@uottawa.ca Professor Stockemer’s areas of expertise include elections, public opinion and populism.   Karen Eltis (English and French) Fu...

uOttawa is the first Canadian university to participate in the CPTC global finals The University of Ottawa has its eye on the prize at the world's largest offensive-based collegiate cybersecurity competition. A team of five computer science students competes in the global finals of the Collegiate Penetration Testing Competition (CPTC)...

Dear members of the University of Ottawa community, Today marks a tragic anniversary. On this day one year ago, Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 was shot down outside of Tehran, killing all 176 passengers and crew. Today we remember and mourn the loss of those innocent lives. Remarkably, 50 passengers aboard Flight 752 were...

Members of the media may directly contact the following experts:   Dr. Hugues Loemba (French only) Clinician-researcher, family doctor and virologist. Associate Professor, Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicinehuguesloemba@montfort.on.ca   Pierre Thibault (French only) Part-time Professor and Assistant Dea...

Remembering Mehraban, Saeed and Alma…   January 8, 2021 marks the one-year anniversary of the downing of Ukrainian International Airlines flight from Tehran, Iran that tragically killed 176 people, including three University of Ottawa students.  To commemorate this solem...

Members of the media may directly contact the following experts /   Meg Stalcup (English and French) Associate Professor, Sociological and Anthropological Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences mstalcup@uottawa.ca   David Moscrop (English only) Postdoctoral Fellow, Centre for Law, Technology and Societydavid.moscrop@gmail....

The University of Ottawa's Positive Energy program released new survey results tracking  Canadians’ attitudes about climate change action in the context of COVID-19. These results provide a timely snapshot of Canadian perceptions of climate action just prior to vaccine rollout and growing case numbers in the second wave. The surve...

A study led by University of Ottawa researchers provides empirical evidence that mindfulness has a significant impact on the brain of women suffering from neuropathic pain related to breast cancer treatment. The researchers showed that mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) helps modulate neuropathic pain. Their findings could ...

Members of the media may directly contact the following experts:   Dr. Amy Hsu (English only) Research Chair in Primary Health Care in Dementia and Investigator at the Bruyère Research Institute; Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine. ahsu@ohri.ca Dr. Hsu has reported on the impact of COVID-19 ...

uOttawa photonics researchers give coins and medal a surprising pulsating effect for a good cause Using tiny mirrors to create a unique illusion in a silver coin is yet another example of how photonics – the science and technology of light – applies in so many diverse ways in our lives. Researchers at the Centre for Research in Photon...