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A discussion of Canada's aging workforce and its implications To what extent and how do beliefs around aging impact work engagement and retention? In turn, how does knowledge-sharing and mentoring between young and older workers shape age-based attitudes? Findings have highlighted the importance of developing workplaces that engage and...

A new study published in The BMJ shows that people who had surgery to improve blood flow in their legs under spinal or epidural anesthesia were less likely to die than those who were given general anesthesia. General anesthesia involves using drugs to make a patient unconscious and inserting a tube into their windpipe to help with breathing. Spi...

Members of the media may directly contact the following expert: Irvin Waller (English and French) Emeritus Professor, Criminology, Faculty of Social Sciences   [email protected] A tense atmosphere awaited the police chief’s request to the Ottawa Police Services Board to increase the force’s operational budget by over $13 million...

MD-PhD student Taylor Jamieson-Datzkiw earns the Mitacs Award for Outstanding Innovation — Indigenous After initially spending hours glued to YouTube because of an interest in virus’ and their role in cancer treatment, uOttawa MD-PhD student Taylor Jamieson-Datzkiw is now being recognized for her innovative work to help create new can...

The University of Ottawa is among five Canadian universities participating in the second annual U7+ Alliance summit, which brings together institutions of higher education from around the world for discussion and debate. This year’s theme of ‘intergenerational justice’ aims to ensure the interests of youth and future generations are pla...

The following is a statement that President and Vice-Chancellor Jacques Frémont delivered at the University of Ottawa’s Senate meeting on Monday, November 23, 2020.   Today, I would like to take the opportunity to come back to a recent incident that has generated a great deal of attention not only on our campus but externally as well. My main ob...

Members of the media may directly contact the following expert:   Dr. Hugues Loemba (French only) Clinician-researcher, family doctor and virologist. Associate Professor, Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine. [email protected] Dr. Loemba can discuss the governments of Quebec and Ontario's holiday se...

The University of Ottawa, The Ottawa Hospital, Algonquin College and Mitacs partner on five-year training program As COVID-19 highlights the urgent need to increase vaccine manufacturing around the world, a unique training program is bolstering Canada’s capacity to manufacture vaccines, as well as viral immunotherapies for cancer and o...

Canadian researchers launch pilot study of CANImmunize for tracking adverse events related to flu vaccine Vaccines are one of society’s greatest success stories, but like any treatment, there can be rare adverse events and they must be tested carefully. With a massive COVID-19 vaccination campaign on the horizon, Canadian researchers ha...

Library and Archives Canada (LAC) and the University of Ottawa are pleased to announce the renewal of their framework agreement. This first-of-its-kind agreement between LAC and a Canadian university was initially signed in 2015 and renewed for five years.