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A new study led by researchers at The Ottawa Hospital, University of Ottawa and the Public Health Agency of Canada’s National Microbiology Laboratory shows that a Canadian-made spit test can detect the COVID-19 virus.  Although it does not pick up as many cases as the traditional swab test, the spit test is more comfortable than swab testing, wh...

Get active on campus this fall,we’ve got so much to help you on your journey! While things do look a little different from past years, we still have lots of options available.

The lawyers of tomorrow are invited to gather today at the University of Ottawa’s Faculty of Law... in the game of Minecraft. Since attending in person isn’t possible, the Faculty of Law is inviting its students—as well as gamers and curious members of the University community—to attend the inauguration of a virtual Fauteux Hall a...

Members of the media may directly contact the following expert: Éric Dionne (French only) Associate Professor, Measurement and Evaluation of Learning and Programs, Faculty of Education. [email protected]   Professor Dionne can address the following questions: How do teachers adapt to the new pedagogical reality and o...

Members of the media may directly contact the following expert: Jessica Whitley (English only) Associate Professor, Faculty of Education [email protected]   Professor Whitley can discuss the in-school/class experience of students with exceptionalities. “The school board's guidelines have raised concerns for me about how the...

Members of the media may directly contact the following expert: Nicholas Ng-A-Fook(English and French) Full Professor, Vice-Dean of graduate programs, Faculty of Education   [email protected]   “Every public servant working on the front lines would like to know that their organization has taken the utmost precaution...

Members of the media may directly contact the following expert: Nicholas Ng-A-Fook (English and French) Full Professor, Vice-Dean of graduate programs, Faculty of Education. Former Director of the Teacher Education and Indigenous Teacher Education Programs and specialist in Indigenous History. [email protected]   “Workin...

The University of Ottawa wishes to express its solidarity with the University of Alberta’s Campus Saint-Jean, whose mission and existence are threatened due to budget cuts imposed by the provincial government of Alberta. Campus Saint-Jean plays a unique role in promoting and protecting the French language in Alberta. Its closure would be an incalculab...

Members of the media may directly contact the following experts: Pierre Anctil (English and French) Full Professor, Department of History, Faculty of [email protected] How to interpret Canadian history in contemporary public spaces in light of recent movements for social and political change.   Timothy J. Stanley ...

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 [email protected] Ontario unveiled its COVID-19 school outbreak plan this week. “By asking symptomat...