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Members of the media may directly contact the following expert: Michael Orsini (English and French) Full Professor, Institute of Feminist and Gender Studies, School of Political Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences [email protected] “While it is challenging to prognosticate on Bolsonaro’s future, not to mention his recent positive C...

New book provides deep dive into the vulnerabilities exposed by the pandemic Is the global response to the pandemic effective? Is it inclusive? Three professors from the University of Ottawa,  along with a leading global health ethicist and former Health Minister Jane Philpott, today published a book of essays  analyzing the ...

A Canadian collaboration led by Dr. Baptiste Lacoste has undertaken the first ever in-depth study of vasculature in the autistic brain. The product of four years of work, a paper published today in Nature Neuroscience lays out several lines of novel evidence that strongly implicate defects in endothelial cells—the lining ...

A heat warning is in effect in parts of Quebec and Ontario this week. How can we beat the heat while staying safe and wearing a mask? What are the risks for seniors? Members of the media may directly contact the following expert: Glen Kenny (English and French) Full Professor, School of Human Kinetics, Faculty of Health Sciences. uOt...

Members of the media may directly contact the following expert: Patrick Leblond (English and French) Associate Professor, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, and CN – Paul M. Tellier Chair on Business and Public Policy [email protected]   Finance Minister Bill Morneau tabled a fiscal “snapshot” t...

The University of Ottawa is proud to announce the awarding of four new University Research Chairs (URC), a new Distinguished Research Chair, and two URC renewals, recognizing the work of exceptional researchers in health, law, and biology.

Members of the media may directly contact the following expert: Luc Bonneville (French only) Full Professor, Department of Communication. Researcher, Institut du Savoir Montfort [email protected] Starting today, wearing a mask is mandatory in enclosed public spaces in Ottawa and Eastern Ontario. The same will soon be the cas...

Members of the media may directly contact the following expert: Dr. Doug Manuel (English only) Physician and senior scientist, The Ottawa Hospital. Distinguished Professor at the University of Ottawa [email protected] Starting tomorrow, wearing a mask will be mandatory in certain enclosed public spaces in Ottawa and Eastern Ontario. ...

The Ottawa Shanghai Joint School of Medicine (OSJSM) celebrated its first ever cohort today. The program admitted 18 students in its inaugural teaching year in 2016. The graduating class was awarded a Bachelor’s of Clinical Medicine from the Shanghai Jiao-Tong University School of Medicine (SJTUSM) and a certificate of participation fr...

Two new Tier 2 Canada Research Chairs (CRCs), and one renewed Tier 2 CRC have been awarded to three exceptional University of Ottawa researchers at the faculties of Education, Engineering and Science.