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In 2024, the University of Ottawa continued to make its mark as a leader in research and innovation. Through its investments, state-of-the-art infrastructure and strategic partnerships, the University worked to improve the well-being of local and global communities.

As 2024 draws to a close, we celebrate a year shaped by transformative ideas and productive collaboration. This year’s milestones reflect our research community’s dedication to advancing knowledge. Supported by the Office of the Vice-President, Research and Innovation, these achievements underscore our commitment to fostering meaningful progress.

Invited to speak at the Alex Trebek Distinguished Lecture Series, acclaimed Vietnamese-born Quebec author Kim Thúy won over the large crowd, which had come to revel in her touching stories, her unbridled humour and her vast cultural insights.

Two uOttawa graduates are lighting the path to local food security through a renewable energy project.

How uOttawa’s entrepreneurial ecosystem helped TerraFixing founder Vida Gabriel turn a love of chemistry into a $10 million carbon capture startup transforming Canada’s North.

Canada needs more entrepreneurial thinking. Canada needs more entrepreneurs.

For three days, the Faculty of Medicine celebrated its alumni.

The FSS Challenge is an innovation competition that uses collective intelligence to imagine, create, and develop solutions to social challenges. The most recent edition was held from September 27 to 29. During the three-day competition, over 120 students pooled their knowledge and expertise to develop, in teams, a briefing book for a new federal government minister following their appointment to C...

Did you know that the University of Ottawa alumni experience starts well before graduation and never ends? This inclusive and inspiring alumni experience, which is continuously enriched over time, has even expanded to include the general public.

A leading figure in Ontario’s Francophonie, Madeleine Meilleur (LL.L. ’83) had a magnificent 25-year career in municipal and provincial politics. Led by her desire to improve the human condition and by her unparalleled audacity, she has made a difference wherever she has gone.