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Runners take off at the start of the Bouge Bouge race during the 2023 Homecoming.
Student experience
Alumni

Your story within a common history: start your next chapter during Homecoming at uOttawa

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.
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.

September 24, 2024
From left to right: Photo of Emily Da Silva, Peter Farrell, René Duplain, Hugo Crites, Danielle Michaud, Majela Guzman
Staff

Faces of the Library: Interview with Hugo Crites

Get to know the people behind the scenes who are here to support your academic journey, guiding you to the best resources for your research and studies.
Get to know the people behind the scenes who are here to support your academic journey, guiding you to the best resources for your research and studies.

September 10, 2024
Automated chai barista equipment.
Research and innovation
Entrepreneurship
Technology

A Recipe for Success: Stirring Up Innovation in Food Sustainability with AI

When LeafEdge cofounders Gouled Awad, Jasen Lee and Pascal-Tan Vu-Noreau joined the Entrepreneurship Hub’s Startup Garage program in 2023, they had a bold mission: to empower individuals to grow their own food, regardless of space, time or knowledge constraints.
When LeafEdge cofounders Gouled Awad, Jasen Lee and Pascal-Tan Vu-Noreau joined the Entrepreneurship Hub’s Startup Garage program in 2023, they had a bold mission: to empower individuals to grow their own food, regardless of space, time or knowledge constraints.

August 28, 2024
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Student life
Student experience
Experiential learning
Career and experiential learning 
Careers

3 quick tips for finding work on campus

If you’re looking for a way to earn as you learn, there are more than 1,700 job opportunities on campus in our student services and faculties. Here are just a few tips and examples of student jobs to inspire you. Get your resumé ready!
If you’re looking for a way to earn as you learn, there are more than 1,700 job opportunities on campus in our student services and faculties. Here are just a few tips and examples of student jobs to inspire you. Get your resumé ready!

August 28, 2024
Students seated in the Dining Hall in front of a mural showing a man holding a flower and a woman looking the other way.
Student life
Student experience
Dining Hall
Food services

Where to eat on campus

Hungry? You don’t have to leave campus to eat the best food around! Discover all the yummy spots to choose from and get insight into the latest food dupes. There are some exciting options that rival Ottawa’s top restaurants.
Hungry? You don’t have to leave campus to eat the best food around! Discover all the yummy spots to choose from and get insight into the latest food dupes. There are some exciting options that rival Ottawa’s top restaurants.

August 27, 2024
Students dancing with their hands in the air.
Welcome week
Student life
Student experience
Student voices

Psychology student DJ to open uOShow

Fourth-year psychology student Richard Pham is gearing up for the biggest gig of his DJing career. He’ll be warming up the dance floor ahead of an awe-inspiring lineup as the opening act for uOshow September 5, one of the University of Ottawa’s biggest events. Last year, it drew 6,000 students.
Fourth-year psychology student Richard Pham is gearing up for the biggest gig of his DJing career. He’ll be warming up the dance floor ahead of an awe-inspiring lineup as the opening act for uOshow September 5, one of the University of Ottawa’s biggest events. Last year, it drew 6,000 students.

August 27, 2024
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Clubs and associations
Student experience
Student life

A host of student clubs to discover

Whether you love to sing, dance, help others, hike or build rockets, there’s something for everyone when it comes to the more than 350 student clubs at uOttawa. For this article, we’ve randomly selected ten clubs to illustrate the amazing range of interesting activities you can enjoy on campus. So, if you want to find your people, why not stroll down the Grande Allée during the Club Fair on Sep...
Whether you love to sing, dance, help others, hike or build rockets, there’s something for everyone when it comes to the more than 350 student clubs at uOttawa. For this article, we’ve randomly selected ten clubs to illustrate the amazing range of interesting activities you can enjoy on campus. S...

August 22, 2024
Bianca Borgella, Anne Fergusson, Dr. Julia Hanes, Brianna Hennessy, Trinity Lowthian.
Student life
Gee-Gees
Varsity sports
Alumni

Paris Paralympics to feature five uOttawa athletes

Five outstanding athletes from four different faculties at the University of Ottawa will proudly represent Canada at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games. Among them are current students Bianca Borgella, Anne Fergusson, and Trinity Lowthian, along with alumni Julia Hanes and Brianna Hennessy. Competing in four distinct sports, this group forms the largest uOttawa contingent ever to participate in a sin...
Five outstanding athletes from four different faculties at the University of Ottawa will proudly represent Canada at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games. Among them are current students Bianca Borgella, Anne Fergusson, and Trinity Lowthian, along with alumni Julia Hanes and Brianna Hennessy. Competing i...

August 21, 2024
Four participants (two boys and two girls) sit at a table solving a math problem at the 2024 uOttawa Math Camp.
Science
STEM
Student experience

Inspiring Minds at uOttawa’s Bilingual Math Camp

Since 1999, the University of Ottawa and the Canadian Mathematical Society (CMS) have made this campus-based week of math possible for some 1200 participants from Ontario and Quebec. This year, the forty-eight Grade 10 students who attended uOttawa’s math camp, the only bilingual experience among all CMS math camps held across Canada this summer, found the camp inspiring and informative.
Since 1999, the University of Ottawa and the Canadian Mathematical Society (CMS) have made this campus-based week of math possible for some 1200 participants from Ontario and Quebec. This year, the forty-eight Grade 10 students who attended uOttawa’s math camp, the only bilingual experience among al...

August 15, 2024