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The Meredith Centre in Chelsea, Quebec has maintained a healthy partnership with the uOttawa CSL program for the last three years. The relationship is headed by General Director Amanda DeGrace, who welcomes students with open arms on account of the deliverables they provide to this nonprofit every term. In Winter 2024, two courses began placements with the Centre: ADM 4317 (Leadership, Strategy an...

Dr. Claire Tugault-Lafleur is a Nutrition professor in the Faculty of Health Science. She has been offering group placements to her students as part of the Community Service Learning (CSL) program for almost 3 years. When asked what motivates her to continue offering CSL, she stated that students not only gain valuable transferable skills; but they are also given the opportunity to personalize the...

Dr. Venkateswaran livened up the syllabus by giving students the opportunity to participate in a CSL placement with Let’s Talk Science, an initiative that gets postsecondary science students and professionals to visit youth in classrooms to get them interested in science.

Dr. Jeffry Quan is a Psychology professor in the Faculty of Social Science. He has been offering individual CSL placements in Social Motivation (PSY 3109) to his students for seven semesters. Jeffry has worked with many different community partners. Most of the placements involve students working in person, individually and directly with organizations such as LiveWorkPlay, Lowertown Community Reso...

From Iran to Canada, PhD student Parisa Aris has navigated an inspiring academic journey marked by perseverance and achievement. With eight publications—five as the first author—and the prestigious International Ontario Graduate Student Scholarship to her name, she is driven by a passion for molecular biology and bioinformatics.

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The Faculty of Medicine is pleased to share that Dr. Simon Garceau, a scientist at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (OHRI), has been awarded a New Frontiers in Research Fund (NFRF) – Exploration Grant totaling $246,389 over two years for the project “Brain Network-based Precision Medicine to Predict Dissatisfaction Following Total Knee Arthroplasty.”

The Faculty is excited to announce the Discovery Grants Program and the Discovery Launch Supplement of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) have granted more than $590,000 to 12 researchers from the Faculty of Medicine to support their innovative research projects.

Master’s student Bahar Emami Afshar is helping make online transactions safer. Her algorithm quickly labels data and helps prevent illegal activities, from credit card fraud to identity theft.