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Timothy Chooi, a celebrated violinist and assistant professor in the School of Music, has forged a unique path in the world of classical music.

We were delighted to make our first official visit to the Kitigan Zibi reserve as representatives of the Faculty of Social Sciences. Our delegation, made up of Dean Victoria Barham, Professor Karine Vanthuyne and Jean-Philippe Thivierge, Associate Vice-Dean, Undergraduate Studies, had the honour of meeting members of the community and forging important ties.

“As a Black woman with sickle cell disease, I brace myself for judgement every time I walk into the ER,” says Shelly-Ann Crosby, 41, whose countless hospital visits for pain have deepened her wariness.

Awarded by the University’s Office of the Provost and Vice-President, Academic Affairs, this prize recognizes Professor Brunet’s outstanding teaching and academic contributions to history education, gender equity and inclusive curriculum reform.

The University of Ottawa hosted on May 28th its inaugural "Accessibility Challenge" during National Access-Ability Week 2024, demonstrating its commitment to inclusivity. The event featured experiential activities highlighting accessible recruitment needs and brought together various university sectors to improve campus accommodation systems.

New article by Karine Coen-Sanchez, PhD student in sociology.

In recognition of her exceptional, long-standing contribution to strengthening the role of immigrant and refugee women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), Dr. Sawsan Abdul-Majid has received Ontario’s 2023 Champion of Diversity Award in the inclusion and diversity category.

Trained as an aerospace engineer, Professor Catherine Mavriplis has first-hand experience being one of few women in a male-dominated field. This fuelled her passion for equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI), leading to a dual-research career studying aerospace engineering as well as the systematic gaps that impede gender diversity in STEM and developing ways to address these gaps.

Inclusion researcher Virginie Abat-Roy (PhD ’24) says ableism (the discrimination of those with disabilities) is a daily obstacle for people with assistance dogs. “It’s shocking to hear some of the judgemental things people say to those who live with handicaps," she explains.

Med students hung red dresses around RGN in early May to call the spirits of the missing and murdered women, girls and 2-spirit peoples back to their loved ones.