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Born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Nathan Hall learned early on that a personal sense of identity only goes so far when people make assumptions based on how you look or your family’s background. Hall’s father immigrated to Canada from Jamaica; his mother was born in the Maritimes and is of Afro Nova Scotian and Guyanese descent. Graduating from uOttawa with a degree in sociology, questions of belonging...

As a teacher to first-grade students, Hoda Ahmed, BEd '20, fields a lot of curious questions prompted by her being both visibly Black and Muslim. In addition to teaching, our second trailblazer is a master’s student in uOttawa’s Faculty of Education. She also holds a pair of bachelor’s degrees from uOttawa: one in linguistics, the other in education.

In recognition of Black History Month, we caught up with a few of our alumni who identify as Black and asked them to share some advice with current students.

Two themes unite our first trailblazer’s academic career and extracurricular efforts: a love of chemistry and the desire to see more women of colour represented in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and math. Now doing postdoctoral research in Toronto, two-time uOttawa alumni Dr. Ampaw is getting closer to her dream of leading a research group, becoming a professor, and being a role m...

This Black History Month, we’ve teamed up with Ridley-Padmore and Ndema-Moussa to create new portraits and poems in honour of four Black uOttawa alumni who have left a significant mark on the University.

On November 18, the University of Ottawa joined 40 Canadian institutions in signing the Scarborough Charter on Anti-Black Racism and Black Inclusion in Canadian Higher Education, reaffirming our dedication to addressing anti-Black racism and fostering Black inclusion in our community.

Here's what businesses and workers can do to be more inclusive in recruitment and human resources processes:

During the recording of the Faculty of Engineering's second season of the Make the Future podcast, Jacques Beauvais, the Dean and host of the podcast, met with several technology leaders to discuss equity, diversity and inclusion. Several of them are committed to raising awareness of engineering professions among girls and young women in the National Capital Region. The following is an overvi...

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