Helping students understand the ongoing impacts of colonialism and the goals of reconciliation is essential. However, many teachers feel unprepared for difficult classroom conversations. For alumna Lisa Howell (PhD ’22), learning directly from and alongside First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples should be the starting point for all educators.
Helping students understand the ongoing impacts of colonialism and the goals of reconciliation is essential. However, many teachers feel unprepared for difficult classroom conversations. For alumna Lisa Howell (PhD ’22), learning directly from and alongside First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples sho...
September 21 will mark the 10th anniversary of the death of Annemarie Desloges, a uOttawa health sciences alumna. Annemarie lost her life in a terrorist attack in Nairobi, Kenya, in 2013. She was 29 years old and was working as a diplomat with Citizenship and Immigration Canada.
September 21 will mark the 10th anniversary of the death of Annemarie Desloges, a uOttawa health sciences alumna. Annemarie lost her life in a terrorist attack in Nairobi, Kenya, in 2013. She was 29 years old and was working as a diplomat with Citizenship and Immigration Canada.
Marlene Patrick’s (BAdm ’79, BCom ‘80) fondest memories of uOttawa stem from its bilingualism. Arriving at the University from a smaller, English-speaking community and wanting to study translation, she saw this as a great, inclusive opportunity.
Marlene Patrick’s (BAdm ’79, BCom ‘80) fondest memories of uOttawa stem from its bilingualism. Arriving at the University from a smaller, English-speaking community and wanting to study translation, she saw this as a great, inclusive opportunity.
As a lawyer and community member, Elysia Petrone-Reitberger (BA ’07, Gee-Gees Women’s Rowing ’04-’07) has dedicated her life to championing environmental protection and Indigenous governance. Her time at uOttawa helped spark her advocacy around both.
As a lawyer and community member, Elysia Petrone-Reitberger (BA ’07, Gee-Gees Women’s Rowing ’04-’07) has dedicated her life to championing environmental protection and Indigenous governance. Her time at uOttawa helped spark her advocacy around both.
Belinda Gilbey (BASc ’14) combined her entrepreneurship and engineering skills to establish BONDI Energy. The company focuses on retrofitting commercial and multi-unit residential buildings with energy efficient heat pumps.
Belinda Gilbey (BASc ’14) combined her entrepreneurship and engineering skills to establish BONDI Energy. The company focuses on retrofitting commercial and multi-unit residential buildings with energy efficient heat pumps.
Algae and plants aren’t called “primary producers” for nothing. They’re the base of all food webs, and the sugars and oxygen they produce through photosynthesis are what allow every other organism on this planet to thrive, including us. So, if they go down, we go down with them.
Algae and plants aren’t called “primary producers” for nothing. They’re the base of all food webs, and the sugars and oxygen they produce through photosynthesis are what allow every other organism on this planet to thrive, including us. So, if they go down, we go down with them.
The Official Languages and Bilingualism Institute (OLBI) celebrates the diversity of the French language and of the cultures of the Francophonie with uOttawa alumnus Philippe Falardeau (BSocSc ’89).
The Official Languages and Bilingualism Institute (OLBI) celebrates the diversity of the French language and of the cultures of the Francophonie with uOttawa alumnus Philippe Falardeau (BSocSc ’89).
