A leader in educational research, the Faculty of Education unites a wide and diverse community of passionate researchers.

A leader in education research

The Faculty of Education is a national and international leader in education that unites a diverse community of passionate researchers, both professors and students. It is also an official French and English language supplier to the Ontario Ministry of Education.

For the past thirty years, graduate students have organized the annual Jean-Paul Dionne Research Symposium, an event that showcases and shares student research.

The Faculty publishes a peer-reviewed open online journal, the Educational Review, and hosts two conferences as part of its Excellence in Education Lecture Series.

The Faculty is home to:

  • Laboratories, networks and Educational Research Units (ERU)
  • The holders of the Canada Research Chair in School-Based Mental Health and Violence Prevention, the Air Canada Professorship on Anti-racism, the Research chair on Digital Thriving in Franco-Ontarian Communities, and the Research Chair in Medical Pedagogy at the Institut du Savoir Montfort
  • A community counselling service
  • A training and research facility for counselling and psychotherapy
  • The Centre for Research on Educational and Community Services (CRECS), which collaborates in research, evaluation and training with organizations in the educational, social service and health sectors

Our researchers in the news

Professor Jess Whitley and members of the Ottawa Community Immigrant Services Organization seated around a table having a discussion.

Community-based research at uOttawa: Helping immigrant and refugee students stay in school

School absenteeism has surged post-pandemic. In one Ontario school board, the rate of elementary students missing 20 or more school days rose from 15%…
Manisha Kulkarni, Jess Whitley, Denis Lacelle, Heather Kharouba, Jean-Michel Ménard, Delphine Nakache, Emilio Alarcón, André Lecours, Sylvie Grosjean, Burak Kantarci and Angel Foster.

From quantum breakthroughs to community solutions: The 2025 University Research Chairs

The University Research Chairs return this year with a fresh set of challenges, addressing urgent issues both locally and globally.
Golshan Mahjoub

The influence of women in STEM as social media role models

“Growing up in a society with quotas limiting women in fields like engineering, yet seeing many still pursuing these disciplines, inspired my research…

Research events

Black African American student coding and learning about machine learning, with a focus on AI and augmented reality in education and cybersecurity
Feb 10

Equipping Educators and Empowering Black Students in STEM

As part of uOttawa’s Black History Month celebrations, the Faculty of Education presents Equipping Educators and Supporting Black Students in STEM. Th…

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Feb 12

The Classroom Formula

The Faculty of Education invites you to join another Book Club session and meet Ramez Takawy, author of "The Classroom Formula". Come prepared with yo…

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Feb 18

Research in Practice: Advancing Educational Equity for Black Youth

Join us for the next event in our Research Conversations Series in collaboration with the EDI Circles entitled ''Research in Practice: Advancing Educa…