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

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Eric Dionne
Faculty of Education

Eric Dionne earns French-language publication award for research in edumetrics

Professor Eric Dionne from the University of Ottawa’s Faculty of Education and co-editor Sébastien Béland from the University of Montréal, have been a…
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Various technologies in the INNOVA Space.
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The INNOVA Space: Where educational and technological innovation comes to life

Imagine a space where technology transforms learning and collaboration into immersive, captivating experiences. The INNOVA Space, located in the heart…
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Béatrice Crettenand Pecorini
Faculty of Education

Digital narrative gerontology: Wellbeing through storytelling in the later years

What is digital narrative gerontology? It’s based on a simple idea: bring two people together from different generations and combine the power of stor…

Research events

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Jan 15

Des glaçons comme du verre

The Faculty of Education invites you to discover Isabelle Picard's book entitled "Des glaçons comme du verre". This event will be held virtually from …

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Feb 4

Teaching gender in the history classroom: what's at stake, what are the difficulties?

Join us on February 4 from 1 to 2 PM for the Teaching gender in the history classroom: what's at stake, what are the difficulties? conference, present…

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…