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Do you wish to create a more inclusive research environment that contributes to eliminating the systemic barriers that limit diverse participation in advancing knowledge and research? The Research Office is offering a new resource – EDI in Research – that brings together frameworks, models, and tools about equity, diversity and inclusion in r...

September 27, 2021

Congratulations to the two winners of the 2020-2021 Essay Competition!

Do you wish to create a more inclusive research environment that contributes to eliminating the systemic barriers that limit diverse participation in advancing knowledge and research? The Research Office is offering a new resource – EDI in Research – that brings together frameworks, models, and tools about equity, diversity and inclusion in r...

Here is Dean Adam Dodek’s heartfelt note to faculty and staff:

It is with a great regret and a heavy heart that we announce that our wonderful colleague and friend Katherine Lippel has passed away early this morning.

On September 8, 2021, U.S.-based Fortune magazine announced its list of Top 40 Under 40. The Faculty of Law, Common Law Section is proud to congratulate Harley Finkelstein, joint JD & MBA, ’09, who was named on the list which recognizes “rising entrepreneurs, influencers, creators, and executives”. Finkelstein, President of Shopify and a lead...

We are delighted to congratulate the following students, all current PhD candidates in the uOttawa Faculty of Law, on their appointments for the 2021-22 academic year.

Congratulations to University of Ottawa Common Law alumnus Thomas E. Ullyett, LLB ’85, who has received the 2021 Canadian Bar Association (CBA)’s Louis Saint-Laurent Award of Excellence! This is the CBA’s highest award, presented in recognition of a lifetime of outstanding service and professional achievement for the benefit of the legal prof...

The Honourable Doug Downey, Attorney General of Ontario, announced the appointment of Alex Ilchenko, LLB ’91, to the Superior Court of Justice, Toronto Region, effective August 12, 2021. He was called to the Ontario Bar in 1993.