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Professor Françoise Vanhamme participated in the "Cycle de conférence en criminologie" at the University of Moncton. This insightful video-conference, sheds light on the troubling rise in pre-trial detention and its broader implications for justice and society.

Once again, this year, the University of Ottawa has risen among the top research-driven universities in Canada, according to Canada’s Top 50 Research Universities for 2024, published by the well-regarded Research Infosource Inc.

Our daily lives are flooded with images and representations of the body - the body in all its states: tattoos, piercings, hypersexualization, aging, obesity, anti-smoking campaigns, slimming, cosmetic surgery, veils, AIDS, sex... The production of an ill, suspect or deviant body leads us back to a reading of the normal body.

The Faculty of Social Sciences is proud to congratulate Katarina Bogosavljevic, a PhD candidate in Criminology and an active member of the Canadian Coalition to Reform HIV Criminalization, for her impactful participation in a CPAC news conference on Parliament Hill.

The Bank of Canada has announced that the University of Ottawa’s team was one of six teams to advance to the national finals in the Bank of Canada’s tenth annual Governor’s Challenge. This is the fourth time the University of Ottawa has advanced to the finals.

Two uOttawa graduates are lighting the path to local food security through a renewable energy project.

The University of Ottawa's Faculty of Social Sciences is set to make significant strides in behavioral macroeconomics research, thanks to a substantial grant from the Canadian Foundation for Innovation (CFI) through the John R. Evans Leaders Fund (JELF).

Imagine a space where technology transforms learning and collaboration into immersive, captivating experiences. The INNOVA Space, located in the heart of the University of Ottawa, is a lab where professors, researchers, teaching teams and professionals from various backgrounds, colleges and universities can transform their ideas into immersive experiences.

It is with great pleasure that the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Ottawa has extended its collaboration with the Ministry of Education (Taiwan) through the renewal of the Research Chair in Taiwan Studies.

The portal is now open for the 2025 Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Insight Development Grants competition. Insight Development Grants support research in its initial stages. Funding is available for two distinct categories of scholars: emerging scholars and established scholars.