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Congratulations to the Class of 2023! On June 9, 2023, a new group of FSS students will graduate and become alumni of the University of Ottawa. We caught up with three of our new graduates, Yasmin Rajwani, Nicolas Cadieux and Ghizlène Sehabi, to find out more about their journey at the Faculty and their next steps.

The future looks bright. It has been a long, arduous road for the Class of 2023, yet they learned to adapt, develop a good dose of resilience, and didn’t let a global pandemic stop them from achieving their goals. These thinkers, makers, dreamers, and doers - all 8,677 of them - will celebrate their hard-earned accomplishment over the next few days, as the University of Ottawa hosts its Spring Con...

The publication of a collective work on the well-being of seniors and connected autonomy, under the direction of the LIFE Research Institute (LRI) is a marvelous opportunity to shed light on the vision, mission and interdisciplinary ambitions of the research conducted by the Institute, which was founded by its current director, Faculty of Health Sciences Professor Linda Garcia, an expert on dement...

Political science student Anjana Balachandran has been chosen to attend the prestigious NATO Youth Summit in Washington June 5. Her commitment to youth advocacy has propelled her to represent our students and young citizens internationally.

To meet the growing demand for mental health and well-being support, there’s a pressing need to develop and expand resources and support systems. Understanding the complexities and nuances surrounding mental health and wellness has become of utmost importance.

Undergraduate students Alex Eikre and Zhihan Li help Kevin Page of the Institute of Fiscal Studies and Democracy with presentation to the Thunder Bay Ambassadors Northwest on Thunder Bay's prospects for economic growth.

Undergraduate students Alex Eikre and Zhihan Li help Kevin Page comment on Budget 2023 in Policy Magazine. For more details:  Will the Government Stay the Course on Deficit Reduction? and A Political Economy Perspective on Policy, Numbers and Risks.

The Faculty of Social Sciences would like to congratulate Dr. Rébecca Robillard, an associate uOttawa professor, for all her achievements leading up to her recent award as the Young Investigator from the Canadian Sleep Society. The award was announced at the opening ceremonies of the 11th National Conference of the Canadian Sleep Society this past April!

This year’s Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) grants have been awarded to the following School of International Development and Global Studies (SIDGS) Masters students:

CitySHAPES, a new Ottawa-based urban policy think tank, and the Institute of Fiscal Studies and Democracy (IFSD) were joined by uOttawa students Alex Eikre and Zhihan Li to take a look at fiscal federalism in Canada from the perspective of municipalities. Read the analysis on CitySHAPES' Twitter feed