Precision agriculture is so-called because people believe that farmers’ management decisions will be optimized and made more precise if they are informed by the results of self-learning algorithms which mine large volumes of data (or big data). It is now indisputably known that industrial, chemical-intensive farming contributes significant greenhouse gas emissions, agricultural chemicals have know...
Precision agriculture is so-called because people believe that farmers’ management decisions will be optimized and made more precise if they are informed by the results of self-learning algorithms which mine large volumes of data (or big data). It is now indisputably known that industrial, chemical-...
Welcome to this first blog of the ISSP’s 2022-2023 academic year. In it, I give a preview of key research, teaching and outreach activities in the coming months. All of them speak to the ISSP’s five-year strategic vision: helping Canada transform decision-making to meet the grand challenges of our time by strengthening science-society-policy relations within and among the academic, public, private...
Welcome to this first blog of the ISSP’s 2022-2023 academic year. In it, I give a preview of key research, teaching and outreach activities in the coming months. All of them speak to the ISSP’s five-year strategic vision: helping Canada transform decision-making to meet the grand challenges of our t...
Every year, the Faculty of Social Sciences proudly recognizes the excellence of its professors and administrative staff by granting Faculty awards. Here is the list of the 2022 award recipients. Congratulations to all!
Please note that all testimonies are provided in the recipients' language of choice.
Every year, the Faculty of Social Sciences proudly recognizes the excellence of its professors and administrative staff by granting Faculty awards. Here is the list of the 2022 award recipients. Congratulations to all!
Please note that all testimonies are provided in the recipients' language...
The Faculty of Social Sciences would like to congratulate the newly appointed members of the Royal Society of Canada (RSC), Class of 2022 (Professor André Lecours) and the College of New Scholars, Artists, and Scientists (Professors Abel Brodeur, Nafissa Ismail)! These are the highest distinction that can be awarded to those engaged in scholarly endeavours or working in the arts or sciences in Can...
The Faculty of Social Sciences would like to congratulate the newly appointed members of the Royal Society of Canada (RSC), Class of 2022 (Professor André Lecours) and the College of New Scholars, Artists, and Scientists (Professors Abel Brodeur, Nafissa Ismail)! These are the highest distinction th...
Alice Wilson Awards are awarded to three women of outstanding academic qualifications in the Arts and Humanities, Social Sciences or Science who are entering a career in scholarship or research at the postdoctoral level.
Alice Wilson Awards are awarded to three women of outstanding academic qualifications in the Arts and Humanities, Social Sciences or Science who are entering a career in scholarship or research at the postdoctoral level.
This $1,000 scholarship supports Undergraduate Indigenous Students with excellent academic standings and enrolled in one of the programs offered at the School of Political Studies.
This $1,000 scholarship supports Undergraduate Indigenous Students with excellent academic standings and enrolled in one of the programs offered at the School of Political Studies.
It was with great sadness that we learned of the passing of our former colleague and friend, David Welch, on August 30, 2022. Our sympathies go out to his wife Gabriela and daughter Gabrielle, a brilliant graduate of our Master's in Social Work program.
It was with great sadness that we learned of the passing of our former colleague and friend, David Welch, on August 30, 2022. Our sympathies go out to his wife Gabriela and daughter Gabrielle, a brilliant graduate of our Master's in Social Work program.
It is with great sadness that we have learned of the passing, on the 23rd of June 2011, of Michèle Annick Kérisit, dedicated feminist, professor and colleague in the School of Social Work. All employees and students at the School of Social Work, the Faculty of Social Sciences as well as the entire academic community of the University of Ottawa offers their sincerest condolences to Michèle's f...
It is with great sadness that we have learned of the passing, on the 23rd of June 2011, of Michèle Annick Kérisit, dedicated feminist, professor and colleague in the School of Social Work. All employees and students at the School of Social Work, the Faculty of Social Sciences as well as the entire a...
Mental health problems remained elevated over the pandemic as meta-analysis reveals North Americans suffered increased anxiety, depression & PTSD while Latin America and Europe fell into the thralls of insomnia
Mental health problems remained elevated over the pandemic as meta-analysis reveals North Americans suffered increased anxiety, depression & PTSD while Latin America and Europe fell into the thralls of insomnia
