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It is with great sadness that I share the news that Barbara Byrne, a professor emeritus of our School, passed away December 19th 2020. We would like to express our deepest condolences to her friends and family. Please read Barbara’s obituary as well as a tribute written by our colleague Richard Clément below.

The Honourable Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry (ISED), announced today in a press release the creation and renewal of 260 new Canada Research Chairs.

Dr. Kousaie’s general research interests are in the interaction between language and cognition in terms of brain structure and function.

Dear members of the uOttawa community,

Dr. Christopher Fennell, Director of the School of Psychology

The Faculty of Social Sciences and the School of Psychology are proud to announce that Monnica Williams, a professor, researcher and therapist, has been awarded a new Canada Research Chair in Mental Health Disparities.

The University of Ottawa is pleased to announce the awarding of three University Research Chairs, highlighting exceptional achievements in research. One of the chair was awarded to Nafissa Ismail, Associate Professor at the School of Psychology at the University of Ottawa’s Faculty of Social Sciences.

World of Ideas Why do we sometimes mistake people we know for strangers, or strangers for people we know? The confusion is explained by Isabelle Boutet, a psychology professor who specializes in facial recognition. Her research focuses mainly on people aged 55 and older and their ability to recognize faces.

World of Ideas Winter is on its way, and with it comes everyone’s favourite part of the season: scratchy throats and stuffy noses. But why do men seem to suffer more from colds, flus and other winter blues? uOttawa Professor Nafissa Ismail suggests that there’s more to man flu than theatrical whining.