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The international research team’s ambitious work has implications across multiple fields and sheds compelling new light on the extraordinarily complex serotonin system.

Elie Ndala was six years old when his family fled a civil war in their home country and landed in a refugee camp. When he and his parents finally immigrated to Canada, he recalls early struggles trying to ‘fit in’ in a new country and an unfamiliar culture. These lived experiences forged a profound interest in learning about identity construction and inclusion, eventually forming the basis for his...

The Government of Canada has once again recognized research excellence at uOttawa by recently awarding nine Canada Research Chairs (CRCs) from a wide range of disciplines.

What if food sovereignty became the true compass of public policy? What if evaluating hunger meant more than just counting calories? That’s the challenge embraced by a team of researchers and community leaders, including Professor Walner Osna, who co-authored an innovative resource: A Rapid Assessment Tool for Food Sovereignty and Health in Haiti.

The research team focuses on the true cost of global tuberculosis care as foreign aid is slashed and millions of people are more at risk from this top infectious disease killer.

The Canadian Yearbook of Human Rights (CYHR) invites submissions for its next issue, Volume 5 (2024), to be published in 2025.

Ever wondered what happens to your body when you take those trendy ice baths? Scientists at the University of Ottawa just found out, and it's pretty fascinating.

A global thought leader on innovation and intellectual property, Professor Jeremy de Beer has been awarded a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Innovation and Intellectual Property Law.

It's been five years since the planet went into a near total shutdown. When the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic in March 2020, schools were closed across the globe, with some remaining so for in-person learning for much of the following year.

New survey commissioned by uOttawa’s Positive Energy program shows impact of trade war with the U.S. Summary: - Canadians support oil and gas exports to strengthen global energy security - Canadians see important role for oil and gas in national economy - U.S. trade/tariff war has Canadians looking to distance themselves from our neighbor’s energy and climate policies