The 2023 Annual Conference of the Association of Human Rights Institutes (AHRI) Network was held last September 7-9 at the Pedro Aruppe Human Rights Institute of the University of Deusto in Bilbao, under the theme "Human Rights Defenders Under Siege". The conference brought together some 200 academics, international lawyers and human rights defenders (HRDs) from around the world.
The 2023 Annual Conference of the Association of Human Rights Institutes (AHRI) Network was held last September 7-9 at the Pedro Aruppe Human Rights Institute of the University of Deusto in Bilbao, under the theme "Human Rights Defenders Under Siege". The conference brought together some 2...
Welcome to the first blog of the ISSP’s 2023-2024 academic year. In it, I give a preview of our main research, teaching and outreach activities in the coming months. All of our activities aim to advance 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 acade...
Welcome to the first blog of the ISSP’s 2023-2024 academic year. In it, I give a preview of our main research, teaching and outreach activities in the coming months. All of our activities aim to advance the ISSP’s five-year strategic vision: helping Canada transform decision-making to meet the grand...
Professor Gilles Comeau, the founding director of the Music and Health Research Institute (MHRI) at the University of Ottawa and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada is appointed as a senior scientist within the University of Ottawa Institute of Mental Health Research (IMHR), at The Royal.
Professor Gilles Comeau, the founding director of the Music and Health Research Institute (MHRI) at the University of Ottawa and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada is appointed as a senior scientist within the University of Ottawa Institute of Mental Health Research (IMHR), at The Royal.
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...
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 fou...
From cognitive impairment to heart failure, brain and heart conditions pose one of the world’s biggest health-care challenges, exceeding all others in so-called “disease burden” and mortality rate. In Canada, the economic cost of heart disease, stroke and dementia alone is over $55 billion per year, and rising.
From cognitive impairment to heart failure, brain and heart conditions pose one of the world’s biggest health-care challenges, exceeding all others in so-called “disease burden” and mortality rate. In Canada, the economic cost of heart disease, stroke and dementia alone is over $55 billion per year,...
From cognitive impairment to heart failure, brain and heart conditions pose one of the world’s biggest health-care challenges, exceeding all others in so-called “disease burden” and mortality rate. In Canada, the economic cost of heart disease, stroke and dementia alone is over $55 billion per year, and rising.
From cognitive impairment to heart failure, brain and heart conditions pose one of the world’s biggest health-care challenges, exceeding all others in so-called “disease burden” and mortality rate. In Canada, the economic cost of heart disease, stroke and dementia alone is over $55 billion per year,...
At the pandemic’s outset, uOttawa researcher Michael Organ was approached by Toronto Research Chemicals (TRC) to create a flow reactor that manufactures a key molecule used to prepare PCR test kits to diagnose COVID-19. Billions of tests have since been performed around the world thanks to his flow reactor technology.
At the pandemic’s outset, uOttawa researcher Michael Organ was approached by Toronto Research Chemicals (TRC) to create a flow reactor that manufactures a key molecule used to prepare PCR test kits to diagnose COVID-19. Billions of tests have since been performed around the world thanks to his flow...
The following blog is a teaser for the ISSP’s soon-to-be released open access book – Democratizing Risk Governance: Bridging Science, Expertise, Deliberation and Public Values. The book includes chapters on democratizing risk governance in public health, genomics, energy and COVID-19.
The following blog is a teaser for the ISSP’s soon-to-be released open access book – Democratizing Risk Governance: Bridging Science, Expertise, Deliberation and Public Values. The book includes chapters on democratizing risk governance in public health, genomics, energy and COVID-19.
CoG Director of Research and Professor André Lecours has published a new book on federalism in collaboration with his colleague, Daniel Béland.
“Ideas, federalism and policy feedback: an institutionalist approach”
CoG Director of Research and Professor André Lecours has published a new book on federalism in collaboration with his colleague, Daniel Béland.
“Ideas, federalism and policy feedback: an institutionalist approach”
