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Dave Holmes is fearless in fighting for the health rights of marginalized populations, from challenging psychiatric and public health practices to advocating for more compassionate care for mentally ill inmates.

The lives of migrant workers in Canada are often fraught with difficulties. Delphine Nakache is seeking solutions to the complex legal issues involved.

Whether he is considering linguistic rights or wealth distribution, philosopher David Robichaud is always concerned with the concepts of equity and justice.

The University of Ottawa is pleased to announce the awarding of two new University Research Chairs (URC) to professors whose research contributes to better access to health care for vulnerable populations and to a fuller understanding of 19th-century Metis kinscapes.

Congratulations to Angelina Barrucco, whose artwork, Pandemic Soap Study 2020, has won the Vice-President, Research Holiday Greeting Card Contest!

Library and Archives Canada (LAC) and the University of Ottawa are pleased to announce the renewal of their framework agreement. This first-of-its-kind agreement between LAC and a Canadian university was initially signed in 2015 and renewed for five years.

The University of Ottawa is proud to be a partner of Canadian Science Policy Conference 2020 (CSPC), the 12th edition of a forum that convenes Canada’s largest and most diverse science and innovation policy community. This virtual event will run from November 16 to 20, 2020.

Marie-Hélène Chomienne, an Associate Professor and Clinical Investigator at the University of Ottawa Department of Family Medicine, a health care leader in the Francophone community, and a researcher at the Institut du Savoir Montfort at Hôpital Montfort, has been awarded the Chaire de recherche en francophonie internationale et santé de l’immigrant ou du réfugié d’Afrique francophone subsaharienn...

Six University of Ottawa researchers have been elected fellows of the Royal Society of Canada (RSC), the highest distinction that can be given to a scholar, scientist, or artist in Canada.

It didn’t take long for Taha Azad to apply his expertise in luciferase proteins, the enzymes that cause fireflies to glow, to novel approaches to cancer research, then to research on a vaccine and drug for COVID-19. “During my childhood in northern Iran, I used to observe fireflies and was curious about how they were emitting light,” he says.