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During a summit that aims to strengthen ties between Canada’s Francophonies, the University of Ottawa presented a brief entitled L’Université d’Ottawa : une institution de formation et de recherche en français et un partenaire pour le Québec [The University of Ottawa: an institution for training and research in French and a partner for Quebec]. The summit was jointly hosted by the Quebec governmen...

The University of Ottawa has been awarded four new Canada Research Chairs (CRC) that will strengthen its expertise in artificial intelligence, health and law. The University is also proud to announce the renewal of two CRCs that will conduct leading-edge research in quantum communications and photonics.

Professors Wendy Gifford and François Larocque, whose respective research projects have significant implications for Indigenous communities and Francophone communities, have won the Knowledge Mobilization (KMb) Excellence Award for 2020-2021. This prize, now in its third year, is one of the many initiatives of its kind launched by the Office of the Vice-President, Research.

The University of Ottawa is pleased to announce the awarding of a new University Research Chair (URC) to Professor Aimée Craft of the Faculty of Law, Common Law Section. Deeply committed to bridging Indigenous and Western legal traditions, this Anishinaabe-Métis researcher is an internationally recognized expert on Indigenous-colonial relationships and water rights.

Professors Xiaoyi Bao and Jackie Dawson, whose research has been pivotal in their respective fields of fibre optics and climate change, are the University of Ottawa’s first laureates of the Governor General’s Innovation Award. Presented annually since 2016, the award recognizes exceptional innovators from all sectors of Canadian society whose work is transformative and has a meaningful impact on t...

uOttawa’s Water Resources Laboratory will be making waves with their new tsunami and earthquake simulators, funded by the Canada Foundation for Innovation. The one-of-a-kind research equipment will help Faculty of Engineering professors Ioan Nistor and Colin Rennie to better understand how extreme water events affect our infrastructure and what can be done to mitigate the damage.

The popularity of investing in cryptocurrencies — such as Bitcoin — has risen exponentially over the past decade. So has criminal activity surrounding these currencies. It is estimated there are more than 5,100 different cryptocurrencies with a total value of about $300 billion USD. In 2019 alone, investors lost more than $4.4 billion USD due to thefts, hacks, and scams.

Professor Chibuike Udenigwe of the School of Nutrition Sciences and the Department of Chemistry has earned international recognition with his recent election to the prestigious Global Young Academy, which brings together early career scholars worldwide.

The Office of the Vice-President, Research is pleased to give the Early Career Researcher of the Year Award to Aimée Craft, an Indigenous lawyer and Faculty of Law, Common Law Section professor, and to Janet Squires, a professor in the Faculty of Health Sciences.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, supported by François-Philippe Champagne, minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, has announced more than $518 million in research infrastructure funding for post-secondary institutions across Canada.