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As part of Black History Month, we discussed breaking down barriers and driving change with one of our community’s prominent healthcare leaders.

HRREC community member, Ramon Blanco-Barrera, also known by his artist name, “233” (@233art), has been distinctively awarded with the renowned Fulbright Award.

A team of scientists from the University of Ottawa is offering insights into the mysteries of quantum entanglement.

New research from the University of Ottawa proposes using vanoxerine as a safe method for potentially eliminating cancer stem cells in colorectal tumours

In 2020, the Government of Canada acknowledged that Black communities in our country face “health and social inequities linked to a process of discrimination at multiple levels of society, including individual, interpersonal, institutional and societal discrimination.”

Pierre Gilles Bélanger, Adjunct Professor in the Faculty of Law, Civil Law Section and HRREC member, was invited to offer his expertise to more than 40 final-year students in a mandatory course at the prestigious Faculty of Law of the University of Chile.

Professor Linda McLean combines her love of physiotherapy with her graduate training in engineering to fill important knowledge gaps about pelvic floor disorders in women.

HRREC members Pierre Gilles Bélanger (Adjunct Professor, Civil Law Section) and Melisa Handl (Ph.D. in Law) and Gloria Song (Ph.D. candidate in law), as well as colleagues from the University of Ottawa, Professor Eva Ottawa (Civil Law Section) and Vinícius Alves Barreto da Silva (Ph.D. candidate in law), have added their voices to a collaborative work from Canada, Brazil, Colombia, Uruguay, Mexico...

Twenty-seven percent of individuals who had an emergency department visit for cannabis use developed a new anxiety disorder within three years, according to new research.

Citizen science – participation of members of the public in the production of scientific knowledge –  can take many forms. For example, last Spring I visited a snake enthusiast who maintains a study site, where he monitors Southern Rubber Boa population dynamics. He had searched for and photographed these snakes for many years, a hobby called herp...