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In response to the damaging discriminatory experiences reported by many Black members of the uOttawa community, President Jacques Frémont today announced five new initiatives designed to combat systemic racial discrimination in all three core areas of the University’s institution mission: student experience, pedagogy and research.  These init...

Six universities in Ontario have partnered to create a new fellowship to expand the pathways for Indigenous and Black students pursuing doctoral degrees in engineering to prepare for careers as professors and industry researchers. Announced today, the Indigenous and Black Engineering and Technology (IBET) Momentum Fellowships address an urgent need ...

The University of Ottawa Department of Family Medicine (DFM), the Institut du Savoir Montfort (ISM), and the Fondation Montfort are proud to announce the appointment of Dr. Lise Bjerre to the new position of University of Ottawa and Institut du Savoir Montfort Chair in Family Medicine. Dr. Lise M. Bjerre is an epidemiologist and a prac...

OTTAWA (January 13, 2021) _ To ensure decision-makers have access to the best COVID-19 science in a timely manner, the Government of Canada is investing $1 million in the COVID-19 Evidence Network to support Decision-making (COVID-END). This network, co-led by Drs. Jeremy Grimshaw, John Lavis, Andrea Tricco and...

uOttawa is the first Canadian university to participate in the CPTC global finals The University of Ottawa has its eye on the prize at the world's largest offensive-based collegiate cybersecurity competition. A team of five computer science students competes in the global finals of the Collegiate Penetration Testing Competition (CPTC)...

Dear members of the University of Ottawa community, Today marks a tragic anniversary. On this day one year ago, Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 was shot down outside of Tehran, killing all 176 passengers and crew. Today we remember and mourn the loss of those innocent lives. Remarkably, 50 passengers aboard Flight 752 were...

Remembering Mehraban, Saeed and Alma…   January 8, 2021 marks the one-year anniversary of the downing of Ukrainian International Airlines flight from Tehran, Iran that tragically killed 176 people, including three University of Ottawa students.  To commemorate this solem...

The University of Ottawa's Positive Energy program released new survey results tracking  Canadians’ attitudes about climate change action in the context of COVID-19. These results provide a timely snapshot of Canadian perceptions of climate action just prior to vaccine rollout and growing case numbers in the second wave. The surve...

A study led by University of Ottawa researchers provides empirical evidence that mindfulness has a significant impact on the brain of women suffering from neuropathic pain related to breast cancer treatment. The researchers showed that mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) helps modulate neuropathic pain. Their findings could ...

uOttawa photonics researchers give coins and medal a surprising pulsating effect for a good cause Using tiny mirrors to create a unique illusion in a silver coin is yet another example of how photonics – the science and technology of light – applies in so many diverse ways in our lives. Researchers at the Centre for Research in Photon...