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Award celebrates outstanding scholars in Canada's social sciences and humanities research community As a child, Jackie Dawson developed a fascination with polar regions, mesmerized by their landscape and beauty. Her family introduced her to the stories of polar explorers like John Franklin, Roald Amundson and Ernest Shackleton, and a p...

Chronic sleep disruption during adolescence can lead to depression in both males and females and alters stress reactivity in females, according to a new study led by University of Ottawa researchers. Their findings, published in the journal Behavioral Brain Research, are particularly relevant in the context of a pandemic, when adolescen...

Crisis and Governance: The Role of the Board during Times of Disruption How does a crisis caused by COVID-19 affect corporate governance? This is not the first time that financial markets have shaken up the corporate world. In times of disruption, corporate leaders are forced to adjust so they can make more sustainable decisions in mana...

uOttawa condemns disturbing and offensive behaviour on our campus Today’s disruption of a peaceful sit-in by our students was disturbing, offensive and unacceptable. We are one community, and we unequivocally condemn the behaviour and language used by two individuals on our campus who do not belong to our university community. We absolutely condemn ...

A discussion of Canada's aging workforce and its implications To what extent and how do beliefs around aging impact work engagement and retention? In turn, how does knowledge-sharing and mentoring between young and older workers shape age-based attitudes? Findings have highlighted the importance of developing workplaces that engage and...

A new study published in The BMJ shows that people who had surgery to improve blood flow in their legs under spinal or epidural anesthesia were less likely to die than those who were given general anesthesia. General anesthesia involves using drugs to make a patient unconscious and inserting a tube into their windpipe to help with breathing. Spi...

MD-PhD student Taylor Jamieson-Datzkiw earns the Mitacs Award for Outstanding Innovation — Indigenous After initially spending hours glued to YouTube because of an interest in virus’ and their role in cancer treatment, uOttawa MD-PhD student Taylor Jamieson-Datzkiw is now being recognized for her innovative work to help create new can...

The University of Ottawa is among five Canadian universities participating in the second annual U7+ Alliance summit, which brings together institutions of higher education from around the world for discussion and debate. This year’s theme of ‘intergenerational justice’ aims to ensure the interests of youth and future generations are pla...

The following is a statement that President and Vice-Chancellor Jacques Frémont delivered at the University of Ottawa’s Senate meeting on Monday, November 23, 2020.   Today, I would like to take the opportunity to come back to a recent incident that has generated a great deal of attention not only on our campus but externally as well. My main ob...

The University of Ottawa, The Ottawa Hospital, Algonquin College and Mitacs partner on five-year training program As COVID-19 highlights the urgent need to increase vaccine manufacturing around the world, a unique training program is bolstering Canada’s capacity to manufacture vaccines, as well as viral immunotherapies for cancer and o...