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The mural under construction at the O-Train campus gateway.
Indigenous

Mural celebrating Indigenous culture transforms campus gateway

Each day, thousands of people step off the O-Train and cycle past or enter the University of Ottawa through an inauspicious passageway. Now, a new Indigenous mural invites them to look again: to recognize the land around them, the stories rooted there and the Indigenous presence that continues to shape it.

New drug-delivery method offers promise in fight against neurodegenerative diseases
Health

New drug-delivery method offers promise in fight against neurodegenerative diseases

Summary • Neurodegenerative diseases impair cell signalling, with antibodies becoming lost in cell signalling pathways. • New process allows body’s cells to reach the brain and deliver the necessary antibodies. • Process taps into cells natural recycling mechanism of autophagy to delete useless hitchhiking cells to help healthy ones reach their destination.

Hundreds of pedestrians crossing a crosswalk in Tokyo
Health

Global population policies should take planetary health into account

Demographic trends can no longer be considered separately from the planetary boundaries of a world facing environmental crises, argue a group of inter…
Britney Achu speaks at a conference while standing at a podium.
Equity, diversity and inclusion

An inspiring student researcher explores equity in chemistry education

True equity in chemistry education begins by focusing on student voices. Inspired by her own experiences, recent biomedical sciences graduate Britney …
Volunteers with the University of Ottawa Student Union's free produce market, Myrie H' Jac, Melissa Wenza Pageot, Iman Olivia Louré, Calynne Niyonziza, pose in front of containers filled with plantains.
Food security

Strengthening food security for students

Students will be able to access more free food hampers, hot meals and fresh produce bags through uOttawa’s new food support action plan, as well as th…
Oct 20

2026 Indigenous Justice Conference

The Department of Criminology, as well as the Committee for Decolonization and Indigenous Resurgence, are pleased to formally invite you to attend the…

Oct 20

Faculty of Social Sciences Graduate Studies Open House

Thinking about grad school? Come meet us at the FSS Graduate Studies Open House! Professors, students, and staff will be there to answer your question…

Oct 22

Canada and the United States: The History of a Border

Join Professor Damien-Claude Bélanger for a timely historical discussion on his forthcoming book on Canadian American relations! …

Ni manàdjiyànànig kakina Anishinàbeg

Ni manàdjiyànànig Màmìwininì Anishinàbeg, ogog kà nàgadawàbandadjig iyo akì eko weshkad. Ako nongom egawìkàd kì mìgiwewàdj. Ni manàdjiyànànig kakina Anishinàbeg ondaje kaye ogog kakina eniyagizidjig enigokamigàg Kanadàng eji ondàpinangig endàwàdjin Odàwàng. Ninisidawinawànànig kenawendamòdjig kije kikenindamàwin; weshkinìgidjig kaye kejeyàdizidjig. Nigijeweninmànànig ogog kà nìgànì sòngideyedjig; weshkad, nongom; kaye àyànikàdj.

Indigenous Affirmation

We pay respect to the Algonquin people, who are the traditional guardians of this land. We acknowledge their longstanding relationship with this territory, which remains unceded. We pay respect to all Indigenous people in this region, from all nations across Canada, who call Ottawa home. We acknowledge the traditional knowledge keepers, both young and old. And we honour their courageous leaders: past, present, and future.