Organizational Chart
Chancellor
Claudette Commanda
Claudette Commanda was appointed chancellor of the University of Ottawa on November 9, 2022.
Claudette Commanda is an Algonquin Anishinabe from Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg First Nation located in the province of Quebec. An alumna of the University of Ottawa faculties of Law and Arts, Claudette has dedicated the last 35 years promoting First Nations people, history, culture and rights in various capacities as a University of Ottawa student, professor, member and chair of the Aboriginal education council, and via public speaking events.
President and Vice-Chancellor
Marie-Eve Sylvestre
Marie-Eve Sylvestre, is the 31st president and vice-chancellor of the University of Ottawa and had been dean of the university’s Civil Law Section of the Faculty of Law since 2019. A distinguished interdisciplinary scholar, Dr. Sylvestre’s research has focused on criminal law and practices that have a discriminatory impact on marginalized populations. She joined the University of Ottawa as a professor in 2005 after earning an LLB from the Université de Montréal, as well as an LLM and an SJD from Harvard Law School, where she was a Frank Knox Memorial Foundation fellow.