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Satellite map (May 31, 2025) which shows active wildfire fronts in eastern Manitoba

A perfect storm: Manitoba’s wildfires fuelled by predictability

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Stelkia and Snklc’askaxa, the Okanagan Nation horses.

Following Late Pleistocene horse migration toward our sustainable future

By combining cutting-edge ancient DNA and isotope analyses with traditional Indigenous scientific knowledge systems, this global study reveals new ins…
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For youngest and oldest breast cancer patients, screening over symptom detection significantly lowers advanced illness, death

New study shows method of breast cancer detection affects outcomes of patients across various age groups.
Intact Financial Corporation partners with Telfer to support research in workplace well-being

Intact Financial Corporation partners with Telfer to support research in workpl…

Today, Intact Financial Corporation, Intact Canada CEO Louis Gagnon and the Telfer School of Management at the University of Ottawa announced a $2 mil…
uOttawa announces tuition waiver for Algonquin Anishinàbeg Nation students

uOttawa announces tuition waiver for Algonquin Anishinàbeg Nation students

As part of its ongoing Indigenization efforts, the University of Ottawa announces a full tuition waiver for Indigenous students from the Algonquin Ani…
Paul Corkum awarded the American Physical Society’s 2025 APS Medal for Exceptional Achievement in Research

Paul Corkum awarded the American Physical Society’s 2025 APS Medal for Exceptio…

Professor Paul Corkum, a physics researcher at the University of Ottawa best known for his pioneering contributions to attosecond science, has been aw…
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Map of Kanata North Campus
Jun 2

Expansion of uOttawa’s Kanata campus, Canada’s largest tech hub

Following six years of unprecedented growth in Canada’s largest technology park, the University of Ottawa Kanata North Campus is expanding to house mo…
Supreme Court of Canada
Jun 11 to Jun 12

Celebrating a Canadian Milestone: The Supreme Court of Canada at 150

Leading legal minds from across the country will gather at the University of Ottawa’s Faculty of Law for a landmark academic conference: The Supreme C…
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May 8 to May 10

CCERBAL 2025 Conference: Bilingualism and multilingualism

The focus of the CCERBAL 2025 Conference will be on conceptual, empirical, and practice-based contributions on language and technology, Indigenous lan…

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Man marching in All Under One Banner movement to support Scottish Independence
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Why Alberta’s push for independence pales in comparison to Scotland’s in 2014

While the Yes campaign did not achieve its goals and the Scottish historical context is very different from Alberta’s, there are still important lessons about how people can be won over to the cause of independence. Albertan separatists don’t seem to be heading down the same path, writes Piers Eaton.
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Canada flag in front of parliament
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The new Carney government must tackle Canada’s outdated system of intergovernme…

"The significance of intergovernmental relations in implementing policy continues to be overlooked, including by the victorious Liberals," writes Faculty of Law Professor Jennifer Wallner.
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How can Mark Carney reduce violent crime in Canada? Through prevention and yout…

Canada needs a federal minister with clear responsibility for the prevention of violent crime, supported by a deputy minister with no other responsibilities than stopping violence before it happens, writes Professor Irvin Waller of the Faculty of Social Sciences.

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