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Thirty years ago this year, a man walked into École Polytechnique - the Université de Montréal’s engineering school - carrying a semi-automatic weapon. Later that night, fourteen young women had been killed and fourteen others had been injured. December 6 has since been designated the Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against W...

Animals move adaptively in various environments by flexibly coordinating their body and limbs. In particular, amphibious animals, such as salamanders and certain types of fish, possess outstanding adaptability: They can move between land and water by changing their body coordination patterns in real time. However, the essential mechanis...

The University of Ottawa Symposium on Economic Policy is a one-day event bringing together prominent scholars, business leaders economists to generate thought-provoking conversations about current issues related to fiscal and monetary policy. The inaugural symposium will feature the Marleau Signature Lecture delivered by renowned econo...

Today’s marketplace is evolving faster than ever, and staying competitive in such a time represents an important challenge. On Thursday evening, uOttawa Chancellor Calin Rovinescu, John Proctor, President and CEO of Martello Technologies, and Mychelle Mollot, Chief Marketing Officer of Solace, will participate in the uOttawa Chance...

An up-and-coming researcher at the University of Ottawa has been recognized for her innovative work to probe the atomic structure of pyrite — commonly referred to as Fool’s Gold. Renelle Dubosq has earned the inaugural Mitacs Award for Outstanding Innovation — Indigenous, during a ceremony presented on November 26 at the National Arts ...

They have researched, designed, innovated and worked closely with external partners of the Faculty to develop solutions to real issues for real clients. After several months of work (and several short nights), students at the University of Ottawa's Faculty of Engineering are ready to show the results of their efforts. Students will pre...

  Indigenous learners in the Faculty of Law (Common Law Section) will have access to $1 M in scholarships, bursaries and emergency funding thanks to the generous support of an anonymous donor. The gift will be used to support Indigenous learners in various ways: Most of the funding will be devoted towards three-year entrance scho...

In celebration of the 30th anniversary of The Convention on the Rights of the Child, the University of Ottawa has teamed up with Carleton University and the Ottawa International Writers Festival to organize The Republic of Childhood Youth Forum. The Forum will take place in Ottawa on November 20-22, 2019, and will connect young writers...

The inaugural cohort of MakerLaunch, an intensive growth program for start-ups at the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Ottawa, is about to land to review its progress. The 3 startups Noibu, GameStrat and Wandure will be sharing their progress and results during MakerLaunch Demo Day, on November 21st. Here’s a glimpse of the...

The Li Ka Shing Foundation, one of the world’s largest private non-profit charitable organizations, has granted $1 million to fund the research of Dr. Andrew Pelling, Full Professor at the University of Ottawa’s Department of Physics, into the development of plant-based biomaterials. With this grant, the Pelling Lab for Augmented Biolog...