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While distant and online learning is well-established, academic conferences have remained an in-person activity. This will change with a new conference, the Photonics Online Meetup (POM), launched by six photonics leaders from around the world, including University of Ottawa postdoctoral fellow Orad Reshef, that aims to encourage a...

What will the next Trudeau Cabinet look like? Will the Prime Minister choose continuity or change? Among the most interesting files: who will the PM choose as Minister of Environment and Climate Change?Geneviève Tellier Full professor Faculty of Social Sciences - Political Studies Office: 613 562-5800 (4487)gtel...

The University of Ottawa’s Professional Development Institute (PDI) is partnering with MindBridge Ai and Willis College (Willis) to address the gender inequity challenge confronting the AI and Cybersecurity workforce.  Womxn make up less than 20 percent of the workforce, which further exacerbates the talent shortage and skills crisis&nbs...

The first full draft of the final report of the First Nations Food, Nutrition and Environment Study (FNFNES) will be tabled during the Food, Nutrition and Environment of First Nations Forum, that will be held at the Delta Hotel in Ottawa, on November 5-6, 2019. The forum will provide the opportunity to discuss 10 years’ worth of related...

Jean-Philippe Chaput (English and French) Faculty of Medicine613.737.7600 ext. [email protected] According to Jean-Philippe Chaput, professor at the University of Ottawa's Faculty of Medicine, Daylight Saving Time can greatly affect health and cause several problems that would justify its abolition. Losing or gaining an hour'...

Public elementary teachers and education workers in Ontario have given themselves an overwhelming strike mandate, voting 98 per cent in favour of a strike should it be necessary. Joel Westheimer (English only) Full Professor, Faculty of Education Office: 613-562-5800 ext. 4161Cell: [email protected] ...

It now appears that all personal accounts at Desjardins were compromised during the privacy breach. The breach was initially thought to have affected 2.9 million customers, but that number has now been revised and 4.2 million accounts were affected. Marc Tasse Telfer School of ManagementCell: [email protected] ...

In this era of reconciliation, where the federal government and the Canadian public have struggled to match an earnest wish for a new relationship with Indigenous Peoples and the necessary tools to secure it, the Shawn and Khush Singh Lecture Series is proud to host Natan Obed on Monday, November 4, 2019. President of In...

Two researchers from the University of Ottawa were part of an international study that identified an enzyme that strongly inhibits ferroptosis, an iron-dependent form of cell death implicated in neurodegeneration and ischemic reperfusion injury. It turns out that ferroptosis suppressor protein-1 (FSP1) is expressed in a wide variety of ...

Dear Members of the University Community, It is with great sadness that I must inform you of the death of a member of our uOttawa community. Yesterday, Ottawa Police Services confirmed the death of an undergraduate student in an apartment off campus. On behalf of the uOttawa community, I wish to express our heartfelt condolences to the family, friend...