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OTTAWA, October 5, 2019 – A new $2.1 million gift from distinguished alumnus Alex Trebek and Jeopardy! host will allow the University of Ottawa to expand the global reach and impact of the Alex Trebek Forum for Dialogue. The donation raises his financial commitment to the University to a total of $9.5 million. The Alex Trebek Forum fo...

Food is a universal language that unites people no matter their origin. It is a commonality that brings people together whatever part of the world they live in, especially if this food is chocolate. Peace By Chocolate and the University of Ottawa announced today a joint endeavour called the Welcome Bar, a fundraising initiati...

Today, Calin and Elaine Rovinescu announced the creation of the Rovinescu Admission Scholarships for new Canadians, to benefit undergraduate and professional degree students at both the University of Ottawa and Université de Montréal through a generous gift of $2M, to be divided equally between the two universities. The Rovinescu Schol...

uOttawa President apologizes following the release of investigator’s report into June incident Ottawa, October 1st, 2019 – The president of the University of Ottawa, Jacques Frémont, offered a public apology today to a student involved in an incident last June, which resulted in allegations of racism. The President also releaseda report from an indep...

Jacques Frémont, President and Vice Chancellor of the University of Ottawa, issued the following statement: Today I am making public an independent investigator’s report concerning the incident that occurred on our campus in June involving one of our students and the university’s Protection Services. When I commissioned the investigation, I committed...

Members of the media may directly contact the following expert(s) / Vous pouvez communiquer directement avec les experts suivants:   Joel Westheimer (English only - Anglais seulement) University Research Chair in Democracy & Education and Professor, Faculty of Education [email protected]   AndréSamson (Français ...

Researchers have struggled for years to understand how mutations in one gene, called LRRK2, can increase the risk of three very different diseases: Parkinson’s (a brain disease), Crohn’s (a gut disease) and leprosy (a peripheral nervous system disease). Now, a Canadian team has found that inflammation is the likely culprit. Their result...

"The prorogation decision is a major statement about the relationship between the judiciary and the political branches of the U.K. government. It is also a leading case on how far judges in common-law countries can control prerogative powers." - Paul Daly, University Research Chair in Administrative Law & Governance Paul Daly ...

Carissima Mathen (English only) Full professor Faculty of Law, Common [email protected]   Contact:[email protected]

What will the results of the election mean for Israel and the rest of the world? What impact will it have on international relations, especially with the US and the Middle East peace plan? Costanza Musu (English and French) Associate Professor of Public and International Affairs - Faculty of Social Sciences E-mail: c.musu@uOttawa...