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Dear Members of Our University Community, I am deeply saddened to share with you today that a member of our student community died over the weekend. On behalf of the University of Ottawa, I offer my deepest condolences to the student’s family, friends and loved ones. You are in the thoughts of a community in which every single life is cherished, and ...

University of Ottawa researchers develop technique to predict impact of climate change on species extinction risk When you were young, were you the type of child who would scour open fields looking for bumble bees? Today, it is much harder for kids to spot them, since bumble bees are drastically declining in North America and in Europe...

The National Research Council of Canada (NRC) and the University of Ottawa have launched the Joint Centre for Extreme Photonics (JCEP), forming the strongest team in extreme and quantum photonics research in the country and reinforcing Canada’s leading role in photonics, the science of light. Housed at the University of Ottawa and the NRC, t...

We knew that the food and beverage industry is an important player who helps shape food environments and often interacts with public agencies to influence nutrition policies. What we didn’t know was just how big a role these policies ultimately have on what we decide to put on our plate. A group of uOttawa researchers took on the task ...

The Réseau international des Chaires Senghor de la Francophonie (RICSF) has awarded the first Senghor Chair at the University of Ottawa to Professor Sanni Yaya of the Faculty of Social Sciences.

Latest coronavirus updates for the uOttawa community January 31, 2020   In response to the World Health Organization’s (WHO) declaration of a global health emergency due to spread of the coronavirus, the University has decided to suspend all operations in China until further notice.   As a result, all University-sponsored travel to China...

On January 28, the University of Ottawa and institutions worldwide celebrate Data Privacy Day, a day dedicated to empowering individuals and businesses to respect privacy, safeguard data and enable trust.

A team of researchers at the University of Ottawa has made an important breakthrough that will help better understand the origin and behavior of slow earthquakes, a new type of earthquake discovered by scientists nearly 20 years ago. These earthquakes produce movement so slow – a single event can last for days, even months – that they ...

The University of Ottawa today launched a new scholarship fund to honour the memory of three University of Ottawa students who lost their lives on January 8, 2020, in the tragic crash of Flight PS752. Mehraban Badiei Ardestani, Saeed Kadkhodazadeh Kashani and Alma Oladi had chosen to study at uOttawa and were returning from Iran after visiting their f...

The University of Ottawa will hold a memorial ceremony Friday, January 10 to honour three of our students who died in the tragic crash of Ukraine International Airlines Flight PS752 in Tehran this week. The Iranian Student Association of the University of Ottawa (ISAUO) and the Nowruz Student Association will join the University in ho...