Inspiring alumni

A few stories of our exceptional alumni.

A uOttawa education opens a world of opportunities. Our graduates are remarkable individuals who go on to lead, educate, advocate, and create—reimagining the future for this generation and the next.  

We’re tremendously proud of their impact. 

Impact Stories
Students walking through a building
Impact Stories

Meet alumni with impactful stories to share

Get to know your community by reading the stories of alumni who have gone on to make a difference in their fields.
Podcast
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Podcast

Read uOttaKnow features

Illuminating. Inspiring. Entertaining. Read highlights from the uOttaKnow podcast with host Gwen Madiba (MA ’12; BSocSc ’08) featuring our uOttawa com…
Trailblazers
Trailblazers
Trailblazers

Read Trailblazers x uOttawa: Stories of exceptional Black Alumni

To celebrate Black History Month, we’ve teamed up with Tiyahna Ridley-Padmore (BScSoc) and Merryl-Royce Ndema-Moussa (BSc) to create portraits and poe…
Faculty of Law - Common Law Section
Gladys Osien and Debra (Ramsay) Love
Faculty of Law - Common Law Section

Two alumni of the Common Law Section as Mentors-in-Residence

The Common Law Section is committed to the wellbeing and success of our students; therefore, we have engaged two members of our alumni community as Me…
Faculty of Engineering
Charles Blouin and Dominic Robillard present the innovation award
Faculty of Engineering

Two uOttawa Faculty of Engineering alumni have been awarded a regional prize for innovation

Charles Blouin (BASc 2013, MASc 2016) and Dominic Robillard (BASc 2011), who cofounded Tyto Robotics, have won the Outaouais’ regional innovation priz…
Faculty of Engineering
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Faculty of Engineering

Meet engineering alumna Vida Gabriel, an entrepreneur under 30 tackling carbon capture

Vida Gabriel co-founded TerraFixing with fellow graduate Sean Wilson to tackle climate change with their unique direct air carbon capture technology.
Faculty of Engineering
Vanessa Prinsen, Imane El Karafi, Rukyya Badreldin, and Caroline Cloutier
Faculty of Engineering

Celebrating women in engineering

Four uOttawa Alumna from the Faculty of Engineering are sharing their experience since graduating university and are offering their best advice to cur…
Faculty of Engineering
Software engineer and uOttawa alumnus, Fahed Hassanat
Faculty of Engineering

Sensor Cortek: uOttawa alumni launches company to improve autonomous vehicle safety

Sensor Cortek, a company started by uOttawa alum Fahed Hassanat, is using AI and deep learning to improve autonomous vehicle safety.