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The Ministry of Colleges and Universities (MCU) recently issued a directive regarding the cost of course materials. According to uOttawa Academic Regulation A-2.4, professors must provide a syllabus during the first session of each course. This syllabus must include “the detailed cost of each required and optional textbook and learning material, specifying whether there are any restrictions preven...

The Morisset Library (MRT) general collection is critically beyond capacity, creating usability and safety issues for users in many areas of the stacks. As part of its broader collection strategy, the uOttawa Library is undertaking a rightsizing exercise to reduce the size of the collection held on the main campus, primarily through shifting items to off-site storage and shared print facilities. T...

The Faculty of Social Sciences is proud to celebrate the achievement of Anastasia Fomitchova, recipient of the 2025 International Graduate Thesis Award from the University of Ottawa.

When Tareyn Johnson, director of Indigenous Affairs, describes Hoop Two of uOttawa’s new Indigenous Action Plan, she returns to the image of a tree. “You grow from where you are,” she says. That simple idea—growth rooted in place—captures the spirit behind this section of the plan.

The Faculty of Social Sciences is proud to announce that Sébastien Girard Lindsay is the recipient of the 2025 Governor General’s Gold Medal, the University of Ottawa’s highest academic honour, awarded for an outstanding doctoral thesis in the humanities.

The Faculty of Social Sciences is proud to announce that Edith Brunette has received the 2025 Pierre Laberge Thesis Prize from the University of Ottawa. This distinguished award is presented annually for an exceptional doctoral thesis in the humanities.

The Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Ottawa is proud to celebrate the remarkable achievement of Dr. Nikolai M. Cook, a graduate of our PhD program in Economics, who has been awarded the 2024 John Charles Polanyi Prize in Economic Science.

On June 10th, the University of Ottawa conferred degrees on our 2025 Faculty of Health Sciences graduating class. In two ceremonies, students walked across the stage in front of their families, friends and classmates to receive their degrees.

This complicated and unfair dynamic is something that many...

By Kevin Kee, Dean, Faculty of Arts, University of Ottawa