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A top-ranked Faculty with leading-edge programs.

Top 77 faculties of education worldwide

Ranked among the top 77 faculties of education worldwide, the Faculty of Education offers its students many opportunities at the world's largest bilingual university. Our highly sought-after graduates go on to a wide range of careers in administration, academia, education, health, public service, research and beyond.

Our studies

Undergraduate studies

Join one of the most dynamic and innovative Teacher Education programs in Canada and learn from educational leaders who have robust research relationships and professional partnerships with local, national and international communities. With social justice as a core value, we train educators who will pursue equity, diversity, inclusion and decolonization in their future working environments and who are prepared for the career challenges of teaching in the 21st century.

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Graduate Studies

Pursue your graduate studies in education at one of Canada’s top 50 research universities. Future educators, researchers or professionals can earn additional qualifications, a graduate diploma or an MA, MEd, or PhD degree working with our internationally distinguished professors in fields such as Counselling psychology, Health professions educationEducational Leadership, Policy and Evaluation, Societies, cultures and languages, Teaching and learningEnseignement en santé, Second Language Educationor Éducation en milieux linguistiques minoritaires et inclusion.

Many program options are available at the Faculty of Education:

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Professional Development Program

This program provides teachers with opportunities to enhance their teaching skills in order to add to their Basic Qualifications other Qualifications recognized by the Ontario College of Teachers (OCT).

Teachers can take Additional Qualification Courses (AQ Courses) to upgrade and gain qualifications in a certain teaching division or subject area or The purpose of Additional Basic Qualification (ABQ) courses to expand your knowledge of program development, delivery, and assessment in a specific division.

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World Leaders in Educational Research

The Faculty of Education unites a dynamic, diverse and interdisciplinary community of researchers working at the forefront of educational technology, policy, practice and innovation. As leaders in their fields, our professors are engaged in world-class research aimed at making a difference.
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Faculty of Education researchers receive funding for national and international projects

The grants will support research on access to higher education, didactics and pedagogy, Black youth, AI-based forensic tools in the judicial system, p…
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Isabelle Bourgeois
Faculty of Education

Isabelle Bourgeois recognized for excellence in evaluation research

Congratulations to Faculty of Education professor Isabelle Bourgeois, co-recipient of a 2024 Contribution to Evaluation in Canada Award from the Canad…
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Faculty of Education

Richard Barwell passes the torch to new dean Francis Bangou

We’re pleased to announce the appointment of Professor Francis Bangou as dean of the Faculty of Education at the University of Ottawa. On July 10, Dea…
Minahil Asim
Minahil Asim
Minahil Asim

Boosting academic achievement: The role of teacher expectations, information an…

Communicating tailored high teacher expectations led to large improvements in student performance in Pakistan. Providing reminders about past performa…
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Robert Falcon Ouellette
Robert Falcon Ouellette

Très peu d’athlètes autochtones comme modèle en raison de la sous-représentatio…

Indigenous people are underrepresented at the Paris 2024 Olympics, a concern for anthropologist Robert-Falcon Ouellette, who is from the Red Pheasant …
Tracy Vaillancourt
Tracy Vaillancourt
Tracy Vaillancourt

What makes a mean girl?

Tracy Vaillancourt’s latest study took aim at what makes a mean girl.
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Sep 30

Kwayakotàge: Learning the true story

Join us for an Evening of Reflection and Connection on the day of truth and reconciliation at the Resource Centre LMX203. The event will be held on Se…

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Oct 3

Trauma-Informed Psychotherapy for BIPOC Communities

The Faculty of Education invites you to discover professor Pavna K. Sodhi's new book entitled "Trauma-Informed Psychotherapy for BIPOC Communities". T…

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Oct 23 to Oct 25

International Higher Education Conference - Bridging divides through equity, diversity and inclusion

The International Higher Education Conference - Bridging divides through equity, diversity and inclusion will take place October 23 -25, 2024, at the …

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Contact us

Ottawa Campus

Lamoureux Hall (LMX)
145 Jean-Jacques-Lussier Private, Room 143
Ottawa, Ontario, K1N 6N5
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Telephone: 613-562-5800, Ext. 5804
Toll-Free: 1-800-860-8577 (Toll-Free)
 

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Windsor campus

To reach us
Centre communautaire francophone Windsor-Essex-Kent
720 Ouellette Avenue (main entrance at Tuscarora st)
Windsor, Ontario
N9A 1C2 CANADA

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Telephone: 519-948-6553
Fax: 519-948-9069
Email: [email protected]

Toronto Campus

The campus is temporarily located at Collège Boréal until August 28, 2023 and will be relocated to 60 Distillery Lane starting August 29th 2023.

To reach us

Collège Boréal
60 Distillery Lane
Toronto ON M5A 3C4

Telephone: (416) 289-5130
Toll-free: 1 800 860-8577
Email: toronto@uOttawa.ca

Indigenous Affirmation

We pay respect to the Algonquin people, who are the traditional guardians of this land. We acknowledge their longstanding relationship with this territory, which remains unceded. 

We pay respect to all Indigenous people in this region, from all nations across Canada, who call Ottawa home. 

We acknowledge the traditional knowledge keepers, both young and old. And we honour their courageous leaders: past, present, and future. 

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