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For several years, wastewater monitoring has quietly supported public health in Ottawa, offering valuable insights into the spread of common infectious diseases such as COVID-19 and influenza in the community. With partnership funding ended in September 2025, the program is turning to the community to help sustain wastewater monitoring in Ottawa.

Though Sarra Magdouli and Nicole Racine conduct research involving different disciplines, both trace their paths back to lived experience, moments outside of academia that revealed urgent, practical problems in need of better answers.

The University of Ottawa celebrated excellence in research communication at its fifth annual uOGRADflix Competition Showcase.

From a Norwegian town above the Arctic Circle, PhD candidate Xiatong Cai researches new ways to protect our rivers and oceans while he explores our fragile connections to each other and to the natural world.

A recent study is shedding light on the factors that contributed to the significant wildfires in Manitoba in May 2025. The research explores how unusual weather patterns and stressed vegetation combined to create an ideal environment for disaster.

Shifting Skies, Solar Ties

The Faculty of Engineering awards recognize professors and staff who demonstrate outstanding skills and dedication to research and teaching. Their work inspires students, peers and the wider engineering community. We’re honoured to announce this year’s recipients.

New sustainable approaches could make our bridges safer and serviceable for longer. Civil engineering PhD candidate Issa Fowai is helping shape the future of infrastructure repair in Canada.

Modern construction practices are rapidly evolving, and Professor Ghasan Doudak, from uOttawa’s Faculty of Engineering, is at the forefront of this transformation. His work integrates sustainability and environmental consciousness to shape a more resilient and eco-friendlier built environment.

With a new Genome Canada and NSERC Alliance grant for wastewater monitoring, Robert Delatolla and his team at the University of Ottawa Faculty of Engineering are advancing public health in Canada by using wastewater data to track emerging diseases and improve health equity.