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Civil engineering student Danielle Rainville is determined to protect Ottawa from natural disasters by developing models to predict the likelihood of floods in the region.

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 Sara 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.

Three uOttawa researchers are pushing the boundaries of health innovation with bold, interdisciplinary projects supported by the New Frontiers in Research Fund.

Cyberattacks don’t stop at national borders. Neither do extreme weather events, disruptions to global supply chains or co-ordinated disinformation campaigns. But the systems used to respond to these threats are still largely national, often slower and more siloed than the challenges they are trying to address.

University’s research strength and ecosystem leadership support mission-driven partnerships in the sector.

Budget 2025 isn’t subtle. The federal budget’s priorities are loud and clear: strengthening Canada’s economic and political sovereignty in an increasingly unstable world. At a recent University of Ottawa Brown Bag Lunch on public policy, two panelists with very different backgrounds converged on the same message: the pace, scale and expectations around research have been supercharged.

The research landscape is changing fast. It is being shaped by open science, knowledge mobilization and partnerships with industries, communities and governments.

Preventing illness earlier, making care more effective and strengthening the systems people rely on when they need them most — these are the kind of impacts uOttawa researchers are working toward. And now, they have support from Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Project Grants.

The University of Ottawa’s Faculty of Engineering and Mexico’s Tecnológico de Monterrey continue to advance research through their joint seed grant program. This year, six projects were funded, tackling challenges in water safety, waste management, sustainable materials and bioenergy.