Doors Open Ottawa 2024

In 2023, the University of Ottawa inaugurated the Faculty of Health Sciences building, a state-of-the-art facility with modern architecture, designed to empower the next generation of health-care providers, professionals and researchers to build healthier, more resilient communities.

At 23,452 square metres — the equivalent of 19 Olympic-sized swimming pools — it’s the most sustainable building on any uOttawa campus. Overlooking the Rideau River and surrounded by green spaces, this unique facility incorporates Algonquin design elements.

The building is home to more than 45 classrooms and teaching labs, as well as 20 research labs located at key points to promote organic collaboration across disciplines. It also hosts the schools of Nursing, Nutrition Sciences and Rehabilitation Sciences, all of which prepare students to pursue challenging careers in health and well-being and play a leading role in the health-care system.

The new Faculty of Health Sciences building will celebrate its first anniversary in 2024. The building opening was an important milestone in the University of Ottawa’s growing involvement in health-care education and research, as we focus on strengthening healthcare for Canadians.

Visitors can view up close a metabolic chamber that monitors energy expenditure to better prevent and treat obesity, a hypoxia chamber that simulates altitude, a music and health studio where researchers study the effects of instrumental and choral practice on rehabilitation and well-being and a neurotraumatology impact laboratory where researchers study brain and nervous system injuries in sport, to name but a few highlights.

Visitors can also see the modern classrooms and nursing simulation labs, where students can master a wide range of clinical skills and procedures.