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• Incidence of students punching, biting, kicking, and throwing things at their teachers and educational assistants has increased exponentially says uOttawa study • Overcrowded classrooms, underfunding, dwindling professional health and social services create the perfect storm for increased workplace violence • Nearly half of respondents also experienced parent-initiated harassment • Women, 2SL...

Emaad Samsodeen, an undergraduate economics student, has coauthored the article “Assessing Canada’s Policy Responses to Trump’s Tariffs” with Kevin Page of the Institute of Fiscal Studies and Democracy.  The article appeared in Policy Magazine on April 14, 2025.

This internship taught me that real impact isn’t always loud or immediate ...

For the past ten years, a professor from the School of Psychology has been trading in his classroom attire for a baseball cap and coaching gear every summer. For Professor Patrick Gaudreau, coaching goes far beyond a passion—it’s a unique opportunity to bridge the gap between science and practice. With over 130 academic publications to his name, his latest research focuses on a new theory distingu...

Across Canada, individuals who have dedicated their lives to making a difference are being recognized with the King Charles III Coronation Medal. Several members of the University of Ottawa community — staff, researchers, professors and alumni — are among the 30,000 Canadians honoured for shaping lives, policies and communities. From championing accessibility and Indigenous health care to pioneer...

Congratulations to Ayaka Naganuma and Kerrissa Constant !

At the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Ottawa, we proudly celebrate the recognition of our researchers who dedicate their work to fostering equity, inclusion, and social change.

What if food sovereignty became the true compass of public policy? What if evaluating hunger meant more than just counting calories? That’s the challenge embraced by a team of researchers and community leaders, including Professor Walner Osna, who co-authored an innovative resource: A Rapid Assessment Tool for Food Sovereignty and Health in Haiti.

The School of Political Studies is delighted to welcome Mateus Almeida de Figueiredo to the University of Ottawa for the Winter 2025 term. Mateus is a student in International Relations at the State University of Paraíba in Brazil and joins us through the Emerging Leaders in the Americas Program (ELAP), a scholarship initiative funded by the Government of Canada.

We often talk about social justice, protecting the vulnerable, and the role of the state—but rarely do we pause to ask: what about religion? In his insightful article "Religions and the Development of Taiwan’s Welfare Regime", published in the International Journal of Taiwan Studies (2025), scholar André Laliberté dives into this question from a refreshingly non-Western perspective.