Gazette

Faculty of Medicine alumnus, and founder of local biotech firm Spartan Bioscience, developed portable COVID-19 tests to be used for research.

The COVID-19 pandemic left uOttawa student Grâce Stéphanie stuck in Thailand on exchange with very few options to return home. That was until the University of Ottawa COVID-19 Student Emergency Aid Fund was able to help her.

The Faculty of Law, Civil Law Section quickly mobilized to produce an online course on various legal issues related to the present pademic. Entitled Enjeux sociojuridiques de la pandémie de COVID-19, the course will be offered during the 2020 Spring-Summer term.

A list of the 2020 spring-summer courses that explore the issues at stake surrounding the pandemic and the new reality we’re collectively living.

Alumnus Omid McDonald, whose company makes vodka under the brand name Vodkow, quickly modified its alcohol production to make disinfectants during the COVID-19 crisis.

Two uOttawa alumni, whose company makes fitness headgear for Muslim and Sikh athletes, use scraps from their clothing line to produce facemasks that help combat the spread of COVID-19.