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Ending the Drought: Ottawa’s Medical Research Community Welcomes Long-Awaited Wet Lab Facilities

Most people only think about their metabolism when their pants get too tight, blaming weight gain on their metabolism slowing down.

The University of Ottawa’s new Advanced Medical Research Centre will accelerate discovery and new treatments

The rapid development and deployment of vaccines during the COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the critical role of research in creating lifesaving medical…

If you build it, they will stay: Ending Ottawa’s biotech brain drain

Ottawa has earned its global reputation as a vibrant city for medical research and innovation. But if it wants to keep its intellectual capital in the…
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The future of public health in Canada: How wastewater research continues to make a difference

With a new Genome Canada and NSERC Alliance grant for wastewater monitoring, Robert Delatolla and his team at the University of Ottawa Faculty of Engi…
The research vessel Tangaroa, adorned with the flag of New Zealand, is docked at the Wellington pier. This vessel is central to the ELVES project, which studies seismic activity in the Hikurangi subduction zone off the coast of New Zealand.

Echoes from the deep: Decoding the Pacific’s seismic signals

Professor Pascal Audet is leading a groundbreaking international project with researchers in New Zealand. They’re deploying 20 ocean-bottom seismomete…
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Racism in schools harms Black youths’ mental health

Systematic reform of Canada’s educational institutions needed as racial discrimination in schools impacts Black students’ wellbeing and stunts their p…
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Building sustainable, climate-resilient roads for the North: Professor Di Wang named Canada Research Chair in Cold Region Roads

Professor Di Wang from the University of Ottawa’s Faculty of Engineering has recently been appointed Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Cold Region Roads…
Illustration of Earth surrounded by digitally rendered COVID-19 viruses and network lines.

CoVaRR-Net: Canada’s blueprint for pandemic preparedness

When the next pandemic threat surfaces — and it will — Canada shouldn’t have to rebuild its response infrastructure from scratch. The recently conclud…

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From Imagination to Impact: uOttawa’s $541M reIMAGINE Campaign comes to a successful close

From Imagination to Impact: uOttawa’s $541M reIMAGINE Campaign comes to a successful close

uOttawa Fundraising Campaign Exceeds Goal, Creates Lasting Legacy
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Building the future of French-language education: A promising agreement between the universities of Regina and Ottawa

Over the years, too many young Saskatchewan francophones have seen their dreams of university studies in French come up against a tough choice: to lea…
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Universities’ Role in AI Innovation — U7+ Global Summit Hosted by uOttawa

As Canada prepares to host the G7 Summit in June 2025, another powerful gathering is set to unfold in the heart of the nation’s capital.
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Help test uOttawa’s new wellness service AI assistant

We’ve heard you — wellness is a very important part of your academic and personal journey at uOttawa.

That’s why the Student Health, Wellness and …
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20 courses you didn’t know you could take at uOttawa: 2025-2026

With courses ranging from cinema to witchcraft, there’s much to discover.

The University of Ottawa offers a broad range of prerequisite-free electi…
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11 ways to stay focused (when summer is calling)

The sun is shining, your friends are making beach plans, and you’re stuck inside trying to watch lecture videos and submit assignments.

Whether yo…
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Three OLBI professors get Learning Futures Fund support

OLBI is pleased to announce that projects by our professors Reza Farzi, Parvin Movassat and David Pratt will receive Faculty of Arts Learning Futures …
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« En français svp! »: a selection of podcasts to listen to in French

As we celebrate the Mois de la Francophonie, discover these French-language podcasts produced by members of our uOttawa community.
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Science, the climate and the Francophonie: One researcher’s fight to improve representation

As we combat the climate emergency, how can we make sure science is serving everyone, with no language or economic barriers? Ousmane Seidou, a profess…

Health and medicine

Planetary Health

uOttawa Makes Strides in Planetary Health: 2024–2025 Report Card

The University of Ottawa’s Faculty of Medicine has earned an improved grade of B—up from a C+—in the 2024–2025 Planetary Health Report Card, reflectin…
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First Master of Anatomical Sciences Education Poster Day certified success

Our first Master of Anatomical Sciences Education Poster Day was a bona fide and certified success. Our lowkey ballclub at the University of Ottawa h…
Minister Nolan Quinn in a CP2H lab at The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute

Ontario’s biomanufacturing sector gets $45M boost from province

Ontario’s life sciences sector is getting a boost from the Government of Ontario’s $45 million investment in biomanufacturing infrastructure through t…

Science and technology

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From high school to high tech: How uOttawa’s Faculty of Engineering Secondary School prepares future innovators

High school students can take technological design and computer science courses to earn credits toward their Ontario Secondary School Diploma.
Test tube containing wastewater.

The future of public health in Canada: How wastewater research continues to make a difference

With a new Genome Canada and NSERC Alliance grant for wastewater monitoring, Robert Delatolla and his team at the University of Ottawa Faculty of Engi…
AI plays detective to help scientists find hidden microbes

AI plays detective to help scientists find hidden microbes

New machine learning tool redefines microbial rare biosphere

Business and economy

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Trade War with the U.S.: groceries, boycotts and tourism

Members of the media may directly contact the following experts on this topic:
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Entrepreneurial women: Olga Koppel’s quest for cleaner cities

“Pivoting is the one constant in starting a business.” That’s how Olga Koppel describes her journey from academia to entrepreneurship.
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Combining artificial intelligence and health analytics to transform health syst…

Christopher Sun, assistant professor at the Telfer School of Management and scientist at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute, has been awarded th…

Arts and humanities

Creatures

Theatrical innovation with sensory immersion as a creative force

Anne-Marie Ouellet, an associate professor in the Department of Theatre, is exploring an innovative approach to playwriting. Rather than starting from…
Mina Moshajjari, student in the Master of Fine Arts program, and Julie St-Pierre, interim vice-president, Research and Innovation, holding Mina’s winning piece “Nature’s response”, in the lobby of the University of Ottawa's Tabaret building, holding Mina's winning work, ‘Nature's response’. The work depicts an iceberg with a view above and below the water, with pink and blue hues.

Art meets innovation: Mina Moshajjari’s winning vision for OVPRI’s holiday greeting card

Mina Moshajjari, who is enrolled in the University of Ottawa’s Master of Fine Arts program, has won this year’s Holiday Greeting Card Contest, hosted …
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An all-women production of "The Wolves" takes centre stage at the University of Ottawa

The University of Ottawa Drama Guild brings together students from diverse backgrounds for a remarkable theatrical experience. This year, the Guild pr…

Society and culture

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Faculty Professor Leads Groundbreaking Collective Work on Lesbian Love: Memory, Resistance, and Boldness

Dominique Bourque, professor at the Institute of Feminist and Gender Studies within the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Ottawa, is the…
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Faculty Professor Showcases Lesbian Memory at the University of Salento in Italy

On June 20, Dominique Bourque, professor at the Institute of Feminist and Gender Studies within the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Ot…
Roberta Soares

Sociologist connects immigrant experience, education and social justice

The Faculty of Education welcomes Roberta de Oliveira Soares, a new assistant professor in equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI). Drawn to sociology f…

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