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Awards and recognition

Awards and distinctions have become a key component of our strategic plan to promote research excellence and enhance our university’s visibility.

Celebrating success

We have put into place several initiatives and mechanisms to foster a culture of research excellence, increase recognition opportunities for our researchers and celebrate success.

Our approach to reaching our goals includes:

  • Promoting awards as a means to further our researchers’ career growth and attainment of their own research and knowledge mobilization goals.
  • A strong commitment toward making equity, diversity and inclusion an integral part of all processes;
  • Celebrating achievement within and outside the uOttawa community.

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Professors Smita Pakhalé, Aimée Craft and Anna Zumbansen
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Facilitating exchanges between scholars and communities

The Office of the Vice-President, Research and Innovation (OVPRI), is proud to present the very first Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in Research Award to Professor Smita Pakhalé, for her exceptional contributions towards EDI at uOttawa and beyond, and for serving as a role model for her community.
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Peter Tanuseputro and Erin Maloney
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Erin Maloney and Peter Tanuseputro honoured for their outstanding work

Once again this year, two researchers at early stages in their careers shine bright among uOttawa’s research community.
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Researcher Adam Shuhendler working with a student in his lab
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uOttawa researcher Adam Shuhendler awarded the Dorothy Killam Fellowship to hel…

Shuhendler will develop chemical imaging agents that help us see how enzymes interact in our bodies to form and spread cancers.
Indigenous woman in front of a class

Equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI)

The Office of the Vice-President, Research and Innovation (OVPRI) is committed to fostering a research environment that provides equitable opportunities for everyone and that respects and values diversity and inclusion.
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Internal competitions

The Office of the Vice-President, Research and Innovation recognizes researchers for research projects with high impact through two annual internal competitions.

Advisory committee

A committee sitting at a table

The Advisory Committee for Research Prizes and Awards is mandated by the OVPRI to support the University in its efforts to promote research excellence through prizes and distinctions, and increase its visibility on the national and international scene.

Howard Rundle (Faculty of Science)

Meredith Rocchi (Faculty of Arts)
Awad Ibrahim (Faculty of Education)
Mamadou Fall (Faculty of Engineering)
Janet Squires (Faculty of Health Sciences)
Emmanuelle Bernheim (Faculty of Law, Civil Law Section)
Jennifer Chandler (Faculty of Law, Common Law Section)
Barbara Vanderhyden (Faculty of Medicine)
Stephen Brown (Faculty of Social Sciences)
Cheryl McWatters (Telfer School of Management)

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Office of the Vice-President, Research and Innovation

Tabaret Hall
550 Cumberland St.
Room 246
Ottawa ON Canada
K1N 6N5

Tel: 613-562-5270
[email protected]

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Awards and recognition

Marie-Claude Tremblay
Research Prizes and Awards Manager

Tel: 613-562-5800 ext. 3470
[email protected]