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Power Corporation of Canada will donate $2 million to the University of Ottawa to expand global learning opportunities for students and support urgent community-based research.

In Ottawa’s tech corridor, where innovation pulses through labs and boardrooms alike, a new chapter is being written—one where academia and industry work side by side to shape the future of supply chains. The University of Ottawa and Kinaxis have officially signed a five-year partnership designed to co-develop advanced technologies while providing real-world experience to the next generation of in...

What if a simple form could shut someone out of research that could change their life? For millions of neurodivergent individuals—those who identify as having autism, ADHD, intellectual or developmental disabilities, or other cognitive disabilities—that’s reality. Complex language, confusing layouts and rigid research designs quietly, but powerfully, exclude them from studies that could directl...

The University of Ottawa’s Human Rights Research and Education Centre (HRREC) is pleased to announce that Professor Penelope Simons will serve as its next director, beginning a five-year term in 2025.

Between May 5th and 7th in Paris, Associate Director Viviana Fernandez attended the Scholars at Risk (SAR) International Advisory Committee meetings and the Inspireurope+ Stakeholder Forum 2025, which was hosted by the Collège de France.

By combining cutting-edge ancient DNA and isotope analyses with traditional Indigenous scientific knowledge systems, this global study reveals new insights into how climate change affected megaherbivore species in the Late Pleistocene.

Edward Elgar Publishing has just published "Robot Law: Volume II”, a new landmark collection co-edited by Dr. Kristen Thomasen that delves into the legal, ethical and societal challenges that robotics and automated systems pose.

Professor Cyndy Wylde at the Faculty of Social Sciences is taking on a new internal research chair that addresses Indigenous governance and social work.

Prof. Marina Pavlović and Dr. Katie Szilagyi have been awarded the Ian R. Kerr Memorial Best Paper Award at We Robot 2025 for their research on contract theory and generative AI.

Congratulations to Dr. Jodi Edwards, Associate Professor in the School of Epidemiology and Public Health and scientist at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute, on being named Researcher of the Year by the University of Ottawa.