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The following blog is a teaser for the ISSP’s soon-to-be released open access book – Democratizing Risk Governance: Bridging Science, Expertise, Deliberation and Public Values. The book includes chapters on democratizing risk governance in public health, genomics, energy and COVID-19.

CoG Director of Research and Professor André Lecours has published a new book on federalism in collaboration with his colleague, Daniel Béland. “Ideas, federalism and policy feedback: an institutionalist approach”

CoG Director of Research and Professor André Lecours has published a new book on federalism in collaboration with his colleagues.

The Centre on Governance is pleased to present a new educational video series called The Public Governance Diaries.

The participation of members of the University of Ottawa’s Centre for Environmental Law and Global Sustainability (CELGS) as official observers at the recent United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 27) and Biodiversity Conference (COP 15) is a testament to the centre’s desire to promote policies that offer solutions to the environmental challenges facing Canada and the world.

As its 65th anniversary approaches, the Centre de recherche en civilisation canadienne-française (CRCCF), the oldest research centre studying the literature, culture and history of francophones in Canada, is changing its name to better reflect the work it’s carrying out today.

Once again this year, the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research on Citizenship and Minorities (CIRCEM) has not been outdone in its major contribution to the Mois de la francophonie, a month all uOttawa actors have tried to mark with a range of scholarly and cultural activities.

The HRREC Celebrates 40 Years of Supporting Human Rights Research and Education.

The University of Ottawa is launching the first research centre dedicated to studying the biological, social, cultural and economic determinants of health in Canada’s Black communities.

To say that Emilie Di Grazia, a graduate of the Faculty of Social Sciences in Conflict Studies and Human Rights (B. Sc. Soc. 2017) and a long-time member of the University of Ottawa's Human Rights Research and Education Centre (HRREC), has a passion for human rights is no understatement!