University’s medicine and health sciences project given $15 million

The Government of Ontario is investing $15 million to expand Roger Guindon Hall, to enhance the training experience of more health professionals and to bring research, teaching and learning under one roof. 

Researcher travels north to ice shelves

Military snowmobiles travel across Canada’s icy north every year as a tangible reminder of Canada’s claim on the remote lands and islands near the North Pole.

Standing Committee on Francophone Affairs and Official Languages elected by Senate

The creation of a Standing Committee on Francophone Affairs and Official Languages took a step forward on March 4 when the University Senate elected committee members.

New programs approved by Senate

Several new programs were approved by the University Senate at its meeting on March 3.

Preventing sexual violence is “Everybody’s Business”

The University’s Sexual Violence Awareness Week is a campus-wide educational campaign promoting the importance of making the campus a safe and healthy environment for everyone.

Language Testing Services signs contract with Canada Post

OLBI's Language Testing Services has signed a contract to test employees of the Canada Post Corporation.

Accords reinforce medical partnerships

The Faculty of Medicine has signed formal five-year agreements that will renew and reinforce its partnership with the following institutions: The Ottawa Hospital, the Montfort Hospital, The Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, The Royal Ottawa Health Care Group, Sisters of Charity of Ottawa Health Service, the University of Ottawa Heart Institute and the Queensway Carleton Hospital.

Professor Emeritus Joseph Roach: 40 years service with the Faculty of Law

The Faculty of Law’s Common Law Section honoured Professor Emeritus Joseph Roach for his 40 years of teaching law and his contribution to the development of the common law program in French.

Text messaging keeps students in the know

Students concerned about when grades will be posted can now receive the latest uOttawa news via their cell phone.

Czech prime minister visits University

Czech prime minister Mirek Topolánek spoke at the University of Ottawa on February 29.

OCRI offers Telfer School of Management EMBA Scholarship

OCRI has partnered with the Telfer School of Management to offer an individual scholarship valued at more than $59,500 for the University's Executive MBA Program.

Two-minute interview - Gina Vilsaint

Gina Vilsaint of the Official Languages and Bilingualism Institute enjoys the challenge of promoting bilingualism on many levels.

Paul Corkum receives NSERC’s prestigious Polanyi Award

Professor Paul Corkum of the Department of Physics, also a researcher at the National Research Council of Canada, is the NSERC John C. Polanyi Award winner.

Ginette Rodger and Nicolas Georganas invested into Order of Canada

Ginette Lemire Rodger, adjunct professor in the School of Nursing and Nicolas Georganas, associate vice-president, Research (External), were invested as Officers of the Order of Canada

Reflecting on Canadian Feminism

Women from coast to coast came to uOttawa for a two-day workshop entitled “Reflecting on the Second Wave, Canadian Feminism 1960-2010.”