Kenneth Lochhead, a former professor in the Department of Visual Arts, received a Governor General’s Award on March 22, 2006 in recognition of his lifetime achievements. (Photo: Don Hall)
In technical fields such as science, medicine, and engineering, the creation of a textbook poses a daunting challenge. Years of effort may result in producing pages that are, for many people, either dense and difficult to read or, perhaps, the key to helping them understand a complex subject.
The Office of Risk Management, Environmental Health and Safety is launching a new initiative – one day per month dedicated to workplace safety inspections.
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.
Sean Egan surely would have loved the concept. Along with Egan’s daughter, Anne, more than 100 people took a healthy 3.5-kilometre walk along the Rideau Canal during lunch on March 24, 2006 to raise funds for the Sean Egan Memorial Scholarship.
With the help of his teammates, Marc Dorion of Bourget accomplished something in Turin that eluded his NHL counterparts: he brought home a gold medal for Canada.
Of 17 initial proposals from institutions across Canada, two research teams at the University of Ottawa have been invited to further develop their proposals for the International Joint Venture Project competition.
Two University of Ottawa scientists, Howard Alper and Hussein Mouftah, have been given the rare honour of being named Distinguished University Professors.
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