Skilled immigrants in the workplace

The Honourable Monte Solberg, Minister of Human Resources and Social Development, announced $2.8 million Government of Canada funding to support Bridging the Gap: Integration of Skilled Immigrants into the Canadian Workplace.

50 years in the making: International Polar Year 2007

Travelling from the Yukon to Labrador, Canadian researcher Roger Brown made history by gathering the most detailed and extensive surveys of permafrost in Canada to date.

Progress report on Vision 2010 now available

President Gilles Patry presented the first Vision 2010 progress report to the University community on February 20.

Support staff vote: Union certifications

The University has received two applications for union certification.

Gazette survey results

Last month, we asked readers to give us their opinion about the Gazette to help gauge whether the Gazette is meeting their needs.

SFUO elections: A hotly contested race

Following the student elections held on February 13, 14 and 15, Pam Hrick was elected to the post of president of the Student Federation.

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.

Defending human rights

A new scholarship has been established at uOttawa’s Faculty of Law.

Celtic connections and myths dispelled

Ask Paul Birt about St. Patrick’s Day, and the first thing the Chair of Celtic Studies does is dispel a common misconception.

CFI gives Canada’s high performance computing centres a big boost

Climatologists are using it to analyze and predict extremely complex weather patterns.

Two-minute interview - Georges Sioui

Georges Sioui, coordinator, Aboriginal Studies program, would change the linear and patriarchal thinking of this world.

Two members of uOttawa community to receive Order of Canada

Her Excellency the Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean, Governor General of Canada, recently announced that two eminent members of the University academic community have been named Officers of the Order of Canada.

UN Goodwill Youth Ambassador ready for the challenge

The next two years will be a rollercoaster of activity for Sara Nicholls, a master’s student in the Faculty of Health Science’s human kinetics and collaborative program in women’s studies.

Caitlin Renneson receives John Davis Burton Award

The John Davis Burton Award has been given to a student who has made a significant contribution towards awareness, equity, and to the integration of persons with disabilities.

Irvin Waller: A pioneer in victims’ rights movement

Professor Irvin Waller of the Department of Criminology has been recognized as the only non-American in the Oral History of the Crime Victim Assistance Field.