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Black people in Canada who want to donate blood face barriers, despite a critical need for specific blood types to treat sickle cell disease (SCD), according to new research in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal).

Professor Jean-Thomas Bernard, a specialist in natural resource economics in the Department of Economics at the University of Ottawa, was recently quoted in a La Presse article examining the possibility of reviving the Keystone XL pipeline project.

Verbal abuse of officials has long been dismissed as an unavoidable aspect of sport. But when the pandemic led many youth and adult soccer referees to leave the game, the cost of that culture became impossible to ignore. Brandon Frith (MA ’24), a PhD candidate in the Faculty of Education, is examining how this abuse affects the mental health of soccer referees in Canada.

Meet Clara Laratta, Angela Marsh and Cristian Zaelzer, three acclaimed Canadian artists collaborating with uOttawa scientists to explore possibilities at the intersection of art and science.

Parti Québécois leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon says the party will not hold a sovereignty referendum on Quebec as long as U.S. President Donald Trump is in power. The announcement comes weeks before Quebec provincial elections.

Drawing on her own experience of being banned from school under the Taliban in 1996, Ghazaal Habibyar, a PhD candidate at the Institute of Feminist and Gender Studies, reflects on the devastating reality facing Afghan girls today.

What role should the courts play in decisions about psychiatric care? And how closely do courtroom practices reflect the legal safeguards that govern those decisions?

The research team’s finding that the genetic mutation tied to Parkinson's disease can boost the body's natural defenses against harmful bacteria could open new avenues for targeted therapies.

Canadian officials are meeting with U.S. counterparts hoping for an agreement before the August 19 deadline for 50% tariffs comes into effect.

Pierre Jameson Beaucejour, from the School of Sociological and Anthropological Studies, has received the Prix Publication en français Louise-Dandurand from the Fonds de recherche du Québec (FRQ).