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Patient partners are an integral part of the Brain-Heart Interconnectome (BHI), bringing their lived experience to make research more relevant, inclusive, and impactful – helping us achieve our vision of improving brain and heart health for all.

On March 13th, 1968, Mary Ann Lavallee, member of the Cowess First Nation in Saskatchewan, gave the opening speech at The first Alberta Native Women’s Conference.*

How do we know where we are or how to get from one place to another, even if we’ve never taken that exact route before? Remarkably, mice seem to navigate in a similar way to us. And thanks to new research by professors Leonard Maler and André Longtin, we now have solid evidence that they build mental maps of their surroundings and use these to find shortcuts.

On March 3, 2025, the Faculty of Science opened its doors to nearly 100 middle school students from St-Laurent Academy for a special event: Women in Science Day. Organized by Professor Paul Mayer from the Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences, the initiative gave young learners an inspiring opportunity to engage with women scientists at different stages of their academic and profession...

The University of Ottawa’s Faculty of Engineering and Mexico’s Tecnológico de Monterrey continue to advance research through their joint seed grant program. This year, six projects were funded, tackling challenges in water safety, waste management, sustainable materials and bioenergy.

The Faculty of Social Sciences congratulates Professor Marie-Ève Desrosiers, of the Graduate School in Public and International Affairs and Titulaire de la Chaire de recherche en francophonie internationale sur les aspirations et mouvements politiques en Afrique francophone, for receiving the Robert Elgie Best Paper Prize 2025 from the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR).

The Faculty of Social Sciences is proud to announce that Professor Stuart Fogel, from the School of Psychology, has been awarded a prestigious grant from the Weston Foundation in support of his research on dementia and sleep.

A new study led by University of Ottawa researchers suggests that people born more recently are being diagnosed with psychotic disorders (e.g., schizophrenia) more often and at younger ages compared with people born earlier.

A conversation with Professor El Hadji Yaya Koné on the evolution of educational technologies in teaching and learning.