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Information Integrity Lab will bring together a cross-disciplinary international network of experts to highlight actor behind misinformation, provide solutions.

Last year’s wildfires and floods in British Columbia and droughts in the Prairies reminded us that climate change remains one of the greatest long-term threats that we face. Mitigating its most detrimental effects will require a substantial shift in how we live, work, and invest so that the carbon emissions that cause global warming are reduced.

A new grant program aims to provide our top-flight researchers with the assistance needed to bring the benefits of their most promising breakthroughs to the wider world.

The Faculty of Medicine’s Genome Editing and Molecular Biology facility (GEM) congratulates Marah Abdelkader, Mays Abu Sheikh and Emmanuel Laryea for winning the (inaugural) 2021 TMM Genome Editing Presentation Awards!

Amidst increasing public demand for equitable, climate-friendly policies in a low-carbon future, the University of Ottawa and the Jarislowsky Foundation have joined forces to endow a $4-million Chair to drive clean innovation and generate solutions for green economic growth.

Born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Nathan Hall learned early on that a personal sense of identity only goes so far when people make assumptions based on how you look or your family’s background. Hall’s father immigrated to Canada from Jamaica; his mother was born in the Maritimes and is of Afro Nova Scotian and Guyanese descent. Graduating from uOttawa with a degree in sociology, questions of belonging...

Researchers suggest the findings can help scientists understand the molecular processes that underlie a range of neurological diseases and may eventually help design therapeutics.

On February 9th 2022, Faculty member Dr. Michael Geist appeared before the Senate Standing Committee on Legal and Constitutional Affairs to discuss the Bill S-210 that purports to restrict underage access to sexually explicit material.

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On February 10th 2022, Faculty member Dr. Teresa Scassa appeared before the House of Commons’ Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics (ETHI). The Committee is currently reviewing the collection and use of mobility data by the Public Health Agency of Canada to support the response to the COVID-19 pandemic.