In her new role as special advisor, Professor Betsy Kristjansson will help to ensure that the University of Ottawa is meeting its mental health and wellness goals so that its community members can thrive.

A Q&A with uOttawa engineering alumnus Sethuraman Panchanathan who was named director of the National Science Foundation, a U.S. federal agency that plays a critical role in the world of science and engineering.

This fall, the University of Ottawa implemented measures to offer bimodal courses, giving students greater flexibility during the pandemic. Professor Alain St-Amant explains how he adapted to the new teaching method.

Nearly 10,000 students will graduate this year. They provide us with a showcase of excellence, and a very multifaceted one at that.

OLBI offers you a selection of songs by francophone artists from across the province. Happy listening!

With her project 28 Moments of Black Canadian History, uOttawa student and alumna Anne Moreau hopes to generate awareness about the challenges, achievements and contributions of Black Canadians in history. 

uOttawa’s Water Resources Laboratory will be making waves with their new tsunami and earthquake simulators, funded by the Canada Foundation for Innovation. The one-of-a-kind research equipment will help Faculty of Engineering professors Ioan Nistor and Colin Rennie to better understand how extreme water events affect our infrastructure and what can be done to mitigate the damage.

This Black History Month, we’ve teamed up with Ridley-Padmore and Ndema-Moussa to create new portraits and poems in honour of four Black uOttawa alumni who have left a significant mark on the University.

Anjolina Hamel, who is the Francophone Affairs Commissioner at the University of Ottawa Students’ Union (UOSU),  shares her vision, goals, and hopes for the Francophonie. She is the voice of uOttawa’s French-speaking student population. A third-year Canadian Francophone studying both health sciences and law, Anjolina Hamel was elected to this position in May 2022. She has always studied entirely i...

Laurena Finéus, a young graduate from the Faculty of Arts, is a Haitian-Canadian artist whose paintings offer us a historical, cultural and personal glimpse into her heritage and present a counternarrative to the often stereotypical ways in which the mainstream media portrays Haiti and Haitians.