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On September 24, the Faculty of Social Sciences welcomed anthropologist Michel Agier, Director of Studies at the École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS) and Emeritus Research Director at the IRD. Recognized for his work on urban anthropology, refugees, and camps, he came to present his recent book Racism and Culture: Transnational Explorations.

We are pleased to announce that Professor Jean-Thomas Bernard, invited professor in the Department of Economics, recently appeared on CBC’s Here & Now to discuss timely issues in environmental economics.

“Now and then, out of the wearying mass of ethnographic ‘data’ ... something would catch our attention, usually in a project meeting, and start to form itself into an example. It is hard to describe how this happens... One way to describe its beginnings would be as a kind of glow: some detail — a fieldnote fragment or video image — starts to glimmer, gathering our attention.” (Maggie MacLure, 2010...

We are pleased to share that Professor Walner Osna has published an essay in Gazette Universitaire titled “Achille Mbembe et la critique postcoloniale.”

We are pleased to announce the publication of an article by Professor Walner Osna in Gazette Universitaire, entitled “From the Postcolonial through Said, Spivak and Bhabha”.

uOttawa studies highlight need for the creation of national mental health plan

On September 25, 2025, we mark a historic milestone: the 50th anniversary of the Franco-Ontarian flag, a living symbol of the resilience, unity, and pride of Franco-Ontarians.

The Faculty of Social Sciences is proud to announce that Sophie Lachapelle, PhD candidate in Criminology, has been awarded the 2025 Jean-Paul Brodeur Award.

Professor Darby M. Babin’s new paper, “Genderqueer Reflections on Weird Barbie” (SAGE), looks at how the character of Weird Barbie has become meaningful for people exploring gender and identity.

Congratulations to Dr. Nicole Racine, Associate Professor in the School of Psychology at the University of Ottawa and Research Chair in Child and Youth Mental Health at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO), on receiving the prestigious Early Career Award from the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS).