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Over 6,000 participants from across Canada and around the world will gather on the campus of the University of Ottawa and online from May 13 to May 17 to take part in the annual Acfas conference. The honorary chairperson of this, the 91st Acfas conference, will be an esteemed legal mind: Supreme Court of Canada Justice, the Honourable Michelle O’Bonsawin, who is a source of inspiration for all sc...

A pair of Ottawa medical specialists have joined forces to break down the silos between their two medical areas of expertise – the heart and the brain.

Concrete is often regarded as the backbone of our infrastructure. However, our seemingly indestructible infrastructure is currently facing major challenges. Professor Leandro Sanchez, an engineering researcher at uOttawa, is dedicated to mitigating concrete deterioration and finding solutions for its high carbon footprint.

The study proposes a large-scale workflow to produce natural killer cells and extracellular vesicles for cancer research & therapeutics.

30 by 30 is one of the major initiatives to have come out of the UN Biodiversity Conference (COP 15) held in Montreal in 2022. This initiative seeks to designate 30% of terrestrial and marine area across the world as protected areas by 2030. This is of particular interest to me given that one of my research focuses is aimed at understanding how protect...

In a recent episode of the Public Governance Diaries led by Professor Eric Champagne, Political Science Professor André Lecours explored the politics of multinational states and the crucial role of federalism in their survival.

The ACFAS conference, a real scholarly and multidisciplinary rallying point for the French-speaking world, “is happening this year at an opportune moment for taking on the challenges that scholarship in French is facing,” says Martine Lagacé, uOttawa associate vice-president, research promotion and development, and conference co-chair.

Graduate students involved in research in French on everything from artificial intelligence to health-care delivery in minority language communities are gearing up for the 91st Annual ACFAS Conference, which will take place on our campus from May 13 to May 17, 2024. With over 200 symposiums on a wide range of scholarly topics, as well as fun, free events, you may want to consider attending too,...

A new study by researchers at the University of Ottawa throws cold water on the idea that fans can effectively cool you down during extremely hot weather events.

Closing a year of IP moot victories for the University of Ottawa, students from the Common Law Section won both the Best Memorandum to Cabinet and Best Policy Briefing awards at the 2024 Canadian Copyright Policy Moot.