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The Coronavirus Variants Rapid Response Network (CoVaRR-Net) The Coronavirus Variants Rapid Response Network (CoVaRR-Net), led by the University of Ottawa’s Marc-André Langlois, has received a $9-million grant extension from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) to continue its rapid research efforts on variants of concern and variants o...

The AI + Society Initiative is delighted to announce that Dr. Henry Fraser and Jose-Miguel Bello Villarino have won the inaugural Scotiabank AI + Regulation Emerging Scholar Award, and Aileen Nielsen has won the runner-up award.

Congratulations to Saige Krofchick, whose painting Together has won the Vice-President, Research and Innovation Holiday Greeting Card Contest!

For 20 years, Gilles Comeau has shone new light on the mysteries of teaching and learning piano. His research at the crossroads of the humanities, health sciences, biomechanics and engineering has transformed his field, relying on a solid scientific foundation. In recognition of his outstanding, influential work, which bridges many disciplines, the School of Music (Faculty of Arts) professor has r...

In the aftermath of the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26), countries must now focus on turning their ambitious commitments into effective action. Needless to say, Canada has systematically been long on ambition but short on action in international climate negotiations. Will this time be any different?

A new report, entitled Economic Sanctions Under International Law: A Guide for Canadian Policy, has just been released by the Rideau Institute and the Human Rights Research and Education Centre, University of Ottawa. The study’s author is Professor Craig Martin, a Canadian who is Professor of Law and Co-Director of the International and Comparative Law Center at Washburn University School of Law, ...

The AI + Society Initiative at the University of Ottawa is delighted to announce the launch by researchers at CRAiEDL of Calibrating Stretched Transparency, a multidisciplinary project aiming to explore and disseminate the intersection of geoengineering and AI, while also critiquing its ethical implications through a visual medium.

We are thrilled to share the videos of three of the final projects created as part of the Alex Trebek Forum for Dialogue – “Does Age Matter?”. We invite you to view these videos and go to our YouTube page and join the conversation.

Imagine this: You wake up one morning and you’ve just accepted a dream job in one of the most promising businesses in the largest research and technology park in Canada. Your days are like no one else’s.