News in Research

2019

• uOttawa chosen to be part of the new Dimensions diversity pilot program

  The University of Ottawa is pleased to announce that it is one of 17 Canadian institutions selected to take part in the Dimensions: Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Canada pilot project.

• CLTS engaged in a $2.5 Million SSHRC Partnership Grant for the Global Journalism Innovation Lab

  CLTS Faculty members Dr. Elizabeth Dubois and Dr. Florian Martin-Bariteau are co-investigators on a strategic $2.5 Million Partnership Grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) on journalism innovation.

• SSHRC awards over $7 million to uOttawa researchers

  Posted on Wednesday, July 17, 2019

  University of Ottawa researchers have received more than $7.2 million in Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Partnership, Partnership Development, Insight and Insight Development grants. Funding from this federal granting agency will support 46 projects led by professors representing eight of the University’s 10 faculties.

• Digital Ecosystem Research Challenge Launched ahead of 2019 Election

  Elizabeth Dubois, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication and a CLTS Faculty Member, received, with Taylor Owen (McGill University), a Canada History Fund grant to run the Digital Ecosystem Research Challenge.

• uOttawa students awarded with the Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships and Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships

  Four uOttawa Postdoctoral students are positioning themselves as the next generation of leaders in research.

• NSERC gifts $18 million to help fund the next-gen of researchers at uOttawa

  Mona Fortier, Member of Parliament for Ottawa-Vanier, was on our campus on behalf of the Honourable Kirsty Duncan, Minister of Science and Sport, to announce $18,518,580 in support for discovery research at uOttawa. 

• Research chairs: Five outstanding researchers stand out

  The University of Ottawa is proud to announce the awarding of four new University Research Chairs and a new Distinguished Research Chair.

• Using AI to predict better health outcomes

  Suppose clinicians want to predict whether a patient will experience post-operative complications. Though they have detailed physiological data on previous patients and their own experience and expertise to guide them, assessing potential risks can be difficult at best.

• Stemming from experience: uOBMRI names long-time researcher Dr. Ruth Slack as new director

  Those who know Dr. Ruth Slack recognize the strengths she has to lead the uOttawa Brain and Mind Research Institute (uOBMRI) as its new director. The Institute brings together top researchers from many disciplines, including international leaders in their fields.

• A Slippery Slope: How climate change is reshaping the Arctic landscape

  Sixty-fold increase in the number of landslides is caused by melting ice.