Seven University of Ottawa professors are among recipients of millions in funding from The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) aimed at improving the response to challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Canada Foundation for Innovation has awarded more than $1.3 million to the André E. Lalonde Accelerator Mass Spectroscopy Laboratory at the University of Ottawa.
Nine University of Ottawa researchers, five of whom are also members of uOttawa’s affiliated hospital research institutes, have received over $8.6M to accelerate research related to the current state of the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada and around the world.
Professor Jude Mary Cénat, director of the Vulnerability, Trauma, Resilience and Culture Research (V-TRaC) Lab at the University of Ottawa’s School of Psychology publishes an online turn-key guide to equip mental health professionals in Canada and worldwide with a tool to help communities affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
School closures during the pandemic will not affect children’s education as much as you might think. Instead, they present a unique learning opportunity, says Joel Westheimer of the Faculty of Education.
With the novel coronavirus spreading at such alarming rates, it’s no wonder that companies around the world are racing to develop a quick and easy way to test for COVID-19.
