News in Research

2021

• Urban shift

  What does it take to build greener cities? Daina Mazutis shows how progressive business leadership can go a long way. 

• Human dignity across the lifespan

  Driven by a keen sense of justice, Michelle Giroux contributes to legal reforms by addressing new realities facing families and the health sector.

• In all fairness

  Whether he is considering linguistic rights or wealth distribution, philosopher David Robichaud is always concerned with the concepts of equity and justice.

• Inspiring EDI stories: A female math researcher and one-time refugee’s path

  If being a woman in science is a challenge, being an international student and one-time war refugee on top of that requires exceptional determination and support. This has been the case for Afghan PhD student Masoomeh Akbari.

• Partnering with the marginalized

  Smita Pakhalé enlists members of marginalized communities to work alongside academics in a novel approach to health-care research.

• The smaller the better

  Stephen Newman and his team are helping industry produce chemicals more safely and sustainably.

• Solving Canadian health challenges through systems biology

  The University of Ottawa Institute of Systems Biology (OISB) and the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) are initiating an exciting collaboration on systems biology, aimed at solving some of today’s most significant health challenges.

• Blood memories

  Keri Cheechoo collects stories of reproductive violence against Indigenous women to open a conversation about untold injustices.

• Uncovering the trailblazers who strove to decolonize Africa

  Faculty of Arts associate professor Meredith Terretta recently uncovered how activist lawyers played a major role in the struggle for decolonization in Africa.

• The popular doctor at the COVID-19 dance

  Dr. Hugues Loemba explains his media celebrity and why sharing expertise is critical in stemming pandemic misinformation.