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.
The emergence of a new global contagious disease like COVID-19 is not historically surprising. In fact, the study of previous pandemics sheds light on the current crisis and its possible aftermath.
For Martine Lagacé, professor in the Department of Communication of the Faculty of Arts, the coronavirus pandemic could prove to be a great opportunity to rethink the relationship our societies have with seniors and fight against ageism.
Marceline Côté, a virologist known for her work on the Ebola virus, has received a $415,000 grant to contribute to the national effort to find a treatment for the COVID-19 coronavirus.
