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The University of Ottawa is home to over 50,000 students, faculty and staff, who live, work and study in both French and English. Our campus is diverse with more than 300 undergraduate programs and 150 graduate degrees in 10 faculties. The university has an extensive co-op program boasting a 95 per cent placement rate. Our campus is a crossroads of cultures and ideas, where bold minds come together to inspire game-changing ideas. We are one of Canada’s top 10 research universities—our professors and researchers explore new approaches to today’s challenges. Ranked among the top 150 universities in the world, we attract exceptional thinkers and welcome diverse perspectives from across the globe.
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La détection précoce est cruciale dans la lutte contre le cancer du sein. Pourtant, les nouvelles lignes directrices du Groupe d’étude canadien ne préconisent pas le dépistage chez les femmes de 40 ans.
Requiring businesses to lobby through the people, not government, as Pierre Poilievre recently suggested, may sound like a better way to make policy. It’s not.
Bien qu’il faille en effet encadrer l’usage du téléphone intelligent en classe, son interdiction unilatérale n’est pas nécessairement une bonne chose, pointent Luc Bonneville et Diane Riddell.
Early detection is crucial in the fight against breast cancer. Yet the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care’s new guidelines do not endorse breast cancer screening for women in their 40s.
Without a clear picture of the actual drivers affecting food prices, we lack the necessary information for developing policies that protect the rights and well-being of Canadians.
The changing climate is an added barrier to getting children and youth in Canada to meet the minimum guidelines for being physically active.
Many food and beverage companies are not doing enough to positively shape diets in Canada, while positive examples show that public health commitments are achievable.
The scaling back of Saudi Arabia’s colossal Line project from a 170 km long linear city to only 2.4 km is a clear warning to the viability of other urban mega-projects in a warming world.
Can the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) help replace traditional growth measures like GDP?
The Lesbian and Gay Liberation in Canada project uses a new online database to record the events, places, people, organizations and publications that have formed Canada’s LGBTQ+ rights movement.
Trying to silence the radical right isn’t the way forward. Not only is it likely to backfire, it will probably galvanize the movement’s leaders.
Substantial economic growth in the psychedelic drugs market has drawn interest from corporations and start-ups. While this may accelerate research, it also sparks concerns about conflicts of interest.
Obstetric and gynecological violence is care that is violent, disrespectful, abusive or neglectful. At its heart is the absence of consent, or consent without having received appropriate information.
Est-ce que les Objectifs de développement durable (ODD) peuvent contribuer à remplacer les mesures de croissance traditionnelle comme le PIB ?
Refugee programs in Canada have always been politicized, but more so in recent years, evidenced in discrepancies between programs for refugees from Gaza and Sudan and those from Ukraine.
Any upsurge in measles is of real concern, but in settings aggravated by poor living conditions and malnutrition, it can be disastrous. It can affect adults, but young children are at particular risk.
Beyoncé’s country-inspired album has caused a stir because the country music scene has a history of racial segregation that has erased its Black roots and gatekept it from Black artists.
There are proven ways to significantly reduce violent crime within the next five years. It requires becoming not “tough on crime,” but “smart on crime” before it happens.
Four Canadian school boards are suing social media giants. This comes as 95 per cent of Ontario schools report needing more resources to support student mental health.
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Associate Professor and Family Doctor, GP Oncologist, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
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Chercheure associée au Centre d'études en gouvernance, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
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Professor of Critical Surveillance and Security Studies, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
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PhD Candidate and Lecturer in Communication, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
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Professeur agrégé, École d'études politique, Directeur, Centre d'études en gouvernance / Associate professor, School of Political Studies, Director, Centre on Governance, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
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Professor, Faculty of Medicine, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
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Professeur titulaire en communication et santé, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
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Professor of Pediatrics in the Faculty of Medicine, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
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Assistant Professor, Faculty of Medicine, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
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Professor, School of Epidemiology and Public Health, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
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Postdoctoral Fellow, CHEO Research Institute, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
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CN-Paul M. Tellier Chair on Business and Public Policy, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
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Assistant Professor of Law, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
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Associate Professor, School of Political Studies, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
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Lecturer, Faculty of Medicine, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
