L'Université d'Ottawa /The University of Ottawa—Un carrefour d'idées et de culture/A crossroads of cultures and ideas
Un carrefour d’idées et de cultures L’Université d’Ottawa compte plus de 50 000 étudiants, professeurs et employés administratifs qui vivent, travaillent et étudient en français et en anglais. Notre campus est un véritable carrefour des cultures et des idées, où les esprits audacieux se rassemblent pour relancer le débat et faire naître des idées transformatrices. Nous sommes l’une des 10 meilleures universités de recherche du Canada; nos professeurs et chercheurs explorent de nouvelles façons de relever les défis d’aujourd’hui. Classée parmi les 200 meilleures universités du monde, l’Université d’Ottawa attire les plus brillants penseurs et est ouverte à divers points de vue provenant de partout dans le monde.
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.
Police tape blocks access to an alleyway at the scene of a homicide where six people were found dead in the Barrhaven suburb of Ottawa in March 2024.
THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Patrick Doyle
An analysis of trends over the last 20 years in Canada could not find any correlation between increases in municipal police budgets and a reduction in crime rates. There’s another way forward.
Des adeptes de jeux vidéo encouragent leur équipe à l'occasion d'un événement sportif.
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Thomas Burelli, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa; Haoran Liu, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa, and Marie Dykukha, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
Le Comité International Olympique (CIO) a avalisé la création des jeux du sport électronique, un chapitre important tant pour le sport olympique que pour les jeux vidéo.
A woman speaks at a protest in Washington D.C. following the U.S. Supreme Court’s reversal of its decision in the Roe v. Wade case on abortion rights, June 24, 2022.
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Advocacy often provokes strong reactions from those in power. This backlash deters others from speaking out and perpetuates a cycle of silence, gaslighting and compliance.
Les femmes qui reçoivent des soins obstétriques et gynécologiques doivent être entendues lorsqu'elles disent qu'elles ont reçu un traitement inadéquat et violent.
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On retrouve souvent, lors de violences obstétricales et gynécologiques, une absence de consentement, ou un consentement non éclairé.
Some Canadian civil servants are quitting due to the inability to work in their language of choice. This could affect the quality of governance in Canada.
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The inability of some federal public servants to use their official language of choice at work is pushing them to ponder leaving their jobs for something else within the public service or quitting entirely.
A composite image showing the distribution of dark matter, galaxies and hot gas in the core of a merging galaxy cluster.
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Rajendra Gupta, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
Cosmology does not need dark matter or dark energy in an expanding universe that allows the constants of nature to evolve, and light loses energy as it travels vast distances.
Migrant workers prune fruit trees in early spring in Pereaux, N.S.
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
The federal government needs to recognize and address the structural problems of the current migration system that lead to migrants living and working in Canada without authorized immigration status.
Efforts to ban smart phones in classrooms are well intentioned and seek to support youth, but research supporting these practices is still unsettled.
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Concerns surrounding cell phones and social media are grabbing headlines, but what does the science say?
A Sudanese refugee carries her son as they arrive in Jeddah port, Saudi Arabia, in May 2023. Sudan has been torn by civil war for more than a year, resulting in a humanitarian crisis.
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By capping immigration applications from Sudanese people fleeing the civil war at 3,250, and limiting eligibility to Sudanese with family in Canada, the federal government is leaving millions behind.
In addition to parents, governments and government-supported institutions — including child welfare authorities, police and health-care institutions — share responsibility for the health, safety and overall well-being of children and youth.
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In the wake of an infant death in Kingston, Ont., it is critical for this tragedy to inform changes to policy and to systems that uphold the right to safety and well-being for all Canadian children.
Une pancarte en soutien aux femmes et aux personnes trans et autochtones est brandie dans le campement pro-palestinien de l'Université McGill, le 6 juin 2024.
La Presse canadienne/Graham Hughes
Comment expliquer l’alliance inattendue entre les défenseurs des droits des femmes et des trans et ceux d’une Palestine dirigée par le Hamas ? C’est tout le paradoxe des campements pro-palestiniens.
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director general of the World Health Organization, delivers his statement during the opening of the World Health Assembly, which took place in Geneva from May 27 to June 1.
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Roojin Habibi, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
The WHO’s International Health Regulations are the world’s only existing international legal agreement focused exclusively on preventing and addressing infectious disease outbreaks across borders.
Le United States Preventive Services Task Force, la Société canadienne du cancer et plusieurs provinces canadiennes recommandent désormais le dépistage du cancer du sein chez les femmes âgées de 40 à 49 ans, mais ce n’est pas le cas des nouvelles lignes directrices du Groupe d’étude canadien sur les soins de santé préventifs.
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Anna N. Wilkinson, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa; Jean Seely, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa; Moira Rushton, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa, and Suleena Duhaime, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
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.
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre delivers a speech at the Canada Building Trades Union conference in April 2024 in Gatineau, Québec.
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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.
Sensibiliser et éduquer les jeunes face à l’usage quotidien du téléphone intelligent est préférable à son interdiction unilatérale de nos salles de classe.
La Presse Canadienne | Rick Bowmer
Luc Bonneville, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa and Diane Riddell, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
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.
The United States Preventive Services Task Force, the Canadian Cancer Society and several Canadian provinces now endorse breast cancer screening for women ages 40-49, but the new guidelines from the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care do not.
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Anna N. Wilkinson, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa; Jean Seely, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa; Moira Rushton, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa, and Suleena Duhaime, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
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.
High food prices are a major threat to food security for many Canadians.
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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.
While climate change presents obstacles for children’s physical activity levels, there are ways to help children and youth stay active while building resilience.
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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 skyline of Riyadh, the capital and largest city of the Kingdom of Saudia Arabia.
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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.
Assistant professor, School of Psychology, Scientist, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
Professeur en droit, Section de droit civil, Université d’Ottawa (Canada), membre du Conseil scientifique de la Fondation France Libertés, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa