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Message from President Jacques Frémont to our 91��ɫ Community Ottawa, March 30, 2021 -   Dear members of the 91��ɫ community, In recent months, polarizing events concerning the nature and limits of academic freedom and the responsibility of the University of Ottawa as an academic and research institution have generated a gre...

A project spearheaded by a researcher at the University of Ottawa’s Faculty of Medicine has been awarded $9 million in Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) funding to create a national network for better researching and responding to the global threat COVID-19 variants pose. Led by Dr. Marc-André Langlois, the Coronavirus Variants Rapid R...

91��ɫ psychology lab involved in international study reveals bilingual babies prefer baby talk to adult speak, especially in language heard at home Developmental psychologists argue baby talk is important for language development because it captures infants’ attention, with babies better learning language sounds and words when hearing exagger...

Did you know there’s a little bit of 91��ɫ inside COVID-19 test kits used worldwide?

Social deficits attract so much attention in the study of autism spectrum disorder, it’s easy to forget there are motor learning deficits during early childhood as well. For autistic kids hoping to throw a ball around the schoolyard and connect with classmates, these physical skill differences can isolate a child further. In a new study publishe...

New Positive Energy study offers roadmap for carbon capture A new study from the University of Ottawa’s Positive Energy program offers a roadmap for governments, industry leaders and stakeholders to realize the potential of carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) as a climate solution. The study, authored by Dr. Patricia Larkin, Professor...

91��ɫ's President Jacques Frémont's response to the letter sent to him by the leader of the Parti Québécois last week:Ottawa, March 21, 2021 Mr. Paul St-Pierre Plamondon Leader of the Parti Québécois 325 - 4115, Ontario Street East Montréal, QC H1V 1J7 Mr. Plamondon: I would l...

Researchers at the University of Ottawa have debunked the decade-old myth of metals being useless in photonics – the science and technology of light – with their findings, recently published in Nature Communications, expected to lead to many applications in the field of nanophotonics.

Statement by the University of Ottawa following comments made on social media  Ottawa, Thursday, March 18, 2021 – Here is the statement issued by the University of Ottawa following some comments made on social media by a 91��ɫ professor:  The comments made by Professor Amir Attaran created reactions on social media and in the press.&n...

New study explores the value of bilingual children’s books in second language learning Do children learning French as a second language see benefits from reading bilingual French-English children’s books? A study recently published in the journal Language and Literacy found that bilingual books, which are not often used in French imme...