Spring is here and for local cyclists, this signals the arrival of biking season. Did you know that a large number of the University of Ottawa community regularly bikes to work?
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uOttawa Alumni Day – Wear your Garnet and Grey!
The City of Ottawa has officially proclaimed May 10th University of Ottawa Alumni Day! With over 80,000 alumni working and living in the area, Mayor Jim Watson is calling upon citizens to celebrate the important contributions our alumni make to
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Tracking ‘Job Enrichment’ in Brazil’s Public Schools
What does management research have to do with public education? You might be surprised. Lagging performance in Brazil’s public schools led the Instituto de Co-Responsabilidade pela Educação (ICE; a Brazilian NGO) to pilot a school redesign program that included “enriching”
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Food Services continues to improve value and options for the uOttawa community
As part of its constant effort to improve both service and quality levels across campus, Food Services undertook the task of finding the right partner to deliver food services across campus in the coming years. In January 2012, a committee
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Yvan Albert retires…for the third time!
Third time’s the charm for Yvan Albert. The long-time uOttawa employee is officially retiring this year after 33 years of service. It will be his third attempt at hanging up his hat. “The first time I retired was in 1996,”
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Empowering NGOs Worldwide
At the upcoming Destination 2013 gala that celebrates uOttawa Alumni Week, the dedication that alumna Renee Black [MA Public and International Affairs ‘09] has shown in empowering NGOs through the use of technology will be recognized with the uOttawa Alumni
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uOttawa students deliver theses in three minutes or less
On March 22, the University of Ottawa held its first Three Minute Thesis competition. Graduate students were invited to present their research to a panel of judges within a strict time limit—a second over three minutes and they would be
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Posted in: Article, Department of Chemistry, Destination 2020, Faculty of Engineering, Research, Student Stories
uOttawa Shave For a Cure remains top in the country
After months of fundraising for pediatric cancer research, Faculty of Medicine student “shavees” enjoy a post-shave photo op at the tenth annual Shave For a Cure.
Back row, from left: Ethan Newton, Omar Abdel-Razek, co-organizer Steven Gravelle, Charles Pickard, Matt
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A True Innovator in Experiential Learning: Professor Ellen Zweibel
In 1995, Professor Ellen Zweibel introduced the first experiential learning program at the Faculty of Law through a pilot program that eventually became a mandatory first-year course. The course broke ground in both its teaching methods and its subject area
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Lenny Sabourin
Name: Lenny Sabourin, Title: Manager of Fitness, Instructional, Recreational and Outdoor Programs, Faculty: Sports Services, When did you start playing sports or training and why? My parents introduced me to many sports at a very young age. They really loved the discipline
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