Stand on the Laurier Avenue bridge facing Elgin street and you will see several cranes and large trucks—signs of construction and new life in Ottawa’s downtown core. In the last decade, the city has seen an increase in condominium buildings
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Now in its 165th year, the University of Ottawa has transformed from a small primary and secondary school to a major research institution. In the late 1800s, students attending the University, which was known as the College of Ottawa, had
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Things are about to change around our campus. We’re about to embark on the largest infrastructure project in our city’s history: Phase 1 of Ottawa’s Light Rail Transit (LRT) System. This infrastructure project (officially called the Confederation Line) is spread over five years and will require a great amount of construction, including a tunnel through the city centre.
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Best practices in sustainable urban transport are activities undertaken by governments, corporations, businesses, and individuals which simultaneously serve two objectives. That is, they most effectively and efficiently increase the number and proportion of walking, cycling, and transit trips while also
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Within only a few months of Access Service’s move into the Desmarais Building, this sector of Student Academic Success Service (SASS) has launched Ventus, a new Web-based tool to help manage accessibility issues. The new application, which was tailor-made for
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Civil law student Véronique Morissette is one of ten finalists competing for a six-month travel adventure as part of MyDestination’s Biggest Baddest Bucket List competition. The final winner will get to customize an around-the-world trip to at least 25 destinations,
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You could say that Tina Lamontagne is more than familiar with the University of Ottawa: she has spent the past 10 years participating actively in university life. From 2003 to 2007, she studied in the Department of Communications and took
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Posted in: Article, Destination 2020, Human Resources, SASS, Student Stories
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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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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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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