Faculty of Science

The Ontario Government will support 8 research projects at the University of Ottawa including:

• Tuan Bui (BIO): Harnessing a cellular target for the recovery of motor function following spinal cord injury
• Jessica Forrest (BIO): Understanding pollinators to maintain resilience in Ontario agroecosystems

Established in 2017, the CEW Award for Outstanding Contribution to Canadian Ecotoxicology recognizes individuals who have made a significant and measurable contribution to the field of ecotoxicological science in Canada.

Paul Corkum receives Royal Society Medal for his contributions to laser physics and the development of the field of attosecond science – the study of processes that occur on a time scale of an attosecond (a billion-billionths of a second). An attosecond is to one second as one second is to the age of the universe. Read the complete article.

Ashok Vijh is behind dozens of scientific breakthroughs and innovations. He has earned international recognition through his research on interfacial electrochemistry, energy conversion and storage, development of lithium batteries and electrochemical treatment of cancer cells. Read the complete article.

University of Ottawa researchers Glenn Milne and David Fisher, of the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences; Denis Lacelle, of the Department of Geography; and MSc student Benoit Lecavalier used ice cores drilled on remote Ellesmere Island, in the northernmost part of Nunavut, to measure temperature changes in the High Arctic over the past 12,000 years. They then evaluated how the nearby Greenland ice sheet responded to these changes. Read the complete article.