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Gee-Gees basketball player Krista Van Slingerland stands in a darken gymnasium holding a basketball. She looks determined.
Sports

Slam dunk for mental health

When University of Ottawa student-athlete Krista Van Slingerland talks about the national mental health initiative for student-athletes that she co-founded in March 2014, you know you鈥檝e met a hero, someone intent on improving the world for the many varsity athletes walking in her shoes.
When University of Ottawa student-athlete Krista Van Slingerland talks about the national mental health initiative for student-athletes that she co-founded in March 2014, you know you鈥檝e met a hero, someone intent on improving the world for the many varsity athletes walking in her shoes.
Black and white photo of Vincent Lam.
Students assistance

Healing arts

For accomplished writer and dedicated doctor聽Vincent Lam聽(BSc 示94), variety is the spice of life. Most people would be content with successfully completing medical school and becoming an emergency physician. But Lam is not most people.
For accomplished writer and dedicated doctor聽Vincent Lam聽(BSc 示94), variety is the spice of life. Most people would be content with successfully completing medical school and becoming an emergency physician. But Lam is not most people.
Lee Silverstone presents his invention to one of his mentors, Catherine Geci of 秋葵视频鈥檚 Startup Garage.
Entrepreneurship Hub

Pumping up a new business

Alumnus and entrepreneur Lee Silverstone loves the gym. But he saw an opportunity to make his workout even better by bringing his handwritten exercise checklist into the digital age.
Alumnus and entrepreneur Lee Silverstone loves the gym. But he saw an opportunity to make his workout even better by bringing his handwritten exercise checklist into the digital age.
In his lab, Andrew Pelling holds a petri dish containing scaffolds made from apple cells.
Faculty of Science

Using fruits and veggies to grow human tissue

To a cook, asparagus is a side dish that鈥檚 a sign of spring.聽 To University of Ottawa biophysicist Andrew Pelling, the vegetable is a potential source of new, inexpensive biomaterials to help repair the human body.
To a cook, asparagus is a side dish that鈥檚 a sign of spring.聽 To University of Ottawa biophysicist Andrew Pelling, the vegetable is a potential source of new, inexpensive biomaterials to help repair the human body.
Dressed in a white lab coat and with a glowing smile, Zemin Yao chats with two people.
Brain and Mind Research Institute

What if chronic diseases have a common cause?

Heart disease, obesity, diabetes, Alzheimer鈥檚, Parkinson鈥檚 鈥 most Canadians will die of these or other chronic diseases. Could all that human suffering stem from a common cause? If so, finding and fixing the problem would improve and extend millions of lives, and ease a growing burden on health care systems worldwide.
Heart disease, obesity, diabetes, Alzheimer鈥檚, Parkinson鈥檚 鈥 most Canadians will die of these or other chronic diseases. Could all that human suffering stem from a common cause? If so, finding and fixing the problem would improve and extend millions of lives, and ease a growing burden on health care...
Corey Ellis, smiling and holding some broccoli, stands in front of a refrigerated unit full of produce.
Enactus

Recipe for better health

The Growcer project has a lot on its plate: alleviating food insecurity in Canada鈥檚 North, introducing fresh produce into traditional Inuit dishes and creating jobs for local people.
The Growcer project has a lot on its plate: alleviating food insecurity in Canada鈥檚 North, introducing fresh produce into traditional Inuit dishes and creating jobs for local people.
A Gee-Gees basketball player dribbling the ball around an opponent.
Sports

The Power of Sport

It takes hard work, careful planning and resources to build teams that inspire pride. Over the past decade, the University has laid the foundation for competitive varsity sport programs.
It takes hard work, careful planning and resources to build teams that inspire pride. Over the past decade, the University has laid the foundation for competitive varsity sport programs.
Someone at a podium speaking to an audience.
Entrepreneurship Hub

Start-Up Garage

Selected students have 3-months to get their business off the ground and be their own boss. Applications are reviewed and ranked, and the top candidates are invited to pitch their business. Startup Garage runs from June to August and offers space, mentorship, formal training, support and cash to for students to launch their companies.
Selected students have 3-months to get their business off the ground and be their own boss. Applications are reviewed and ranked, and the top candidates are invited to pitch their business. Startup Garage runs from June to August and offers space, mentorship, formal training, support and cash to for...
秋葵视频 professor Ian Kerr seated at the table with many little robots in the foreground.
Memorial Fund

Who鈥檚 Minding the Machines?

Our community is devastated by the passing of Dr. Ian R. Kerr, Canada Research Chair in Ethics, Law and Technology at the University of Ottawa. To honour his memory, we have established the Ian R. Kerr Memorial Fund, which will continue his remarkable legacy by supporting students, innovative programming, and cutting-edge research.
Our community is devastated by the passing of Dr. Ian R. Kerr, Canada Research Chair in Ethics, Law and Technology at the University of Ottawa. To honour his memory, we have established the Ian R. Kerr Memorial Fund, which will continue his remarkable legacy by supporting students, innovative progra...
Students crossing the road at sunset
Planned Giving

Why you need a will

If you die without a will (die 鈥渋ntestate鈥), by default, you allow the province to decide for you how your estate is divided. You have no say in who benefits from your lifetime of effort, nor do you choose your estate trustee or executor. As well, if you have no spouse or next of kin, your province takes all of your estate into its own treasury. (In Quebec, an estate trustee or executor is known a...
If you die without a will (die 鈥渋ntestate鈥), by default, you allow the province to decide for you how your estate is divided. You have no say in who benefits from your lifetime of effort, nor do you choose your estate trustee or executor. As well, if you have no spouse or next of kin, your province ...