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72 unusual facts about University of Ottawa


Alfred Monnin

He has received an honorary Doctor of Laws, University of Winnipeg (May 28, 1972), Doctor of the University, honoris causa, University of Ottawa (October 1972), Doctor of the University, honoris causa, Université Laval (June 1, 1974) and an Honorary Doctor of Laws, University of Manitoba (1979).

Ali Mahmoud

He played with St. Patrick's High School Fighting Irish 1999 to 2002 and for one academic year, in 2002-2003, in University of Ottawa Gee-Gees.

Anatole Romaniuk

He settled in Canada in 1964 where he pursued an academic career at the University of Montreal and the University of Ottawa and occupied senior positions at Statistics Canada, a Canadian federal government agency (1968 - 1993), including as Director of the Demography Division.

Anna M. Cienciala

She taught courses in Eastern European history – with focus on modern Polish and Russian history – at the University of Ottawa and the University of Toronto in Canada, before landing a long-term career in the U.S. at the University of Kansas in 1965.

Aurèle Chartrand

He was born in Ottawa, the son of Zenon Chartrand, and was educated at the University of Ottawa and Osgoode Hall.

Bar of Quebec

Quebec applicants must be graduates of the law faculty of one of six universities: the University of Montreal, the University of Quebec at Montreal, McGill University, Laval University, the University of Ottawa, or the University of Sherbrooke.

Bob O'Billovich

From 1973 to 1974, O'Billovich served as head coach for the University of Ottawa Gee-Gees men's basketball team.

Brian C. Anderson

He obtained a doctorate in political philosophy from the University of Ottawa.

Bruce Firestone

Firestone was an entrepreneur-in-residence at the Telfer School of Management at the University of Ottawa and is a commercial real estate agent.

Bruck Easton

He was born in Windsor, graduating with a B.A. from Carleton University in 1975, and with a law degree from the University of Ottawa in 1978.

Bruno Bauer

The first English-language rendering of Bruno Bauer's career was published in March, 2003 by Douglas Moggach, a professor at the University of Ottawa.

Carmel Robichaud

In 1990, she completed the Principal’s In-Service Program in Fredericton and, in 1995, the leadership program at Le Centre de Leadership en Education at the University of Ottawa.

Charles Castonguay

Charles Castonguay (born 1940) is a retired associate professor of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Ottawa.

College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario

16 physicians elected by their peers on a geographical basis every three years; 3 physicians appointed from among the six faculties of medicine (at the University of Western Ontario, McMaster University, University of Toronto, Queen's University, University of Ottawa, and the Northern Ontario School of Medicine); no fewer than 13 and no more than 15 non-physician or 'public' members appointed by the provincial government for terms decided by the government.

Constance Backhouse

She is a Distinguished University Professor and University Research Chair at the Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa in Ottawa, Canada.

Corktown Footbridge

The University of Ottawa and its students were strong supporters of the bridge during its construction.

CUPE 3902

CUEW eventually organized contract faculty at Trent University (3908), TAs and student instructors at the University of Manitoba (3909), contract faculty at the University of Ottawa (which disaffiliated in 1992), and contract faculty at Athabasca University (3911).

David Megginson

Formerly employed by the University of Ottawa, he maintains his consulting and development practice in Ottawa, Ontario.

Diana Brebner

She was educated at the University of Ottawa, the city she made her home for the remainder of her life.

Douglas Moggach

Douglas Moggach (MA and PhD Princeton) is a professor at the University of Ottawa and life member of Clare Hall, Cambridge.

Ed Philip

Philip was educated at St. Joseph's Teachers' College, the University of Ottawa, and the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, earning a Master's Degree in Education.

Farouk Kaspaules

Since his arrival, in the mid-1980s he has earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Studio and Art History from the University of Ottawa, and has been active in artist-run centres and community organizations.

Fedir Bohatyrchuk

These policies enabled Bohatyrchuk to emigrate to Canada in 1948, where he became a professor at the University of Ottawa, and the author of many scientific studies and recollection books.

Fernand Guindon

He was born in Fugèreville, Quebec, the son of Pascal Guindon and Josephine Lalonde, and he was educated in Bourget, Ontario and at the University of Ottawa.

Fiona Brinkman

in Biochemistry at the University of Waterloo in 1990 and her Ph.D. under the supervision of Dr. Jo-Anne Dillon at the University of Ottawa in 1996.

Freda Steel

From 1978 to 1982, she was an Assistant Professor of Law with the Common Law Section of the University of Ottawa.

Hélène LeBlanc

LeBlanc received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1979 from Université Sainte-Anne and a Bachelor of Education degree from the University of Ottawa in 1983.

Henry Habib

He is of Lebanese Christian descent and is currently in semi-retirement, teaching courses in World History, Middle Eastern politics and international law at Concordia University, McGill University, University of Ottawa and Carleton University.

Jean Herbiet

After returning to Ottawa in 1985, Herbiet returned to his specialities: directing theatre and teaching at the University of Ottawa.

Jean-Paul Sevilla

Now a Canadian citizen as well, for more than twenty years Jean-Paul Sevilla has lived in Ottawa, Canada where he is now Professor Emeritus of the University of Ottawa, after being a full professor of piano, chamber music and piano literature at the University of Ottawa, while continuing his successful career as a concert pianist, lecturer and "clinician".

Joaquim Clotet

After his doctorate, he completed studies and research at the Gregorian University of Rome (Italy), the University of London (United Kingdom), Georgetown University (Washington D.C., USA), the University of Ottawa (Canada), Oxford University (United Kingdom) and the University of Warwick (Coventry, United Kingdom).

Joel Westheimer

Joel Westheimer is a professor at the University of Ottawa, known for his work in citizenship education.

John Cameron Bell

He also held Postdoctoral positions at the University of Ottawa with Dr. Mike McBurney, and at the National Institute for Medical Research in London, England with Dr. Gordon Foulkes.

Joseph F. Quinn

He attended University of Ottawa in Canada due to discrimination against the Irish in the U.S. at the time, graduating in 1881, and went on to earn his law degree from Boston University School of Law in 1884.

Joseph-Henri Tabaret

Joseph-Henri Tabaret (12 April 1828 – 8 February 1886) was a Canadian Roman Catholic Priest and academic, best known because of his long and important association with the University of Ottawa.

Juana Muñoz-Liceras

Juana Muñoz-Liceras is Professor of Hispanic and General Linguistics in the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures at the University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada.

Karen Irving

Born in Victoria, British Columbia, Irving was educated at Dalhousie University, the University of Ottawa and Carleton University, where she received her Master's degree in Social Work in 1988.

Katherine Hobbs

Hobbs graduated from the University of Ottawa in Business Administration and received a certification in Internet Marketing from the University of British Columbia.

Kent Manderville

After four years in Northern Europe he retired and attended law school at the University of Ottawa.

Leverett George DeVeber

When Belcourt's bill came up for debate, DeVeber scolded him on the floor of the Senate for misrepresenting the committee's report as being much more supportive of the bill than it actually was; in the estimation of University of Ottawa law professor Jamie Benidickson, DeVeber's comments assured the bill's defeat.

Liberal Party of Canada candidates, 2004 Canadian federal election

After graduating, he opted to put himself within arm's reach of Canada's political hearth and enrolled at the University of Ottawa's law school.

LiveWorkPlay

Wellar completed a BA in History and a BEd with Ontario Teacher Certification at the University of Ottawa, and is a graduate of the applied linguistics Master of Arts program at Carleton University.

Marie-Françoise Guédon

Marie-Françoise Guédon, Ph.D., is a Canadian anthropologist and professor of religious studies at the University of Ottawa in Ottawa, Canada.

Mathieu Fleury

He also has a Masters in Human Kinetics with a concentration in Sports Management and a Honours Bachelor of Science with specialization in Human Kinetics from the University of Ottawa.

May Telmissany

She has since taught at the universities of Montréal, Concordia, McGill and Ottawa.

Merridee Bujaki

Merridee Bujaki is an associate professor of accounting at the University of Ottawa located in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

Miriam Waddington

She was the Canada Council Exchange Poet to Wales in 1980, and served as writer-in-residence at the Windsor Public Library and at the University of Ottawa.

Mitch Garber

He holds a Bachelors Degree in Industrial Relations from McGill University (1986) and a Law Degree from the University of Ottawa (1989).

Mona Nemer

She is also a scientific researcher, currently working as Vice-President, Research at the University of Ottawa, and formerly at the University of Montreal and the Institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal.

Moses Odaro

Dr. Moses Odaro holds the degrees of BSc Hons (Econs) from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (1965), M.A.(Econs) from McGill University in Montreal, Canada (1968), and PhD (Econs) from the University of Ottawa, also in Canada (1971).

New Democratic Party of Manitoba candidates, 1999 Manitoba provincial election

Taylor is a graduate of the Labour College of Canada at the University of Ottawa, and has completed a three-year labour certificate program from the University of Manitoba (Winnipeg Free Press, 23 May 1997).

Paolo Boffetta

In 2009 he became Affiliate of the R. Samuel McLaughlin Centre for Population Health Risk Assessment, University of Ottawa, Canada and Adjunct Professor at the Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, USA.

Pat Mella

A teacher and lecturer, she married Angelo Mella while teaching at St. Patrick's College in Ottawa.

Patrick Michael Dewan

He was born in Osgoode Township, Ontario, the son of John Joseph Dewan, and was educated at Willis Business College in Ottawa, the University of Ottawa, St. Francis Xavier University in Nova Scotia and the Ontario Agricultural College in Guelph.

Peggy J. Kleinplatz

Kleinplatz graduated from University of Ottawa with a B.A. (Honours) in Psychology in 1981 and Ph.D. in 1987.

Philippe Beaulne

Philippe Beaulne graduated from University of Ottawa and joined the Department of External Affairs in 1982 and has served in Port-au-Prince (twice), Paris and Dakar.

Philippe Régnier

Philippe Régnier is Professor at the School of International Development and Global Studies at the University of Ottawa.

Pierre Gagne

Gagne moved on to play for the University of Ottawa and the Quebec senior league before moving to the Providence Reds of the American Hockey League for three years.

Rachel Chatterjee

The Government of Canada awarded her the Lester Pearson Fellowship at the University of Ottawa.

Raymond L. Brett

He held a number of Visiting Professorships: University of Rochester, USA, 1958–1959; Kiel University, University of Osnabrück, 1977; University of Baroda, Jadavpur University, 1978; University of Ottawa, 1981.

Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario

;2005: In January, RNAO with partner, University of Ottawa, School of Nursing launch the Nursing Best Practice Research Unit (NBPRU).

Robert W. Boyd

He is currently Canada Excellence Research Chair in Quantum Nonlinear Optics at the University of Ottawa and on the Faculty at the University of Rochester.

In 2010 he became Professor of Physics and Canada Excellence Research Chair in Quantum Nonlinear Optics at the University of Ottawa.

Shaun Cleaver

Shaun Cleaver, (born 29 April 1979) is a Canadian physiotherapist from Niagara Falls, Ontario, and graduated in 2002 from the University of Ottawa with a BSc.

Stéphane Émard-Chabot

Stéphane Émard-Chabot is a former Ottawa city councillor and has been Assistant Dean of the University of Ottawa law school since 2001.

Sue Johnson

She is a Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Ottawa and at Alliant University in San Diego, California.

Tancrède-Charles Gaboury

He was born in Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Canada East, the son of Jean-Baptiste Gaboury and Rosalie Ayet dit Malo, and was educated there, at the Collège de Saint-Hyacinthe, at Saint Joseph's University in Ottawa and at Victoria College in Montreal.

Terry Kilrea

As for the O-Train project, Kilrea had criticized its potential to create a major financial burden to Ottawa taxpayers and mentioned it may also be a failure due to a possible lack of ridership when the North-South Line expansion will be completed in 2009 from the University of Ottawa to Barrhaven.

Tofy Mussivand

He is Professor of Surgery and Engineering at the University of Ottawa and Carleton University; Chair and Director, Cardiovascular Devices Division of the University of Ottawa Heart Institute (UOHI); and Medical Devices Program of both the University of Ottawa and Carleton University.

Tuncer Őren

Tuncer Őren (born ca. 1935 in İstanbul) is Turkish/Canadian systems engineer, professor emeritus of Computer Science at the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) of the University of Ottawa, Canada, and Director, The McLeod Modeling and Simulation Network (M&SNet) of the SCS.

University of Ottawa's Graduate School of Public and International Affairs

In addition to a faculty complement of more than 30 professors, students benefit from the presence of a number of Senior Fellows including former Canadian diplomats Robert Fowler and Claude Laverdure, as well as respected journalist Jeffrey Simpson.

Ursula Mamlok

A prominent research scholar on the life and work of Ursala Mamlok is Dr. Roxane Prévost of the University of Ottawa.


Alexandre Beaudoin

He also pursues his full-time study during the same period, obtaining a degree of MSc in Health Technology Assessment (HTA) & Management in 2009 with the medical schools of four different universities: University of Montreal, University of Ottawa, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya (Barcelona) and Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore (Rome).

David McGuinty

He earned a Diploma in Agriculture from the Kemptville College of Agriculture, a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature at the University of Ottawa, specialized diplomas in Civil and Comparative Law at Université de Sherbrooke in Quebec, a Bachelor of Laws at the University of Ottawa, and finally a Master of Laws at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Francis Alexander Anglin

Born in Saint John, New Brunswick, one of 9 children of Parliamentarian Timothy Anglin, and elder brother to the renowned stage actress, Margaret Anglin, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Ottawa in 1887.

Gregory So

So holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from Carleton University and a double degree of Master of business administration and Bachelor of Laws from the University of Ottawa.

Marc Lalonde

Lalonde was born in Île Perrot, Quebec and obtained a Master of Laws degree from the Université de Montréal, a Master's degree from Oxford University, and a Diplôme d'études supérieures en droit (D.E.S.D) from the University of Ottawa.

Ozay Mehmet

He has taught at various Canadian universities including: the University of Windsor, York University, the University of Toronto, the University of Ottawa and Carleton University.

Pat Marsden

Marsden was born in Ottawa and attended St. Patrick's High School and the University of Ottawa, where he started his sportscasting career at local station CKOY.

Steven Heighton

Heighton has been the writer-in-residence at McArthur College, Queen's University, the University of Ottawa, and the Royal Military College of Canada.

Susan G. Cole

Her 2010 appearance on FOX News in support of students protesting the appearance of Ann Coulter on the University of Ottawa campus has engaged her in the debate on freedom of speech.

Walter Tarnopolsky

Between 1959 and 1983, he was a professor of law with, variously, the University of Saskatchewan, University of Windsor, Osgoode Hall Law School of York University, and the University of Ottawa.