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At the beginning of the 2008-2009 academic year, our 113 professors and 84 support staff welcomed more than 4,000 undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate students.  The Faculty of Health Sciences, spread over six geographic sites, is made up of three schools (nursing, rehabilitation sciences and human kinetics) and a health sciences program leading to a bachelor's degree in health sciences or nutrition sciences.  The Faculty excels in its research endeavour thanks to the efforts of over 100 researchers working in a variety of disciplines, from molecular biology to metabolism, from human kinetics to social sciences of health.  Innovative and dynamic, the Faculty of Health sciences is focused on the future.  Come join us !!

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events

  • Monday, November 16

    Conference
    The University of Ottawa is hosting the International Conference on Child Rights to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, November 18 to 20, 2009 at the University of Ottawa, Tabaret Hall, 550 Cumberland, Ottawa.
    For Nurses, trainees and researchers in the fields that impact child health and development.
    For online (free) registration, program and details of conference, please see attached poster
  • Monday, November 9


    The University of Ottawa is seeking to recruit an outstanding scholar in the field of Aboriginal Health. The successful candidate will hold a Tier II Canada Research Chair (CRC). See the position description
  • Monday, November 2

    University of Ottawa nursing research unit receives a prestigious awardfrom an International Nursing Organization
    Canadian nursing, education and health-care organizations were recognized today for their contribution to nursing excellence at the Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI) biennial conference in Indianapolis (USA).
    The prestigious Practice Academe Innovation Collaboration Award was presented to representatives of Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario (RNAO), the 21 Best Practice Spotlight Organizations (BPSOs) and the joint RNAO/University of Ottawa (UO) Nursing Best Practice Research Unit (NBPRU). The inaugural award recognized the significance and value of collaborative efforts between nursing practice and academia to improve the health of people internationally. Read the press Release


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Headliners



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The Faculty of Health Sciences is certainly making its presence felt in Gee-Gees varsity sports! Twelve of the 19 players on the women's hockey team come from Health Sciences, including captain Christine Allen, who's doing her master's in physiotherapy.  What's more, all three schools at the Faculty—Nursing, Human Kinetics and Rehabilitation Sciences—as well as the health sciences program are represented on the squad.



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