Canada's university in the News

Media mentions are posted in their original language of publication or broadcast.

November 18, 2009

Huguette Labelle, Chancellor at the President’s Office, discusses the importance of monitoring government corrupt practices in order to establish an effective way to prevent them from occurring. (nytimes.com)

Patrick Leblond, Faculté des sciences sociales, discute du dernier rapport sur la corruption de Transparency International.

Professor Nipa Banerjee, Faculty of Social Sciences, discusses the ineffective and unsuccessful strategies for international aid and military assistance, including Canadian aid, deployed in Afghanistan. (Ottawa Citizen)

Professor Michael Geist, Faculty of Law, comments on CBC’s proposal to offer Canadians a service that would include all local television stations and a very limited set of other programming services. (The Canadian Press, The Daily Gleaner(Fredericton), The Penticton Herald)

Professor Robert J. Smith?, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, conducted a study that determined the spreading speed of HIV/AIDS across the world using a mathematical model, and examined the best way to fight the disease. (Canada.com)

Le professeur Luc Dupont, Département de communication, commente sur la possibilité que Québec devienne le prochain laboratoire publicitaire des grandes marques mondiales parce que la société québécoise représente «un microcosme de la réalité mondiale». (Cyberpresse.ca)

Angela Wellman, liaison officer at uOttawa, provides answers to common questions facing students entering post-secondary education for the first time. (Ottawa Citizen)

November 11, 2009

Professor Cynthia Toman, School of Nursing and historian, comments on the significant contributions and important roles played by Canada’s Nursing Sisters enlisted in the Second World War. (New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal)

Le professeur Luc Dupont, Département de communication, commente sur l'importance d'avoir pignon sur Internet pour les entreprises du Lac-Saint-Jean. (Le Quotidien)

Professor David Sweanor, Faculty of Law, comments on cigarette company Reynolds American purchasing a Swedish manufacturer of nicotine replacement products as a unique financial diversification strategy. (Business Week)

November 10, 2009

Professor Michael Geist, Faculty of Law, discusses an international treaty called the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), and how it focuses more on copyright rather than counterfeiting. (Ottawa Citizen)

Professor Peter Jones, Faculty of Social Sciences, comments on the changes that occurred after the fall of the Berlin Wall twenty years ago, and how we are affected today. (Global News : Global National)

Professor Michael Behiels, Department of History, comments on the by-elections and what it means for the different political parties. (Global News : Global National)

Professor Louise Lemyre, School of Psychology, will speak at a WHO event about the communication of health risks and the H1N1 virus. (Metronews.ca)

November 4, 2009

Professor Michael Geist, Faculty of Law, discusses the report released by the Canadian Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission about net neutrality and how Internet service providers manage Internet traffic. (The Windsor Star)

Michael Miles, Telfer School of Management, comments on how the recession has affected the promotion of employees in Canada, compared to employees around the globe. (National Post)

David Fever, Canadian Internet Policy and Public Internet Clinic, comments on how Canadians feel more secure releasing personal information online because third parties are doing a better job at providing easy security. (Nanaimo Daily News)

Le professeur Earl Brown, Département de biochimie, microbiology, et immunology, commente sur le nombre de personnes qui pourraient être touchées par le virus H1N1 dans la région d'Ottawa et l'Outaouais, et l`importance de comprendre la tendance du virus. (Radio-Canada)

Professor Amir Attaran, Institute of Population Health, comments on the government’s poor strategy of putting all their eggs in one basket when they chose to receive the H1N1 vaccine from a single supplier. (Global National) (at 19:45)

November 3, 2009

Professor Roland Paris, Faculty of Social Sciences, discusses how Barack Obama may change the U.S. policy in Afghanistan, as well as the strategies in the international mission. (Globe and Mail)

Professor Michael Geist, Faculty of Law, talks about the ongoing battle between broadcasters and cable companies, and suggests a solution that will give television consumers more choice in what they pay for. (Ottawa Citizen)

Dr. Brenda Wilson, Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, comments on her study that researched the importance and value of collecting family medical history when visiting the doctor. (latimesblogs.latimes.com, reuters.com, Annals of Internal Medicine)

Michael Kelly, dean of the Faculty of Administration, discusses the success of the Telfer School of Management over the past 40 years, and the plans that will continue to be successful in the future. (National Post)

Tyler Chamberlin, Telfer School of Management, comments on the positive economic impact of international students who choose to conduct their university studies in Canada. (gateway.ualberta.ca)

Dr. Kumanan Wilson, Faculty of Medicine, defends the Government’s rollout strategies for the H1N1 vaccine, while other experts describe its shortcomings and how it could have been more effective. (National Post)

Professor Louise Lemyre, Institute of Population Health, and Dr. Kumanan Wilson, Faculty of Medicine, comment on the scarce availibility of the H1N1 vaccine, and the importance that high risk groups be immunized. (cbc.ca)

Betty-Ann Hamilton, a public health nurse and graduate from the University of Ottawa, comments on the role of nurses in the distribution of the H1N1 vaccine. (Ottawa Citizen)

October 28, 2009

Professor Errol Mendes, Common Law Section, writes about the conflict of interest and the ethical considerations with regards to addressing complaints from opposition MPs about the Conservative party using tax payers’ money for partisan advertising. (Ottawa Citizen)

Brief segment about President and vice-chancellor Allan Rock using methods other than the handshake, such as the elbow bump, to avoid spreading the H1N1 virus at the University of Ottawa’s convocation. (Globe and Mail)

October 27, 2009

President Allan Rock, discusses the use of elbow bumps and chest bumps rather than handshakes at this past weekend’s convocation, in fear of spreading the H1N1 virus with students and the audience. (The Globe and Mail)

Professor Michael Geist, Faculty of Law, writes about the report on net neutrality released last week by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, and the effects it will have on how Internet Service Providers will manage Internet traffic. (The Ottawa Citizen)

Irwin Waller, directeur de l’Institut pour la prévention de la criminalité, commente sur la décision du gouvernement Harper d’imposer une limite conditionnelle sur la libération des criminels qui ont commis des crimes non-violents. (Radio-Canada)

Claudio Brun del Re, Director of Physical Resource Services, discusses uOttawa using a condo as a residence for students, as other Canadian Universities have done with hotels. (The Globe and Mail)

Jason Tetro, Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Immunology, gives advice on safe ways to enjoy Halloween candy without worrying about the spread of the H1N1 virus. (ctv.ca)

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