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University of Ottawa
File:University Of Ottawa.gif
Motto Deus Scientiarum Dominus Est (God is the Lord of Knowledge)
Founded 1848
School type Public
Chancellor Huguette Labelle
President Gilles G. Patry
Location Ottawa, Ontario
Enrollment 27,603 undergrad and 3,836 grad
Campus surroundings Urban, downtown Ottawa
Sports teams Ottawa Gee Gees
Campus Map Map
Tabaret Hall
At left, Morisset Library. At right, campus radio station CHUO.

The University of Ottawa (also casually known as U of O, or Ottawa U) is a research-intensive, non-denominational, international university. It is one of the oldest universities in Canada. It was originally established as the College of Bytown in 1848 by the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate. Formally a liberal arts college, it has been teaching pure and applied sciences in both French and English since the 1800s. The university has been conferring Bachelor's degrees since 1872, Master's degrees since 1875, and Doctorate's since 1888.

The university is sometimes mistakenly referred to as Ottawa University, which is in fact the name of an unrelated institution in Kansas.

Reputation

Today, it is the oldest and largest bilingual university in North America. THe University of Ottawa is among the leading Universities in Canada, and it well ranked by the Financial Times, The Princeton Review, the Gourman Report (Ranked in the top 10 universities in Canada), and other International rankings.

The University of Ottawa's department of neurosciences is ranked 1st in Canada, and 2nd in clinical medicine, in citations per paper (highest impact) from 2000-2004 by Science Watch newsletter, published by Thomson Scientific, which uses university science indicators to examine the research of 46 Canadian universities in 21 different scientific fields.

The 2004 Financial Times global survey of EMBA programs ranked the U of O Executive MBA 65th out of 220. The University also scored a "Best in Canada" distinction across three categories in "career progress achieved by graduates", "calibre of program faculty", and "international component of its curriculum (ranked among the top 10 in the world)". Also, the Corporate Knights magazine survey of business schools ranked the university’s undergraduate program 4th in Canada. The Institute of Higher Education of the Shanghai Jiao Tong University recently ranked the University of Ottawa among the top500 universities in the world. The U of O is also one of the most cosmopolitan universities in Canada."

Academics

The University of Ottawa ranks 7th in research-intensive universities and 8th in total research funding in the country, receiving close to $200 million. The U of O also has the 3rd largest co-operative education program in Canada, with a 95% placement rate.

The average entering grade for the University of Ottawa admissions this past fall semester was 84%, and increases for limited enrolment and more popular programs such as criminology, political science, law, pure sciences, health sciences, biopharmaceutical sciences, and medicine.

The students of the University of Ottawa in the faculty of medicine were recently ranked the best in Canada as demonstrated in the national qualifying examinations by the Medical Council of Canada. The university launched Canada's first program in biopharmaceutical sciences. The faculty itself is affiliated with several research institutions including:

Masters and doctoral degrees are offered in most disciplines by the faculty of graduate and postdoctoral studies. The U of O offers the second-highest number of doctoral programs in Ontario. The U of O houses Ontario's second-largest graduate studies and co-operative education program.

Its 11 faculties offer an array of undergraduate and graduate programs in a wide variety of disciplines:

Saint Paul University (French: Université Saint Paul) is a federated Catholic university that is affiliated with the University of Ottawa

Student life

The university is situated in the heart of downtown Ottawa. It is positioned in walking distance to the Rideau Canal, Sandy Hill, Rideau Centre, Byward Market, National Arts Centre, Supreme Court of Canada, Government agencies, and Parliament Hill.

John Lennon and Yoko Ono's peace campaign came to the University of Ottawa, in 1969, after student leaders Allan Rock and Hugh Segal invited the couple.

There are two weekly newspapers published by students, The Fulcrum in English and La Rotonde in French, and a campus radio station, CHUO where actor/comedian Tom Green and Model/MTV VJ Quddus both have hosted late-night shows at different times, on the station for several years. The university is represented in Canadian Interuniversity Sport by the Ottawa Gee Gees.

The university is fully bilingual, and permits students to take classes in both languages and submit work in both languages. The university has a particular importance to the Franco-Ontarian community. People of French-Canadian descent compose 30% of the population on the Ontario side of the Ottawa area. The English language university for Ottawa is Carleton University.

In 2005, the U of O won the World Universities Debating Championship by defeating the participants Cambridge University, Oxford University, and University of Toronto in the final. The contestants representing the university were Jamie Furniss and Erik Eastaugh."

Facts and trivia

  • In the motion picture Decoys, starring Nicole Eggert, most of the filming for the movie took place on the University of Ottawa campus. The most recognizable feature of the university, Tabaret Hall, was used as the backdrop for the movie. A sequel is currently in production for a 2005 release.

Notable Alumni and Faculty

Senior Officers of the University of Ottawa

List of Chancellors

(1889–1965) University of Ottawa

  • 1889–1909 Mgr Joseph-Thomas Duhamel
  • 1911–1922 Mgr Charles-Hugues Gauthier
  • 1922–1927 Mgr Joseph-Médard Émard
  • 1928–1940 Mgr Joseph-Guillaume-Laurent Forbes
  • 1940–1953 Mgr Alexandre Vachon
  • 1953–1965 Mgr Marie-Joseph Lemieux, o.p.

(1965–Present) University of Ottawa (reorganized)

  • 1966–1973 Pauline Vanier
  • 1973–1979 the Right Honourable Gérald Fauteux
  • 1979–1985 Gabrielle Léger
  • 1985–1990 the Honourable Maurice Sauvé
  • 1991–1993 Gordon F. Henderson
  • 1994–Present Huguette Labelle

List of Presidents

(1848-1861) Le Collège de Bytown / The College of Bytown

  • 1848-1849 Édouard Chevalier, o.m.i.
  • 1849-1850 Jean-François Allard, o.m.i.
  • 1850-1851 Napoléon Mignault, o.m.i.
  • 1851-1853 Augustin Gaudet, o.m.i.
  • 1853-1861 Joseph-Henri Tabaret, o.m.i.

(1861-1889) Collège d'Ottawa / College of Ottawa

  • 1861-1864 Joseph-Henri Tabaret, o.m.i.
  • 1864-1867 Timothy Ryan, OMI
  • 1867-1874 Joseph-Henri Tabaret, o.m.i.
  • 1874-1877 Antoine Paillier, o.m.i.
  • 1877-1886 Joseph-Henri Tabaret, o.m.i.
  • 1886 Philémon Provost, o.m.i.
  • 1886-1887 Antoine Paillier, o.m.i.
  • 1887-1889 Jean-Marie Fayard, o.m.i.

(1889-1965) Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa

  • 1889-1898 James McGuckin, OMI
  • 1898-1901 Henri-Antoine Constantineau, o.m.i.
  • 1901-1905 Joseph-Édouard Émery, o.m.i.
  • 1905-1911 William Murphy, OMI
  • 1911-1914 Adrien-Bruno Roy, o.m.i.
  • 1914-1915 Henri Gervais, o.m.i.
  • 1915-1921 Louis Rhéaume, o.m.i.
  • 1921-1927 François-Xavier Marcotte, o.m.i.
  • 1927-1930 Uldéric Robert, o.m.i.
  • 1930-1936 Gilles Marchand, o.m.i.
  • 1936-1942 Joseph Hébert, o.m.i.
  • 1942-1946 Philippe Cornellier, o.m.i.
  • 1946-1952 Jean-Charles LaFramboise, o.m.i.
  • 1952-1958 Rodrigue Normandin, o.m.i.
  • 1958-1964 Henri-F. Légaré, o.m.i.
  • 1964-1965 Roger Guindon, o.m.i.

(1965-Present) Université d'Ottawa (nouvelle structure) / University of Ottawa (reorganized)

  • 1965-1984 Roger Guindon, o.m.i.
  • 1984-1990 Antoine D'Iorio
  • 1990-2001 Marcel Hamelin
  • 2001- Gilles G. Patry

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