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Since its adoption in 2019, An Act Respecting First Nations, Inuit and Métis Children, Youth and Families (Bill C-92) has been seen as a landmark step toward recognizing Indigenous Peoples’ inherent right to self-determination in child and family services. The law, which came into effect on January 1, 2020, was designed to transfer authority over child and family welfare back to Indigenous communi...

Data is more than numbers — it’s narrative. It reveals patterns, exposes gaps, and points to solutions. In health care, those insights are critical: they show us where systems fall short, who is being left behind, and how we can do better. That’s the driving force behind the latest University Research Chairs (URC), launched in partnership with the Ottawa Academic Health Network (OAHN).

In international development, certain stories keep coming back: Western actors portrayed as the ones who “save” communities in the Global South. Behind these stories lies what scholars call the White Savior Narrative — a way of thinking that, even with good intentions, reproduces colonial hierarchies and often silences local realities.

In partnership with the Maniwaki Native Friendship Centre and its director, Charlotte Commonda, Professor Karine Croteau (School of Social Work, University of Ottawa) and her team (Emmanuelle Bernheim, Cyndy Wylde, Mireille De La Sablonnière-Griffin, and Dominique Lavoie) are leading a new research project that explores how mixed intervention teams—bringing together police officers and community w...

Welcome to the 2025-2026 academic year. In this blog, I give a preview of our main research, teaching and outreach activities in the coming months. All our activities aim to advance the ISSP’s five-year strategic vision: helping Canada transform decision-making to meet the grand challenges of our time by strengthening science-society-policy relations w...

A new study led by Dr. Elisa Romano, professor at the University of Ottawa’s School of Psychology, shows that parents can learn to replace punishment with more positive discipline strategies.

The B. Anne Wood Leadership Award supports third-year undergraduate students at the Faculty of Social Sciences who show exceptional leadership potential. This prestigious scholarship enables the recipient to design and carry out a self-defined project that strengthens their leadership skills, commencing in the summer following their third year and concluding within 12 months.

At the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Ottawa, we believe research should not only analyze the world but also help change it. This commitment is exemplified by Prof. Chris Huggins and PhD students Lina Awadalla and Neema Kingamkono, from the School of International Development and Global Studies, whose article was recently published in the Journal of Rural Studies.

This internship has given me first-hand exposure to how ...

Arriving in Vientiane, the quiet charm of the city felt worlds apart from the bustling academic corridors at the University of Ottawa...