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University of Ottawa
University of Ottawa Logo
MottoDeus Scientiarum Dominus Est<br\>(God is the Lord of Knowledge)
TypePublic
Established1848
Endowment$87 million
ChancellorHuguette Labelle
PresidentGilles G. Patry
Undergraduates29,567
Postgraduates4,009
Location
Ottawa
,
ON
,
Canada
CampusUrban, 29 ha (72 acres)
Websiteuottawa.ca
Tabaret Hall
Fauteux Hall, the Faculty of Law


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

The University of Ottawa is well ranked by the Financial Times, The Princeton Review, the Gourman Report (Ranked in the top 10 universities in Canada), and other international rankings.

At left, Morisset Library. At right, campus radio station CHUO.

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. [citation needed]

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. A recent international table produced by Shanghai Jiao Tong University rated University of Ottawa in the 203-300 bracket of top 500 universities in the world, placing it amongst the top 60% world-wide [1].

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.

Academics

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 within easy 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 20% of the population of Ottawa.

Bilingual Conflict

The bilingual nature of the U of O is a contentious issue for some anglophone students and most francophone students. While some enjoy the opportunity to enroll in classes outside their native language, others express concern at the dominance of the French language at U of O. About 70% of the students are anglophone, but all official university communication is bilingual, with French always being placed before English - a form of respect toward the Canadian history. Anglophone students believe French students receive a disproportionate share of scholarships and are favoured for programs like law and medicine. Francophone students feel forced to enroll in English class if they wish to complete their studies in most departments. As well, while anglophone students make up the bulk of the student population, most staff members and the bulk of the senior executives of the university have French as their first language while being bilingual and properly address communications in English. French members of the University of Ottawa also criticized the marketing strategy of the university, which changed from the traditional 'Bilingual university' to 'Canada's university'. In November 2005, an internal memo was exposed which directed french-speaking recruiting officers, heading to Toronto, to speak to one another solely in English to avoid scaring English-speaking students from enrolling instead of promoting bilingualism as an asset of the University of Ottawa. The university seeks more anglophone enrollment to prevent an over-all drop in the number of students.[1]

The internal memo controversy sparked a sense of shame within the francophone community. Francophone members of the University of Ottawa wrote an open letter to the rector and the French newspaper Le Droit. The francophones are concerned toward the diminishing services available to French-speaking students, a smaller public French space on campus, less classes available in French and higher demand for English only classes. This snowball effect is caused by the political will to establish the University of Ottawa as one of the top 5 Canadian universities, which can only be obtained by recruiting more anglophones than francophones.[2]

The majority of French speaking students and faculty members believe that this recent political goal goes against the Ontario provincial law established in 1965. The law defines the University of Ottawa's goal as a promoter of bilinguism and both official cultures and to preserve and promote the French language in Ontario.[2] The rector, Gilles Patry, has met with the French representatives and shared his concern for the French status while presenting his will to solve the issue. A workgroup was formed to address the issue. Meanwhile, the administration continued to ignore its own policy, mainly by publishing English only communications[3] and offering some classes only in English.

Facts and Trivia

  • Most of the filming for the motion picture Decoys, starring Nicole Eggert took place on campus. Tabaret Hall, a prominent feature of the university, was used as the backdrop for the movie. [2]
  • The university has its own power plant.

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)

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-present Gilles G. Patry


See also


Notes

  1. ^ http://www.metronews.ca/uploadedFiles/Metro_Ottawa_1118_2005.pdf
  2. ^ a b Collective: "Un français préoccupant à l'université d'Ottawa", page 25. Le Droit, 2006-03-08
  3. ^ Labelle, G: "U. d'O. : un geste irrespectueux", page 28. Le Droit, 2006-06-17

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