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November

Student award winners for the 2017 UOIT-KIT Symposium in Chemistry. From left: Professor Jean-Paul Desaulniers, Faculty of Science, University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT); Samira Mansouri, UOIT Master of Science candidate; Kazuya Inoue, Kyushu Institute of Technology (KIT) graduate student; Shuhei Takahashi, KIT graduate student; and Professor Mitsuru Kitamura, KIT (not shown, Veronica Cavallari, UOIT Master of Science candidate).

November 29, 2017

Jamie Bruno appointed Assistant Vice-President, Human Resources at Ontario Tech University.

November 28, 2017

Kindness Garden at Glen Street Public School in Oshawa.

November 24, 2017

Ontario Power Generation Faculty of Engineering Building at the university's north Oshawa location.

November 22, 2017

Polonsky Commons at the university's north Oshawa location.

November 17, 2017

November 15, 2017

International youth climate justice activists at the 22nd Conference of the Parties (COP22) UN climate conference in Marrakesh, Morocco (November 2016).

November 7, 2017

Students in the Chemistry Laboratory in the Science Building.

November 6, 2017

Elementary students learning at one of the University of Ontario Institute of Technology's STEM-education camps.

November 6, 2017

Brian Beamish, Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario.

November 3, 2017

Software and Informatics Research Centre at the university's north Oshawa campus location.

November 2, 2017

Steven Murphy, PhD, will become the fourth President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ontario Institute of Technology on March 1, 2018.

November 1, 2017

October

Polonsky Commons, University of Ontario Institute of Technology north Oshawa location.

October 30, 2017

Automotive, Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering Capstone students with their Electric 8x8 Combat Vehicle.

October 20, 2017

2017 Mechanical Engineering graduate Ghassan Chehade (right) explaining the benefits of personal urban mobility and accessibility devices. Below: 2017 Mechanical Engineering graduates Amir Karim (fifth from left) and Ghassan Chehade (centre, in grey suit holding award) at the PACE awards ceremony in Toluca, Mexico.

October 20, 2017

Through the NRC-IRAP program, the university will provide access to development and testing facilities for robotics and automation projects. In this photo, Langis Roy, PhD, Dean of the university's School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies (right) offers advice to a researcher.

October 19, 2017

Ultimaker 2 Go 3D printer.

October 19, 2017

Students at the university's north Oshawa campus location.

October 18, 2017

October 18, 2017

Faculty of Business and Information Technology's Finance Laboratory.

October 17, 2017

September

At the School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies (SGPS) launch event, Lalit Patnaik, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science spoke about how he sees SGPS as a home on campus for postdoctoral fellows.

September 29, 2017

Granville Anderson, MPP (Durham) recently hosted a discussion with university and college students on campus. The discussion covered topics such as financial aid, health care and minimum wage.

September 27, 2017

Group shot of the Poverty, Access Resistance and Resilience in Latin America field course participants.

September 26, 2017

Lyn McLeod served as Founding Chancellor of the University of Ontario Institute of Technology from 2004 to 2008.

September 21, 2017

The University of Ontario Institute of Technology hosted the international Smart Energy Grid Engineering Conference in August 2017.

September 18, 2017

North Oshawa location, University of Ontario Institute of Technology.

September 15, 2017

Biologist Julia Green-Johnson, PhD, Faculty of Science, is one of 21 University of Ontario Institute of Technology researchers receiving new project funding from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada.

September 8, 2017

Earthquakes of magnitude 8 or greater typically cause major damage to buildings and general infrastructure.

September 8, 2017

2017 Student Research Showcase prize recipients. From left: Bridve Sivakumar, Faculty of Health Sciences; Leanna Calla, Faculty of Science; Allison Saunders (Faculty of Education - project partner Alex Gadanidis unavailable); Irina Levit, Faculty of Social Science and Humanities; Rahul Vaghasia, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science; Jason Chang (non-UOIT student project partner); and Ralph Laite, Faculty of Energy Systems and Nuclear Science. Absent: Matthew Coe, Faculty of Business and Information Technology.

September 7, 2017

The UOIT Ridgebacks women's soccer team is ranked No. 2 in Canada for the week ending September 4, 2017.

September 6, 2017

University of Ontario Institute of Technology, north Oshawa location.

September 6, 2017

Angela Skopyk, PhD candidate (Applied Bioscience), Faculty of Science, enjoys a spectacular view of Sydney, Australia while taking part in the Queen Elizabeth Scholarship exchange program (Summer 2017). Below right: Huda Sarwar, Electrical Engineering (class of 2018) enjoys a horseback riding opportunity during her exchange placement near Arusha, Tanzania.

September 5, 2017

August

Jean-Paul Desaulniers, Associate Professor, Faculty of Science (centre), with Nanjing University (NJU) and University of Ontario Institute of Technology students at the end of his Chemical Biology course at NJU in Nanjing, China.

August 23, 2017

61 Charles Street Building at the university's downtown Oshawa location.

August 15, 2017

North Oshawa location, University of Ontario Institute of Technology.

August 15, 2017

Barbara Perry, PhD, Professor, Faculty of Social Science and Humanities.

August 14, 2017

Sheldon Williamson, PhD, Canada Research Chair in Electric Energy Storage Systems for Transportation Electrification, and Professor, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Ontario Institute of Technology.

August 11, 2017

August 10, 2017

Rupinder Brar, PhD, Astrophysicist and Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Science.

August 8, 2017

Mexican students on the canoe camping trip (July 14 to 16).

August 8, 2017

July

Political science researcher Dr. Tim MacNeill says raising the minimum wage can have a number of overall positive outcomes for the economy.

July 26, 2017

Graduate students present their research at the Laurentian SETAC annual general meeting.

July 21, 2017

Ontario Power Generation Engineering Building at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology's north Oshawa location.

July 19, 2017

Students in Polonsky Commons at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology's north Oshawa location.

July 19, 2017

Douglas Allingham, P.Eng. will become Chair of the university’s Board of Governors for the 2017-2018 academic year on Friday, September 1.

July 18, 2017

From left: Warwick Academy students and instructors pose with their sailboats alongside Sharman Perera, Senior Lecturer and Laboratory Manager, Callan Brown, Lab Specialist and master's student, and Dr. Glenn Harvel, Associate Dean.

July 14, 2017

University of Ontario Institute of Technology, north Oshawa location.

July 14, 2017

Peter Stoett, PhD, Dean, Faculty of Social Science and Humanities.

July 13, 2017

Honey bee hive in the Pollinator Garden at the university's Windfields Farm Lands.

July 13, 2017

Dr. JoAnne Arcand, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ontario Institute of Technology (right), receives the 2017 New Investigator Partnership Prize at the Canadian Nutrition Society Awards Banquet in Montreal, Quebec from Dr. Mary L'Abbe, Professor and Chair, Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Toronto (May 27, 2017).

July 12, 2017

Bermuda High School students participate in mock scenario investigations at the university's Crime Scene House.

July 4, 2017

From left: Joe Stokes, Associate Registrar, UOIT; Koral Kanca, Link Education Consulting; and Arthur Ferreira, English Teacher and Director of International Projects, Colégio Lato Sensu (CLS) speak to a classroom full of CLS students in Brazil.

July 4, 2017

The School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies assumed its new name on July 1, 2017.

July 4, 2017

June

Canada’s sesquicentennial represents a critical moment in our country’s history. For those who work at a university, it presents a time to mark Canada’s successes in higher education, research and innovation.

June 29, 2017

Nicole Crawford, Forensic Science, class of 2017 presents her project, The Challenges of an Underwater Crime Scene, at Forensic Science Research Day.

June 28, 2017

An April Angus Reid Institute poll shows that even though Canadians are skeptical on how effective the proposed law will be at deterring marijuana use (especially by young people), 60 per cent support the Cannabis Act (Bill C-45). University of Ontario Institute of Technology criminologist and sociologist Judith Grant, PhD is among them.

June 27, 2017

Visiting high school students from Bermuda take part in various forensic science investigation activities at the Faculty of Science's Crime Scene House at the Windfields Farm Lands (June 22, 2017).

June 27, 2017

The cheering of more than 30 University of Ontario Institute of Technology staff members echoed throughout downtown Oshawa on June 21 as the group pedaled a 30-seat bike through the city’s core.

June 27, 2017

From left: At Hack for Good, UOIT Software Engineering students Omar Almootassem (class of 2017), Talha Zia (class of 2017) and Priyank Patel (class of 2018) developed ReapCycle, which turns recyclable items into reusable ones.

June 27, 2017

Ed Waller, PhD, Professor, Faculty of Energy Systems and Nuclear Science (right) accepts the Canadian Radiation Protection Association's 2017 Distinguished Achievement Award from Liz Krivonosov, President, Krivonosov Risk Management Consultants Inc. (in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, June 6, 2017).

June 27, 2017

Two gardens featuring native flora and sacred Indigenous medicinal plants have been established at the university’s downtown Oshawa location, behind the UOIT-Baagwating Indigenous Student Centre and the 61 Charles Street Building.

June 26, 2017

A firefighter student navigates through a heat maze during the ACE Firefighter Environmental Stress Workshop.

June 23, 2017

The university's 2017 Convocation ceremonies were held June 8 and 9 at the Tribute Communities Centre in downtown Oshawa.

June 20, 2017

John Barrett, PhD, President and Chief Executive Officer, Canadian Nuclear Association (CNA) (left) presents Igor Pioro, PhD, Professor, Faculty of Energy Systems and Nuclear Science, with the CNA’s 2017 Harold A. Smith Outstanding Contribution Award.

June 16, 2017

From left: Roger Anderson, Chair and CEO, Region of Durham; Karim Mamdani, President and CEO, Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences; Tim McTiernan, President and Vice-Chancellor, University of Ontario Institute of Technology; Don Lovisa, President, Durham College.

June 13, 2017

In the Body Building 101 activity, Science Rendezvous participants how well they know the human body and how quickly they can put it back together.

June 6, 2017

University President and Vice-Chancellor Tim McTiernan speaks at launch of the City of Oshawa's Teaching City Initiative (Robert McLaughlin Gallery, June 5, 2017).

June 5, 2017

From left: Hossam Kishawy, PhD, Interim Dean, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science (FEAS); Tim McTiernan, PhD, UOIT President and Vice-Chancellor; Mel Hyatt, President-Elect, PWU; Adele Imrie, Chair, UOIT Board of Governors; Mohammed Yasin Ali, Electrical Engineering master’s degree student (FEAS); Vijay Sood, PhD, Associate Professor, FEAS.

June 5, 2017

The University of Ontario Institute of Technology's 2017 Convocation ceremonies will take place June 8 and 9 at the Tribute Communities Centre.

June 1, 2017

May

May 31, 2017

Janet McCabe, PhD named the university's new Director of Nursing, effective Saturday, July 1.

May 31, 2017

From left: 2017 Durham Regional Science Fair grand prize winners Ayanna Jeyakanthan (Grade 7, Roland Michener P.S., Ajax) and Ayeman Faridi (Grade 11, J. Clarke Richardson Collegiate, Ajax) both won special awards at the Canada-Wide Science Fair in Regina, Saskatchewan from May 15 to 20.

May 30, 2017

For her assignment, Emily Rowsell (Political Science major and CDMS minor, class of 2018) set up The Working Woman (a subsite on her personal blog, Creative & Chaos), that features 10 testimonials she received from women who have experience sexism or sexual harassment in the workplace.

May 30, 2017

Faculty of Education STEAM 3D Maker Lab researcher Laura Dobos demonstrates the benefits of the Arduino Uno microcontroller board to teachers with the Algonquin and Lakeshore Catholic District School Board in Napanee, Ontario.

May 23, 2017

Lieutenant General the Honourable Romeo Dallaire was one of two keynote speakers at the university's Futures Forum on Community Mental Health and Wellness (May 10, 2017).

May 19, 2017

Nuclear Engineering PhD candidate Jawad Haroon will be the first student from the university to participate in the World Nuclear University Summer Institute in Sweden.

May 19, 2017

Best Second-Year game: Dodge Bomb (Bird Brain Games). From left: Robbie Savaglio, Graham Watson, Jack Hamilton and Rebecca Joly (team members not in photo: Campbell Hamilton and James Swain).

May 15, 2017

Members of the Ridgebacks women's soccer team celebrate being named OUA Team of the Year at the OUA Honour Awards Banquet in Huntsville, Ontario.

May 12, 2017

Peyvand Mossavat (right), Head Coach, UOIT Ridgebacks women's soccer team was named OUA Male Coach of the Year at the OUA Honours and Awards Banquet in Huntsville, Ontario. Right: Scott Barker, Athletics Director, University of Ontario Institute of Technology.

May 12, 2017

First place Automotive, Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering award winners with their Electric 8x8 Combat Vehicle at the FEAS Capstone Exhibition and Competition.

May 12, 2017

From left: Dr. Adam Fleming, Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Hematology-Oncology, McMaster University; UOIT Faculty of Science Life Sciences students Tejus Tuppal, Shreya Jain, Mahmud Ali and Melanny Barrios (who won the Students Advancing Brain Cancer Research Undergraduate Research Competition at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario); and Dr. Joseph Megyesi, Neurosurgeon, Joseph Megyesi Clinic in London, Ontario. Inset image: Dr. George Stamatiou, Senior Lecturer and Laboratory Co-ordinator, Faculty of Science (students' supervisor).

May 11, 2017

From left: Carley O’Neill, PhD candidate (Applied Bioscience), Faculty of Science; and David Jagroop, Master of Health Sciences (Kinesiology) candidate, Faculty of Health Sciences, at the March for Science in Toronto, Ontario (April 22, 2017).

May 11, 2017

Markus Piro, PhD, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Energy Systems and Nuclear Science is announced as the university’s newest Canada Research Chair (in Nuclear Fuels and Materials).

May 10, 2017

May 3, 2017

The Honourable Brad Duguid, Minister of Economic Development and Growth (second from right) chats with Sheraz Tariq, Researcher, Unified Computer Intelligence Corporation (right) about testing the performance of far field voice interactive technologies inside ACE's hemi-anechoic (low vibration) chamber. Observing is John Komar, Director, Engineering and Operations, ACE (March 15, 2017).

May 1, 2017

The university is helping Ontario shine green for mental health.

May 1, 2017

Commemorative Canadian $10 bill issued in honour of Canada's 150th birthday (photo courtesy of Bank of Canada).

May 1, 2017

April

Dr. Samantha Nutt spoke to students at the university about the challenges women face all around the world, and how to advance women’s equality.

April 28, 2017

Students will benefit from the Ontario government's new $190-million Career Kick-Start Strategy, which will increase partnerships with industry to boost work-related learning opportunities that will help students apply their knowledge.

April 28, 2017

April 26, 2017

Mohamad Vedut (Software Engineering, class of 2017) is helping develop innovative solutions for water management, through the application of artificial intelligence.

April 26, 2017

Douglas Holdway, PhD, Interim Vice-President, Research, Innovation and International (second from right) and Michael Owen, PhD, Dean, Faculty of Education (right), sign Memorandum of Understanding with officials of Nanjing Xiaozhuang University in Nanjing, China (March 15, 2017).

April 25, 2017

Jen Sullivan of the Region of Durham's Health Department (front left) presents the Region's Healthy Workplace Award to Dr. Deborah Saucier, Vice-President, Academic (front right). They were joined for the presentation by members of the university's Healthy Workplace Committee.

April 25, 2017

Dr. Meghann Lloyd’s extensive research expertise includes Autism Spectrum Disorder, fundamental motor skills and play.

April 19, 2017

Collections at the Education Building will be moved the 61 Charles Street building in mid-May.

April 18, 2017

Bank of Canada Governor Stephen S. Poloz, whose decision-making and policies highly influence Canadian financial markets, spoke at the university on March 28.

April 17, 2017

University of Ontario Institute of Technology PhD candidate Ololade Sanusi makes her presentation April 12 at the Ontario Three Minute Thesis competition (hosted by the University of Waterloo).

April 13, 2017

2017 Durham Regional Science Fair grand prize winners (from left): Ayeman Faridi (Grade 11, J. Clarke Richardson Collegiate, Ajax) and Ayanna Jeyakanthan (Grade 7, Roland Michener P.S., Ajax). Both advance to the Canada-Wide Science Fair in Regina, Saskatchewan from May 15 to 20.

April 13, 2017

Steve Paikin delivers the 2017 Faculty of Social Science and Humanities Dean's Public Lecture at the Regent Theatre on March 27 (photo and gallery photos by Abhishek Kathuria).

April 13, 2017

Close to 100 students, faculty, staff and community members took part in the 2017 Campus Charity Walk and Run for the Boys and Girls Club of Durham.

April 12, 2017

Campers show off their math and art skills at the 2017 March Break Maker Camp.

April 11, 2017

Ex-organized criminal and author Eddie Hertrich, one of four speakers invited to tell students their stories at the March 31 Reflections on Hate and Trauma panel.

April 10, 2017

Rural area water pump irrigation system powered by clean energy solar panel.

April 7, 2017

April 5, 2017

April 3, 2017

March

PhD candidate Ololade Sanusi (second from left), celebrates winning the university's 2017 Three Minute Thesis competition with Dr. Langis Roy, Dean, Graduate Studies (second from right), her sister Olayinka Sanusi (left) and mother Olubunmi Sanusi (right).

March 31, 2017

Faculty of Business and Information Technology researcher Dr. Shahram Heydari has received a U.S. patent for designing a system controller to prevent communication network breakdowns in large-scale disasters such as earthquakes.

March 31, 2017

From left: Ning Zheng, Purdue Pharma; Daniel Asres, Purdue Pharma; Sonja Dhani, Purdue Pharma; Greg Crawford, Dean, Faculty of Science; Arlene Ali, Purdue Pharma; Justin Du Bois, Stanford University (2017 Distinguished Lecturer); Liu Yang, Purdue Pharma; Yuri Bolshan, Faculty of Science; Jean-Paul Desaulniers, Faculty of Science; Blake Roberts, Purdue Pharma (and University of Ontario Institute of Technology graduate).

March 31, 2017

Mr. Saad Dahdouh, Technology and Research Manager, Ontario Power Generation (left) with Dr. Hossam Kishawy, Interim Dean, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science.

March 28, 2017

Catherine Davidson named new University Librarian, effective Thursday, June 1.

March 21, 2017

A group of proud 2017 University of Ontario Institute of Technology engineers celebrate receiving their Iron Ring at a ceremony at the Regent Theatre (March 18, 2017).

March 21, 2017

March 17, 2017

March 17, 2017

Signing ceremony between the University of Ontario Institute of Technology and the Augsburg University of Applied Science in Augsburg, Germany (January 30, 2017). The university is represented by Michael Owen, PhD, Dean, Faculty of Education (fourth from left) and Doug Holdway, PhD, Interim Vice-President, Research, Innovation and International (second from right).

March 15, 2017

March 14, 2017

Polonsky Commons, University of Ontario Institute of Technology north Oshawa location.

March 13, 2017

March 13, 2017

Canada’s Parliamentary Poet Laureate Dr. George Elliott Clarke spoke at the Regent Theatre on February 27.

March 7, 2017

Dr. Leigh Harkins, Faculty of Social Science and Humanities (left) and Dr. Hossam Gaber, Faculty of Energy Systems and Nuclear Science each gave presentations at the university's Research Excellence Awards Speakers Series on March 2.

March 6, 2017

Peter Stoett, PhD, will become Dean of the Faculty of Social Science and Humanities in July.

March 3, 2017

Pierre Côté, DC, PhD, Canada Research Chair in Disability Prevention and Rehabilitation; Associate Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences; and Director, UOIT-CMCC Centre for Disability Prevention and Rehabilitation.

March 1, 2017

February

University launching new study to investigate why up to 90 per cent of Canadians are physically inactive.

February 28, 2017

Ontario Lieutenant Governor Elizabeth Dowdeswell (left) with Carolyn McGregor, PhD, Canada Research Chair in Health Informatics at Queen's Park launch of 150 Stories, a book commemorating the province's sesquicentennial (February 22, 2017).

February 24, 2017

Councillor Nancy Diamond was a longtime friend and supporter of the university and our campus partner, Durham College.

February 17, 2017

Tim McTiernan, PhD, President and Vice-Chancellor, University of Ontario Institute of Technology.

February 16, 2017

University of Ontario Institute of Technology researchers Christopher Collins, PhD (left) and Julie Thorpe, PhD, prepare for an interview with CBS Sunday Morning on January 5 in the university's Visualization for Information Analysis Laboratory. The CBS interview is scheduled to air Sunday, February 19.

February 16, 2017

On Wednesday, March 1 David Lepofsky will speak on campus about Ontario’s vibrant grassroots disability movement.

February 15, 2017

Durham Regional Police Constable Jerrod Singh joins in dance video recording with university students along the Victoria Street Walkway near the university's Regent Theatre on February 4, 2017 (image from Vivid Media Company of Toronto, Ontario).

February 8, 2017

Bordessa Hall, home of the Faculty of Social Science and Humanities at the university's location in downtown Oshawa.

February 8, 2017

Premier Kathleen Wynne holds question and answer round table with University of Ontario Institute of Technology students in ACE Climatic Wind Tunnel.

February 6, 2017

Katherine Koehler-Grassau of the UOIT Ridgebacks women's soccer team leads an attack during a 2016 home game at Vaso's Field.

February 2, 2017

During a practical aerodynamic workshop, students position a race car in front of the nozzle of the ACE Climatic Wind Tunnel.

February 1, 2017

January

January 30, 2017

Commuter traffic crawling along Toronto's Gardiner Expressway.

January 30, 2017

Students from the Pre-Service Firefighter program at Durham College take part in an Environmental Stress Workshop inside one of the University of Ontario Institute of Technology's ACE climate chambers.

January 27, 2017

January 24, 2017

Xiaodong Lin, PhD, Associate Professor, Faculty of Business and Information Technology

January 17, 2017

Volunteers packed and delivered hampers on December 18.

January 16, 2017

Judith Herringer, PhD, Manager of the university's English Language Centre, speaks at the official opening ceremony (January 11, 2017).

January 11, 2017

Insignia representing an Officer of the Order of Canada.

January 2, 2017