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December

Ontario Tech University mascot Hunter the Ridgeback at the inaugural Ridgebacks varsity basketball games vs Queen's at the Campus Recreation and Wellness Centre (November 3, 2019).

December 17, 2019

Ontario Tech University's Dr. Igor Pioro addresses delegates in Vienna, Austria at the International Atomic Energy Agency’s 2019 Conference on Climate Change and the Role of Nuclear Power (October 2019).

December 6, 2019

From left: Ontario Tech University’s Emily Tufts, Associate Librarian, and Catherine Davidson, University Librarian, with Oshawa Public Libraries’ Beckie MacDonald, Manager; Doug Thomson, Board Chair; and Frances Newman, Chief Executive Officer.

December 5, 2019

December 3, 2019

November

Simcoe Street and Founders Gate, looking south. The sidewalk on the west side of Simcoe Street is closed due to repairs.

November 28, 2019

Construction area outside the Regent Theatre.

November 21, 2019

Ethan Cuttler, Technical Support Manager, Verkada, speaks to Ontario Tech University during the company's student recruitment visit to campus (November 21, 2019).

November 21, 2019

November 21, 2019

Manufacturing Engineering PhD student Cody Berry working on research in the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science's Advanced Coordinate Metrology Laboratory at Ontario Tech University.

November 21, 2019

Tony McAleer, author of The Cure for Hate and a former extremist, spoke with students and faculty at an event hosted by Ontario Tech University's Centre on Hate, Bias and Extremism (November 12, 2019).

November 19, 2019

November 14, 2019

Check out Ontario Tech University's 14th-annual Engineering Robotics Competition on Saturday, November 16.

November 14, 2019

November 13, 2019

Ontario Tech University’s Faculty of Business and Information Technology will host free public lectures and an expert panel to discuss real-life artificial intelligence (AI) examples during AI and the Everyday Life.

November 11, 2019

November 11, 2019

Joe Stokes, PhD, Registrar, Ontario Tech University (right), and Clement Chan, Executive Director, Columbia International College, sign a new partnership that provides international students with admission opportunities at Ontario Tech.

November 11, 2019

Ontario Tech University’s Gaming and Virtual Reality Laboratory was featured on the cover of the Fall 2019 Ontario Economic Outlook and Fiscal Review. The lab’s virtual reality display utilizes motion-capture as a body tracker and gesture-based device. The lab supports the study and development of video games, game technology and ‘serious’ games (the simulation of practical real-life environments such as a hospital operating room).

November 7, 2019

November 3, 2019

November 1, 2019

October

From left: Ontario Tech University's Dr. Emma Bartfay (Faculty of Health Sciences), Dr. Khalid Elgazzar (Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science) and Dr. Wally Bartfay (Faculty of Health Sciences) are part of the university's new research partnership with Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences that will explore leading-edge technology to transform dementia care in Ontario (following partnership announcement on October 28, 2019).

October 28, 2019

SkyX drone on an xStation drone charging platform prior to vertical take-off deployment.

October 24, 2019

The IMS workshop was made possible thanks to FEAS volunteers and faculty members. Back row, from left: Pedram Karimipour Fard; Muarij Khalil; Zahra Khodabakhshi; Aida Farsi; Dr. Sayyed Ali Hosseini, Assistant Professor, FEAS and head of the executive team; Dr. Ahmad Barari, Conference Chair; Connor Hopkins; and Davin Jankovics. Front row, from left: Hossein Gohari, Amr Salem; Waleed Ahmed; Dylan Bender; Cody Berry; and Mohamd Imad.

October 18, 2019

Women for STEM Summit keynote speaker Beth Wilson, Canada CEO, Dentons, shared her experience and insights with students, individuals and organizational leaders.

October 18, 2019

Ontario Tech University President Steven Murphy welcomes the October 16 Cyber Girls Ambassador Program participants.

October 18, 2019

From left: Panelists Dan Carter, Mayor, City of Oshawa; Dr. Steven Murphy, President and Vice-Chancellor, Ontario Tech University; Rebecca Keetch, Green Jobs Oshawa; and moderator Crystal Goomansingh, Producer, Global News, discuss the future of Oshawa during the October 16 Global News Durham newscast.

October 18, 2019

eCAMION charging station outside ACE at Ontario Tech University in Oshawa, Ontario (connected to the Ontario Autonomous Vehicle Innovation Network's Durham Regional Technology Development Site).

October 17, 2019

Image of a virtual reality medical environment where health-care trainees test their skills and knowledge in handling patient anesthesia crisis scenarios in a simulated operating room.

October 15, 2019

The Vector Institute recently added Ontario Tech University's Master of Information Technology Security – Artificial Intelligence in Security specialization to its list of recognized master’s programs in AI.

October 10, 2019

October 8, 2019

3D modelling in Ontario Tech University's Laboratory for Advanced User Interfaces and Virtual Reality.

October 8, 2019

From left: Victor Mazzuocco, Research and Development Engineer, ACE; Michael Lamanna, third-year Mechanical Engineering student, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science (FEAS), and member of the ACE Operations and Engineering Support team; Dr. Shabnam Pejhan (project lead), Postdoctoral Fellow, FEAS.

October 3, 2019

October 1, 2019

September

Fall 2018 visit by Ontario Tech University's c_wonder Engineering Outreach 'Makers Truck' mobile lab to Oshawa's Lakewoods Public School.

September 26, 2019

Public transit bus loop at Ontario Tech University's north Oshawa location.

September 26, 2019

Conceptual design of Ontario Tech University's new booth at the 2019 Ontario Universities' Fair at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre.

September 24, 2019

September 20, 2019

September 17, 2019

September 13, 2019

From left: Dr. Les Jacobs, Vice-President, Research and Innovation, Ontario Tech University; Lorne Coe, Whitby MPP; Lindsey Park, Durham MPP; Dr. JoAnne Arcand, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ontario Tech University; Dr. Steven Murphy, President and Vice-Chancellor, Ontario Tech University; Dr. Lori Livingston, Provost and Vice-President Academic, Ontario Tech University.

September 11, 2019

September 9, 2019

September 9, 2019

September 5, 2019

August

Solar panels at Ontario Tech University's Windfields Farm lands help power buildings used by the Office of Campus Infrastructure and Sustainability.

August 30, 2019

From left: Professor Michael Blumenstein, Associate Dean, Research Strategy & Management, Faculty of Engineering and IT, University of Technology Sydney with Dr. Steven Murphy, President and Vice-Chancellor, Ontario Tech University.

August 27, 2019

Thinking about technology with a conscience: Gathering input from seniors on legal and ethical issues related to use of social robots for in-home support is just one of more than two dozen Ontario Tech University research projects receiving new federal funding support.

August 12, 2019

Artistic diagram of futuristic deployment of autonomous vehicles in an urban setting.

August 9, 2019

Fireside reading room at the North Oshawa Library.

August 7, 2019

July

New Ontario Tech University banner on street light along Athol Street in downtown Oshawa.

July 26, 2019

Dr. Pierre Côté, Canada Research Chair in Disability Prevention and Rehabilitation, Ontario Tech University (left) with research colleague Dr. Margareta Nordin, Professor, New York University, at the G20+/N20+ conference in Osaka, Japan (June 2019).

July 16, 2019

July 9, 2019

Ontario Tech and Ontario Shores began charting plans for their new partnership during a brainstorming session at the university's Brilliant Catalyst in April 2019.

July 8, 2019

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

July 5, 2019

University President Dr. Steven Murphy leads team members from Ontario Tech in the Big Bike ride through downtown Oshawa.

July 5, 2019

Ontario Tech University Kinesiology students and Dr. Shilpa Dogra lead a fitness program for older adults as part of their research practicum at the Oshawa Senior Community Centres in 2014.

July 2, 2019

Kim Bradley on an outing with a group of children from Ultimate School-Agers child care centre.

July 2, 2019

June

$Third-year Ontario Tech University Forensic Science student investigating a mock suspected hit-and-run scenario involving documentation and analysis of glass fracture patterns and trace evidence. This mock scene is near the program's Crime Scene House on the university's former Windfields Farm lands.$

June 28, 2019

Dr. Shilpa Dogra, Associate Professor and Director of Kinesiology, Faculty of Health Sciences (front left) with The Honourable Kirsty Duncan, Minister of Science and Sport (front right) at Ontario Tech University's ACE (February 11, 2019). Onlooking are Dr. Steven Murphy, President, Ontario Tech University; Celina Caesar-Chavannes, Whitby MP (both in centre-back), and (right) The Honourable Maryam Monsef, Minister for Women and Gender Equality (also Minister of International Development as of March 1, 2019).

June 27, 2019

June 24, 2019

Delegates from Ontario Tech University joined representatives from Universidad Cientifica del Sur and Rosedale Academy for a launch ceremony at the Embassy of Canada to Peru in celebration of their recent partnership.

June 21, 2019

Dr. Adam Dubrowski, Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences (left) and Dr. Denina Simmons, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Science are Ontario Tech University's newest Canada Research Chairs.

June 19, 2019

From left: Noreen Taylor, Chancellor; Dr. Steven Murphy, President and Vice-Chancellor; Dawn Haw, Faculty of Business and Information Technology (FBIT) medal winner (tie); Dr. Michael Bliemel, Dean, FBIT; Dr. Lori Livingston, Provost and Vice-President Academic.

June 14, 2019

From left: Dr. Steven Murphy, President, Ontario Tech University; Karim Mamdani, President and CEO, Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences; John Henry, Durham Regional Chair; Warren Anderson and Ryan Anderson (sons of the late Roger Anderson, former Durham Regional Chair); Don Lovisa, President, Durham College.

June 14, 2019

Ontario Tech students help with lakefront cleanup.

June 13, 2019

Sustainable development advocate Peter Stoett, PhD, Dean of the Faculty of Social Science and Humanities, will co-chair a three-year international study that will fully assess existing knowledge about invasive alien species.

June 13, 2019

Nuclear Engineering student demonstrating a virtual reality radiation field simulator in the Faculty of Energy Systems and Nuclear Science's SIGMA Laboratory.

June 12, 2019

As an NRC Council member, Dr. Steven Murphy, President, Ontario Tech University, will contribute his business and academic leadership experience toward reviewing the strategic direction of the NRC and overseeing the organization’s performance.

June 10, 2019

International student enrolment and success is a top priority for Ontario Tech.

June 10, 2019

June 7, 2019

Founders Lot 2 at Ontario Tech University's north Oshawa location.

June 4, 2019

Lyndsay Woolridge, a PhD candidate in the university’s Forensic Psychology program, is investigating the influence of linguistic factors on deception detection judgments in legal settings. The opportunity to work with ELC students has fit perfectly with her research.

June 4, 2019

June 3, 2019

May

From left: Ontario Tech University Engineering students Patrick Poplawski and Mankin Ho at the MakeHarvard hackathon, together with their Harvard University student teammates Jessica DeVilla and Joseph Sanchez.

May 31, 2019

Dr. Les Jacobs is Ontario Tech University's new Vice-President, Research and Innovation (effective July 1, 2019).

May 29, 2019

Garbage piling up on a shoreline

May 28, 2019

Celebrating Convocation at the Tribute Communities Centre in downtown Oshawa (June 2018).

May 28, 2019

Kids playing with slime at Science Rendezvous

May 24, 2019

In recognition of IDAHOTB 2019, Ontario Tech University faculty, staff and students joined community partner representatives from PFLAG Canada Durham Region for a Pride flag ceremony.

May 17, 2019

Winners of the 2019 Campus Charity Walk and Run awards included Langis Roy, PhD, Dean, School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies, Ontario Tech University; and Sarah Kelly, Durham College marketing student.

May 17, 2019

May 17, 2019

From left: Dr. Douglas Holdway, Vice-President, Research, Innovation and International; Dr. JoAnne Arcand, Faculty of Health Sciences (2018 Early Stage Researcher Award); Dr. Brad Easton (2018 Senior Researcher Award); Dr. Steven Murphy, President and Vice-Chancellor (May 8, 2019).

May 10, 2019

Dr. Steven Murphy, President and Vice-Chancellor, Ontario Tech University, signs the Dimensions charter.

May 9, 2019

Extreme cold weather testing in the ACE Climatic Wind Tunnel at Ontario Tech University.

May 8, 2019

Dr. Langis Roy's next-gen wireless connectivity research has received $476,500 in support through a Strategic Partnership Grant from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). Announced on May 3, it is the only 2019-announced project jointly funded by France’s National Research Agency (ANR), which is contributing an additional C$452,000.

May 7, 2019

Ontario Tech University's Visualization for Information Analysis Lab (vialab).

May 6, 2019

Bill Buxton, Principal Researcher, Microsoft Research, speaking at Ontario Tech University's 2019 Futures Forum on the Future of Tech with a Conscience (May 2, 2019).

May 3, 2019

Ontario Tech University student Shreya Jain (Biology program, Faculty of Science) is among 25 finalists in the 2019 Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council’s (NSERC) Science, Action! video contest.

May 2, 2019

April

Nanotechnology research developed by Dr. Nisha Agarwal, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Science was recently published in Nature Scientific Reports.

April 24, 2019

Dr. JoAnne Arcand, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences (left) and Dr. Brad Easton, Professor, Faculty of Science will give free lectures at the university's annual Research Excellence Award Speaker Series on Wednesday, May 8.

April 23, 2019

Ontario Tech University will stage its annual Futures Forum on Thursday, May 2, focusing in 2019 on 'Tech with a Conscience'.

April 18, 2019

Ontario Tech University President Dr. Steven Murphy (left) and OCAD University President Dr. Sara Diamond announced details of the universities' Digital and Human Connection partnership on April 17, 2019.

April 17, 2019

Autonomous vehicle from the City of Ottawa on display inside ACE at the Future of Transportation and Mobility Series event (March 28, 2019).

April 12, 2019

From left: Fourth-year Criminology student Tristan Williams and Dan Walters, Practicum Co-ordinator, FSSH, spoke at the faculty's first-ever Celebration of Community Partnerships event.

April 12, 2019

From left: FSSH students Carly Mcdonell (Forensic Psychology), Stacey Snow (Political Science), Heidi Graf (Criminology and Justice), Lesley Parris (Communication and Digital Media Studies), Tailor Campbell (Forensic Psychology), and Azkah Waseem (Criminology and Justice) participated in the two-week educational tour of Panama and Costa Rica.

April 11, 2019

Founding Board Chair Robert Strickert received an honorary degree from Ontario Tech University in June 2013.

April 10, 2019

Judith Reavell, retired elementary teacher and volunteer with Let’s Talk Science, shares her passion for discovery with youngsters at Science Rendezvous, a free community event hosted on campus each May.

April 8, 2019

Loredana Iazzi, Master of Education student and winner of the Hubert H. Harshman Award.

April 3, 2019

March

Projects on topics in science (biology, chemistry, physics), technology, engineering, math, environmental science and sustainability are all eligible to compete in the Durham Regional Science Fair on Saturday, April 6.

March 31, 2019

PhD candidate Sarah Habibi won the university's 2019 Three Minute Thesis competition on March 20. She will represent Ontario Tech University at the provincial championship on April 17 in Hamilton, Ontario.

March 28, 2019

March 27, 2019

Dr. Barbara Perry, Professor, Faculty of Social Science and Humanities (left) with Dr. Ryan Scrivens, Assistant Professor, Michigan State University (image taken during break at 2016 criminology conference in Stockholm, Sweden). Dr. Scrivens earned his undergraduate and master's degrees in Criminology at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology and was mentored by Dr. Perry.

March 21, 2019

Members of Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science class of 2019. From left: Stephanie Hill (Mechanical Mechatronics Engineering), Jaide Wilkinson (Mechanical Engineering), Pamela Xu Ting She (Mechanical Engineering), Vanessa Villagracia (Mechanical Engineering).

March 21, 2019

From left: Dr. Tamari Kitossa, Associate Professor, Sociology, Brock University (at podium); Jill Thompson, Indigenous Cultural Advisor, University of Ontario Institute of Technology; Dr. Barrington Walker, Associate Professor, Department of History, Queen’s University; and Dr. Wesley Crichlow, Associate Dean (Equity), Faculty of Social Science and Humanities and Chair of the President’s Equity Taskforce (panel moderator).

March 19, 2019

Faculty of Education Building at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology.

March 13, 2019

March 13, 2019

March 13, 2019

UOIT Ridgebacks hockey stars Jack Patterson (left), Kassidy Nauboris (centre) and Alex Yuill (right) all won medals for Canada at the 2019 FISU Winter Universiade in Krasnoyarsk, Russia.

March 12, 2019

Spin Through the Seasons participants will progress through four separate one-hour spin classes, each featuring one of four seasons: winter, fall, spring or summer.

March 11, 2019

From left: Dr. Steven Murphy, President and Vice-Chancellor, University of Ontario Institute of Technology; Karen McCrimmon, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness; Dr. Barbara Perry, Professor, Faculty of Social Science and Humanities (FSSH); Dr. Peter Stoett, Dean, FSSH (March 6, 2019).

March 6, 2019

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

March 5, 2019

Heather McCracken (Master of Health Sciences (Kinesiology) candidate) was one of six finalists in the 2018 University of Ontario Institute of Technology 3MT® competition.

March 4, 2019

February

Dr. Lori Livingston named the University of Ontario Institute of Technology's next Provost and Vice-President, Academic.

February 28, 2019

From left: Report co-authors Dr. Robert Balogh, Associate Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ontario Institute of Technology; Dr. Yona Lunsky, Director, Health Care Access Research and Developmental Disabilities research program, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH); and Dr. Elizabeth Lin (Lead Author), CAMH Scientist.

February 27, 2019

From left: In Future History, speaker/activist Sarain Fox and artist/archeologist Kris Nahrgang meet innovators who share their Indigenous knowledge to rewrite history and transform the future.

February 26, 2019

Rajiv Jhangiani, PhD, Special Advisor to the Provost on Open Education and a Psychology Instructor at Kwantlen Polytechnic University in Surrey, British Columbia.*

February 25, 2019

February 23, 2019

UOIT Ridgebacks hockey stars Jack Patterson (left), Kassidy Nauboris (centre) and Alex Yuill (right) have been named to Canada's rosters for the 2019 FISU Winter Universiade in Krasnoyarsk, Russia (March 2 to 12).

February 22, 2019

Cindy Sanford (left), a Grade 9 student from St. Thomas Aquinas Secondary School in Brampton, Ontario teams with Wing Chang (at keyboard), a Grade 6 student from Windham Ridge Public School in Richmond Hill, Ontario, and other participants at Go CODE Girl at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology (February 9, 2019).

February 20, 2019

Dr. Carolyn McGregor (left) consults with members of her research team (Computer Science PhD candidate Catherine Inibhunu and 2018 Computer Science PhD graduate Roozbeh Jalali) in the Health Informatics Research Laboratory at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology.

February 15, 2019

This month the university’s Blue Team is hosting educational booths focused on the theme of recycling.

February 13, 2019

Dr. Pierre Côté (centre, standing) is the university’s Canada Research Chair in Disability Prevention and Rehabilitation.

February 12, 2019

Dr. Shilpa Dogra, Associate Professor and Director of Kinesiology, Faculty of Health Sciences speaks at International Day of Women and Girls in Science announcement at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology (February 11, 2019). Also at podium (from left): Celina Caesar-Chavannes, Whitby MP; The Honourable Kirsty Duncan, Minister of Science and Sport; and The Honourable Maryam Monsef, Minister for Women and Gender Equality.

February 10, 2019

UOIT Motorsports will participate in the Formula Society of Automotive Engineers (Formula SAE) international student engineering design competition in Lincoln, Nebraska in June 2019.

February 4, 2019

Ron Joyce (seated, right) presents $1 million cheque on behalf of the Joyce Foundation to the University of Ontario Institute of Technology (January 28, 2016).

February 1, 2019

January

From left: Jasmine Lenuzzi, Director, Education Partnerships, Rosedale Academy; Robert Bailey, PhD, Interim Provost and Vice-President, Academic, University of Ontario Institute of Technology; and Lorenzo Javier Wong, Business Director, Universidad Cientifica del Sur.

January 31, 2019

Faculty of Science biology students helped Associate Professor Dr. Andrea Kirkwood deploy cotton test strips along stream banks in Durham Region as part of an international research study of waterway ecosystems.

January 30, 2019

Noreen Taylor, CM, Chancellor, University of Ontario Institute of Technology.

January 29, 2019

First Contact takes six average Canadians, all with strong opinions about Indigenous people, on a unique 28-day journey into Indigenous Canada.

January 28, 2019

January 28 is Data Privacy Day in Canada and the United States (as designated by the National Cyber Security Alliance).

January 25, 2019

Representatives from the Oshawa Hungarian Culture Club and the University of Ontario Institute of Technology gathered on December 6, 2018 to celebrate the launch of the new Oshawa Hungarian Culture Club Study in Canada Award.

January 24, 2019

Canada's new Food Guide was released to the public on January 22, 2019.

January 23, 2019

In his talk on Monday, February 4, Dr. Rajiv Jhangiani will explore how open educational practices can provide a learner-centered approach to education. *

January 22, 2019

January 22, 2019

Book cover of A Handbook of Food Crime: Immoral and illegal practices in the food industry and what to do about them (co-edited by University of Ontario Institute of Technology graduate Allison Gray (Master of Arts in Criminology, class of 2014) and Professor Emeritus Ronald Hinch, PhD (Founding Dean, Faculty of Social Science and Humanities).

January 22, 2019

On Hamper Packing Day (December 16), volunteers rolled up their sleeves to help sort, pack and deliver food to students in need.

January 18, 2019

Fourth-year Mechanical Engineering student Yasin Othman (right) joins Rootworks partners Anwar Dawud (left) and Hussien Seman at the Brilliant entrepreneurial pitch event (September 24, 2018). Othman is the Producer of the Rootworks documentary film The Water Project (Dawud is the Director; Seman is the Photographer).

January 18, 2019

University of Ontario Institute of Technology's north Oshawa campus location.

January 18, 2019

ACE officials joined the university’s Office of Research Services to attend AutoMobili-D (January 14 to 17) during the media and industry days at the 2019 North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Michigan.

January 14, 2019

From left: Ritu Banerjee, Senior Director, Canada Centre for Community Engagement and Prevention of Violence (moderator), with panelists Barbara Perry, PhD, Professor of Criminology, University of Ontario Institute of Technology; Kara Brisson-Boivin, PhD, Director of Research, MediaSmarts; Maya Roy, Chief Executive Officer, YWCA Canada; and Sharif Mahdy, Executive Director, Students Commission of Canada.

January 7, 2019