Research Themes
Cultures and communities
- Cultural studies, cultural history, cultural memory
- Critical theory studies: aesthetics, art, linguistics, literature, film, political theory, philosophy
- Communication and intercultural relations
- Comparative cultural studies
- Art history and history of intellectual currents
Francophone communities in a changing world
- Linguistic contact
- History and geography of Canadian Francophonie
- Francophone literatures of Ontario, Québec and Africa
- Teaching and learning of the French language
- History of the French language
- Québec cinema
Migration, rights and social justice
- Refugee seeking and diaspora
- Arctic sovereignty
- Religious freedom
- Past and present slavery
- Gender and sexuality studies
- Indigenous rights and land claims
- Humanitarian interventions
Living in the context of diversity
- Theatre of exile
- Experiences of newcomers to Canada
- Multicultural cities
- Religious diversity
- Canadian Jewish studies
- Cinema of the Arab world
- Immigrant health
Societies and environmental changes
- Maritime transport in the Arctic
- Oil sands and the media
- Art and climate change
- Environmental philosophy and history
- Glaciology
- Literature of the environment
- Permafrost studies
Indigenous cultures
- Métis history and geography
- Indigenous health
- Indigenous religions
- Spirituality and philosophy
- Algonquin language
- Indigenous broadcasting
- Endangered languages
- Indigenous education
Well-being across the life course
- uOttawa Living Lab: child language acquisition
- Learning to play a musical instrument; language learning
- Ageism
- Environmental effects on maternal health
- Children's literature
- Intergenerational relations; needs of immigrant seniors
- Health communication
- Well-being in the workplace
- Addiction treatment and dynamics
Digital humanities
- Digital citizenship and literacy
- Linked open data
- Computational methods
- Big data cyberinfrastructure
- Cyberculture and ethics
- Open access policy research
- Translation technology
- Digital memory institutions