Faculty of Medicine

Ashley Jackson, a second-year student in the MD program, has been selected as a Rhodes Scholar, one of the globe’s most prestigious awards for graduate study.

Through the Faculty of Medicine, the University of Ottawa has become the first Canadian university to endorse the Brocher Declaration, a new set of principles intended to guide policy on short-term global health work, which too often fails to consider the needs of a host community and occasionally causes more harm than good.

Fresh off a major international book award, Dr. Ronald Labonté shares his thoughts on complex global health challenges hiding in plain sight.

The uOttawa alumnus reflects on the Faculty’s role in his trajectory to Ontario’s top doctor.