ÉSIS offers an Information Studies program grounded in theory, supported by practical work experience, and integrally connected to the pulse and trends of the leading knowledge centres in the National Capital Region and beyond. With a wide variety of professors from a range of interdisciplinary backgrounds, a multi-cultural student body, and a strong commitment to student learning outcomes, uOttawa offers a first-class Information Studies education, all within a bilingual North American setting.
News
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Congratulations to the MIS « Class of 2012 » who received their diplomas at the Spring Convocation on June 2, 2012!
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Congratulations to ÉSIS professor Mary Cavanagh who has received a grant from GRAND NCE for research on commenting policies in websites and library social catalogues.
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Congratulations to ÉSIS Director Lynne Bowker on her promotion to Full Professor - the highest academic rank at the University of Ottawa.
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Congratulations to MIS student Sophie Tilgner, winner of the 2011 Coop Student of the Year Award for the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies.
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Lynne Bowker, ÉSIS Director and Associate Professor at the School of Translation and Interpretation, has been listed as Canada’s most influential researcher in the discipline of “Language and Translation” according to the HiBAR (Hirsch Index Benchmarking of Academic Research) (Globe and Mail, Report on Business, March 27, 2012, p.B8)
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Two ÉSIS professors, Mary Cavanagh and Bill Curran, are quoted in an article posted by the online news organization OpenFile: Why Traditional Books still reign at Ottawa Libraries.
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ÉSIS has received a $7000 grant from Traduca: Canadian Translation Internship Program to support the development of French-language teaching materials.
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Lynne Bowker and the CERTT research team have been awarded $110,000 by the Language Technologies Research Centre for the "Collection of Electronic Resources in Translation Technologies" project.
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