Study and Research Laboratories
The main goals of a study and research laboratory are to prompt discussions and exchanges between professors to ease students' integration into graduate studies, to share research findings, and to make the University's expertise more widely known. The laboratory also seeks to establish an interdisciplinary venue for meetings and discussions about a particular object of study for students and researchers.
The Faculty provides a maximum funding of $7 000 annually for assistantships and to defray the cost of travel for guests, conferences and seminars. The duration of the Faculty’s initial grant is three years.
African Study and Research Laboratory (ASRL)
The University of Ottawa counts in itself a significant number of scholars and students whose research activity falls within the field of African studies. Their work addresses questions rooted in country-specific or regional studies as well as thematic concerns that elucidate the ties between African societies and those in other parts of the world. The African Studies Research Laboratory was created to bring together scholars and students to promote research activity linked to the African continent, and to help create ties among faculty members with complementary research agendas.
Federalism and Institutions Study and Research Laboratory (FISRL)
The Federalism and Institutions Research Studies Laboratory is a place of exchange, discussion and debate. It promotes student integration into the research networks and provides an opportunity for professors and students to share their findings and research interests. In addition, the FIRSL space of convergence and exchange complements initiatives already in place at the University of Ottawa.
Forum for Aboriginal Studies and Research (FASR)
The Forum for Aboriginal Studies and Research (FASR) sees itself a space for dialogue within the University in order to facilitate exchanges between researchers and students from different backgrounds as well as a space in which to share collective expertise in order to further the vitality, the visibility and the dynamism of the study of aboriginal issues at the University of Ottawa.
Justice Study and Research Laboratory (JSRL)
The Laboratory for Justice Studies and Research is a multidisciplinary and bilingual institutional hub consisting of researchers studying the discourses and processes of “justice”.
Observatoire des nouvelles pratiques symboliques (Onoups)
The Onoups is a study and research laboratory devoted to the analysis of contemporary practices of cultural and scientific production. Its interdisciplinary approach is driven by graduate students and members of the teaching staff of the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Ottawa.
Observatoire sur la gouvernance de l'Ontario français (French only)
L’Observatoire sur la gouvernance de l'Ontario français est un organisme où des intervenantes et intervenants collaborent étroitement à l’analyse de la gouvernance du milieu minoritaire francophone.
Social Sciences Study and Research Laboratory on Migrations, Mobilities and Social Change
The SSRL Migration, Mobility and Social Change group seeks to promote theoretical and methodological debate regarding change in international migration. Issues of importance include border control, the legal construction of migration controls (and resistance to them) multiple citizenship practices, issues of gender and identities, diaspora practices, and the variety of economic experiences of migrants.