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How University of Ottawa hires

Truth index
A 85/100
Median time to fill
14 days
Ghost roles
0%
Stale roles
77%
Reposted roles
8%

University of Ottawa scores A on the Alion truth index (A is best, E worst), measured over 13 open roles re-checked against its own hiring board: 0% look like ghost listings, 77% have gone stale and 8% are the same role posted again. Its roles close in a median of 14 days. It measures how much of what this employer publishes turns into a real, finite search - not the employer as a workplace. How the index is computed

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  • Canada · Positions approved through LMIA in 12 months: 6

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Overview

Headquartered in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, the University of Ottawa is a public research university and the largest English-French bilingual post-secondary institution in the world. As a member of Canada's U15 group of research-intensive universities, the institution offers comprehensive undergraduate, graduate, and professional degree programs across faculties such as law, medicine, engineering, social sciences, and management.

News

News uottawa.ca 29 days ago
Dining Hall Menu
Discover various food options, including vegetarian, vegan and Halal. Choose from 10 stations offering a variety of delicious meals made on site with fresh ingredients, along with Desserts and Drinks stations.
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News The Conversation 1 month ago
Democracy needs its champions. Here's a proposal on how to fund them
By setting up a fund supported by those who violate Canadian laws to assist groups that protect civil rights, Canada can invest in democracy's strongest defence: robust, free and open speech.
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News The Conversation 1 month ago
Why the Iranian diaspora is so bitterly divided - in Canada and abroad
Although the connection between the Canadian far right and the pro-Reza Pahlavi movement is weaker than in Europe, growing diaspora violence shows it's now taking root in Canada.
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News The Conversation 1 month ago
From drought to floods in North Africa: What could the super El Niño do next?
After seven years of drought and one extraordinary wet winter, northwestern Africa now faces another season of uncertainty.
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News Study 2 months ago
University Health Insurance Plan (UHIP)
As an international or exchange student at uOttawa, it's important to understand how health insurance works in Ontario (Canada) and how to access care. This page explains the University Health Insurance Plan (UHIP) and the supplemental health and dental i
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News Research and innovation 2 months ago
uOttawa study finds AI use for emotional support may signal youth distress
Young people leaning on AI chatbots for emotional support or personal advice are significantly more likely to struggle with serious emotional problems, feel isolated, and doubt that they truly matter to others, a new uOttawa study warns.
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News About us 2 months ago
Quantum entanglement generated by sunlight for the first time
Entangled photons are pairs of light particles that remain correlated in ways no classical physics can explain. They are a key resource for quantum communication, computing, and sensing. Such photon pairs are routinely produced through a process called sp
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News Research and innovation 2 months ago
Greenland glacier break creates new ice island
An international research team led in part by the University of Ottawa reports that Petermann Glacier in northwest Greenland calved a 76.4 km² ice island on August 4, 2026, marking the glacier's largest loss of floating ice since 2012 and the largest Arct
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Tech stack

Technologies named in job postings at University of Ottawa over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
61
Postings analysed
95
Stack modernity
78/100AI adopter
Languages
Python9%
JavaScript8%
PHP5%
Assembly3%
Frameworks & libraries
React.js3%
Instructor2%
Playwright2%
Commander.js1%
Cloud & platforms
Windows29%
GitHub3%
Linux2%
Postman2%
AI & ML
LLM5%
Phi2%
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Full University of Ottawa tech stack 61 technologies · by team · pay by technology · changes · similar stacks

Salary insights

Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$71k
Typical range
$52k – $143k
Open positions
20
17 Jobs
Intern 11.8%
Middle 23.5%
Senior 35.3%
Staff 23.5%
Architect 5.9%
Level Jobs Median Typical range
Intern 2 $75k $55k – $94k
Middle 4 $64k $52k – $73k
Senior 6 $90k $60k – $104k
Staff 4 $68k $67k – $68k
Architect 1 $143k $143k
Highest paying role Director, Human Rights Office $143k
Normalized to USD per year
All salaries at University of Ottawa By role, level and city, against the market · 20 jobs with pay

Growth

Hiring Momentum
94/100
Scaling fast
Open positions
684
414 opened / 74 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
15 days
faster than 62% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~2 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics +100%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Science & Research
31% ▲
Education
30% ▲
Industrial Engineering
14% ▲
Early Careers
9% ▼
Administrative
3%
Operations
2%
Actively hiring for Science & Research (+262 in 30 days)
Activity Timeline
New location: Toronto Oct 2026
Added Azure to stack Oct 2026
Added GraphQL to stack Oct 2026
Added GitLab CI to stack Oct 2026
Added Azure DevOps to stack Oct 2026
Added Apex to stack Oct 2026
Added Jira to stack Oct 2026
Added Stata to stack Oct 2026
Added Visual Basic to stack Oct 2026
Added SPSS to stack Oct 2026
Added Drupal to stack Oct 2026
Added GitHub to stack Oct 2026

Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
2
Hiring now
2
Countries
1
Busiest office
Ottawa
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Ottawa Canada
HQ
Assignment and Off-campus housing
678 open roles 987 posted in 90 days 38% engineering 1000-5000 est. staff $78k Avg Salary
hires for Science & Research, Education, Industrial Engineering
75 Laurier Avenue East, Room 129, Ottawa ON K1N 6N5
seen since Jul 2024 company site
Toronto Canada
60 Distillery - Toronto
1 open roles 1 posted in 90 days 1-10 est. staff
hires for Education
seen since Oct 2026 job postings

Jobs

≈ $63k – $125k per year (Estimated) • In office • Part-Time • PhD • Ottawa
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$59k – $73k per year • In office • Full-Time • 3+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Ottawa
JavaScript
PHP
TypeScript
SQL
Node JS
Apex
GraphQL
DevOps
Rest API
Azure DevOps
GitLab CI
Azure
CI/CD
GitHub
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$59k – $73k per year • In office • Full-Time • 5+ years exp • Bachelor's Degree • Ottawa
Jira
Agile
QA
JMeter
Playwright
Postman
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