Welcome to the 2023/2024 year at the Society for Neuroscience, Ottawa Chapter in Canada’s National Capital. Our wonderful group of enthusiastic volunteers earned us the SfN Chapter of the Year award for 2018, and the CAN Outreach and Advocacy Award for 2019!

This year we delivered a host of Brain Awareness Week presentations to Ottawa area schools - both in person and virtually, and returned to the Canadian Science and Technology Museum with our Backyard Brains kits during March break. In May 2023, we held our first in-person Ottawa Brain Bee since the pandemic (Congratulations to the 2023 winner, Adam Mulugeta of Ashbury High school!). Virtual training sessions are taking place leading up to the 2024 Brain Bee, so check out the page for more details. Last, but certainly not least, we held our first (annual) Brain & Mental Health Art Show, since the start of the pandemic, at the Glebe Community centre! It was a rousing success, raising over $3000 for Harmony House, Ottawa’s only second stage shelter for women and children fleeing violence.

Throughout the year we will post information about all our events as well as other neuroscience events in the Ottawa Area, including lists of colloquia hosted by several institutions within the area. To contact the Society for Neuroscience, Ottawa Chapter, please send an email to the appropriate coordinator.