page_title: University of Ottawa Faculty of Social Sciences
section_title: Facility
hierarchical_section_title: University of Ottawa Faculty of Social Sciences / Facility
caption_attribution_description: English: Plant wall in the Social Sciences Building at the University of Ottawa
context_page_description: The Faculty of Social Sciences is a bilingual faculty within the University of Ottawa. The faculty was founded in 1936 as the School of Political Sciences, and was officially named the Faculty of Social Sciences in 1955. The faculty consists of nine departments, schools and institutes that offer undergraduate, masters, and doctoral programs in both of the University's official languages.
  Currently there are 10,000 students enrolled, making it the largest faculty at the university. The faculty also employs 260 full-time professors and 100 staff.
context_section_description: In 2012, the faculty was united under one roof when construction on the Faculty of Social Sciences (FSS) building was finished. With 15 stories, and a surface area of 25,299 square meters, the building includes new classrooms, meeting rooms, and an atrium with a six-story living wall that serves as an air-filtration system. The building includes several sustainable features, such as recycled construction materials, efficient heat redistribution, proximity to public transport, and energy efficiency. The building has received the Award of Excellence at the Green Roofs for Healthy Cities conference in November 2013, and the Interior Wood Design Award from the Ontario Wood Works! program of the Canadian Wood Council.
caption: Interior plant wall in the Faculty of Social Sciences building.
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