{"id":219,"date":"2025-06-26T15:41:48","date_gmt":"2025-06-26T19:41:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/campus\/?page_id=219"},"modified":"2025-06-26T15:41:59","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T19:41:59","slug":"national-wildlife-research-centre","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/campus\/buildings\/national-wildlife-research-centre\/","title":{"rendered":"National Wildlife Research Centre"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\n
\n\n \n \n \n \n
\n\n
<\/div>\n \n
\n
\n\n

\n National Wildlife Research Centre\n <\/h1>\n \n <\/header>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n \n\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n

The National Wildlife Research Centre occupies new facilities on the Carleton University campus in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. This location opens the door to new partnerships, giving government and university scientists new opportunities to collaborate on science that is critical to wildlife conservation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The modern research centre has approximately 5700 m\u00b2 of floor space and includes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Specimen bank<\/strong>
Wildlife specimen storage facilities with three walk-in freezer rooms (-40\u00b0C), four ultra-low temperature (-80\u00b0C) chest freezers, and four liquid nitrogen storage tanks (about -150\u00b0C in the vapour phase).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Laboratories<\/strong>
15 well-equipped laboratories to support the monitoring and research activities of the Wildlife Toxicology Division and to accommodate students and researchers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Greenhouse<\/strong>
A 100 m\u00b2 greenhouse and plant growth chambers for studies requiring controlled environmental conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n
Show on Campus Map<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
\n
\n\n
<\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n

Accessibility Guide<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\n
\n\n \n
\n \n
\n \n\n

Parking<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

2 accessible visitor parking spaces in P8. 1 accessible visitor parking space near the 3rd floor entrance to Loeb Building. 1 accessible visitor parking space near the East entrance to Paterson Hall. For information on accessible permit parking, visit Parking Services.<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n

\n \n\n

Exterior Entrance<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Accessible entrances on level 4 (North side, opposite Quad) and level 1 (South side, along University Drive and the Rideau River).<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n

\n \n\n

Interior Entrances<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Tunnel entrance leads to level 3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Washrooms<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Accessible universal washrooms on levels 2-5 (door openers).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Telephones<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Unknown. Closest located in levels 1 and 2 of the Loeb Building.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Study Areas<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Not applicable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Food\/Beverages<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Vending machines on second level of the Loeb Building. Loeb Cafe on first level of the Loeb Building.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Remarks\/Hints<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Most of the building is off-limits to the public. Only level 3, which contains administrative and professors\u2019 offices, is open to students. Security cards are required for access to the rest of the building.<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n

\n \n\n

Elevators<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

All 3 elevators feature tactile and braille buttons, an audible announcement system (beeps), and a mirror. Elevators 1 and 2 serve levels 2-5. Elevator 3 serves levels 1-3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Classrooms<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

There are no general pool classrooms in this building.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dining Services<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Please visit the Dining Services website to view all campus dining locations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Printing<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

For the nearest public printing location, visit CU on the Go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Existing Obstacles<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n <\/div>\n\n\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The National Wildlife Research Centre occupies new facilities on the Carleton University campus in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. This location opens the door to new partnerships, giving government and university scientists new opportunities to collaborate on science that is critical to wildlife conservation. The modern research centre has approximately 5700 m\u00b2 of floor space and includes: […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":74,"parent":11,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_cu_dining_location_slug":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"cu_page_type":[14,13],"class_list":["post-219","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","cu_page_type-academic","cu_page_type-buildings"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/campus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/219","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/campus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/campus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/campus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/campus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=219"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/campus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/219\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":220,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/campus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/219\/revisions\/220"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/campus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/campus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/74"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/campus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cu_page_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/campus\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_page_type?post=219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}