[6] In 1930, professors from the faculty of philosophy and theology at the University of Ottawa decided to publish a periodical that would "favour the development of higher culture".
The first edition, titled La revue de l'Université d'Ottawa, appeared in January 1931.
The 1930s brought about a rapid increase in scholarly output from professors, who are frequently pressured to "publish or perish.
"[4] As a result, the University of Ottawa decided that other avenues for publishing were required to help its professors disseminate their research.
The UOP's first volume appeared in 1937: Pierre Le Moyne, Sieur d'Iberville by Father Louis LeJeune.