Chubb Insurance of Canada – Chubb Insurance is a private insurance company retained by the Government of Ontario and the University of Ottawa for specific circumstances where WSIB coverage is not available.
Medical care – care provided to a Student Trainee that:
- requires medical attention by a health care professional for which there is a fee for service (this could include a physician, dentist, chiropractor, hospital, etc.)
- results in lost time from work beyond the date of the work-related accident
- requires modified work for more than seven calendar days, and/or
- results in exposure to communicable disease
Placement Coordinator – the uOttawa employee who places the student with the Placement Employer.
Placement Employer – the employer with whom the Student Trainee is placed by a Training Agency to receive training as part of the requirements of his or her Approved Program.
Student Trainee – a student engaged in an Unpaid Work Placement with a Placement Employer.
Training Agency –a postsecondary educational institution. The University of Ottawa is an approved Training Agency. For the purposes of Unpaid Student Placements and this process document, the Placement Coordinator is the representative of the Training Agency.
Unpaid Work Placement –an unpaid work placement that is required as part of an Approved Program offered by a Training Agency. Students receiving social assistance benefits, training allowances, honoraria, reimbursement of expenses and stipend paid to the Trainee are still considered on an Unpaid Work Placement.