The Office of Indigenous Affairs was established in response to consultations with Indigenous students, staff and faculty at the University of Ottawa, as well as with the larger Indigenous community located in (or in proximity to) the National Capital Region. It manages the Indigenous portfolio, which includes student support services and programming, policy and procedural developments, and implementation of the Indigenous Action Plan.
The Office of Indigenous Affairs prides itself on working closely with local Indigenous internal and external stakeholders, including the Algonquin Anishinàbeg Nation Tribal Council, Algonquin Secretariat, Algonquins of Pikwakanagan First Nation and Indigenous Education Council, members of representative First Nations, Métis and Inuit communities, as well as undergraduate and graduate student representatives.