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Okanagan Charter

At the University of Ottawa, your health and wellness is a top priority. By signing the Okanagan Charter, we commit to embedding health and wellness into all aspects of our campus culture and to lead Health Promotion action and collaboration locally and globally.

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uOttawa Commitments

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Culture of Wellness

We will develop, promote and integrate a culture of wellness throughout our campus focusing on care and compassion for ourselves, for others, and for the community through our operations, business practices, and academic and research mandates.
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Inclusive Campus Culture

We will nurture an inclusive campus culture that considers a diversity of perspectives and the equitable treatment of all members of our community.
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Sustainable Practices

We will design, implement and foster sustainable practices for our campus, community, and our planet in all our domains of activity to ensure that we support, create, and maintain positive change.
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Institutional Strengths

We will leverage our institutional strengths to fuel all members of the University community’s growth to be leaders in health and wellness promotion.

We developed these commitments based on the calls to action in the Okanagan Charter, an International Charter for Health Promoting Universities and Colleges. The Okanagan Charter provides post-secondary institutions across the globe with a common language, principles, and framework to become health and wellbeing promoting campuses.

Learn more by downloading the Okanagan Charter: An International Charter for Health Promoting Universities and Colleges.

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uOttawa and the Okanagan Charter 

June 2015 

  • Delegates from the uOttawa community helped develop the Charter.

  • They brought back its principles to their colleagues at uOttawa. 

December 2019 

  • The uOttawa Board of Governors received a presentation about the recommendations in the upcoming report.

January 2020 

December 2020 

January 18, 2021 

  • uOttawa officially signed and adopted the Okanagan Charter.

  • Members of the uOttawa community are also invited to pledge their support. 

June 2022 

  • Central Administration approved the four (4) commitments developed in consultation with the uOttawa community.

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