Meet the pioneers revolutionizing wellness
Marta Keller: Moving past trauma to build mental resilience
When Marta Keller thinks back to her time in law school, she remembers being overwhelmed, feeling out of place, and thinking that everyone was smarter than her. For Keller, who graduated from uOttawa with an LLB in 2009, this imposter syndrome was layered with harmful notions about what it meant to be a lawyer.
Luc Bélanger Vulnerability and empathy: A uOttawa alumnus breaks old taboos
After long living in silence with performance anxiety in his personal life and work, alumnus Luc Bélanger, who’s had a brilliant career as a lawyer, and now as chair of a federal administrative tribunal, returned to his alma mater to tell us about his experience and share his message about mental health.
Professor Lynda Collins: On teaching diverse perspectives on happiness and wellbeing
You’ve probably heard of reading and mathematical literacy, but how about wellbeing literacy? In addition to teaching her students about the dimensions of environmental law, Professor Lynda Collins sees wellbeing and emotional self-care as an equally fundamental skillset.
James Makokis on Indigenous ways of knowing and allyship within the medical profession
Isabelle Wallace: Determined to improve First Nations health
Isabelle Wallace (MScN '18), member of the Indigenous Alumni Council and registered nurse, was the first Indigenous woman to serve as a nurse in her community, the Maliseet First Nation of Madawaska, New Brunswick.
Alumni Association pledges support to combat student food insecurity
The University of Ottawa’s Alumni Association has taken action to address this issue by pledging funds to support initiatives aimed at tackling food insecurity on campus.
As a new refugee to Canada, Roya Shams found opportunity and community at uOttawa
From working towards her dream of attending law school or defending the rights of women and girls in her home country of Afghanistan, Roya Shams (BSocSc ’19) approaches everything she does with tenacity, determination, and passion.
uOttawa alumni Harley Finkelstein and Lindsay Taub talk entrepreneurship, family
The theme of season five? Curiosity. Our first episode of the season is with Harley Finkelstein (LLB ’09, MBA ’09) and Lindsay Taub (MEd ’10).
Pascale Marceau on managing risks - during an expedition and in business
She loves the polar regions, “the vast spaces where there are no answers, no paths, no trails,” and she loves ... calculated risks. But rather than be called “brave”, this explorer, mountain climber and risk management consultant by the name of Pascale Marceau (BScAp in Chemical Engineering ’99) prefers to be called “curious” and “tenacious.”