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Okanagan Charter
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uOttawa commitments
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Culture of wellness
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Inclusive campus culture
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Sustainable practices
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Institutional strengths
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
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Delegates from the uOttawa community helped develop the Charter.
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They brought back its principles to their colleagues at uOttawa.
December 2019
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The uOttawa Board of Governors received a presentation about the recommendations in the upcoming report.
January 2020
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The Roadmap to Wellness at uOttawa - Mental Health and Wellness Report 2020 was formally adopted with the Board of Governors.
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They approved the recommendation to implement the Okanagan Charter.
December 2020
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The President's Advisory Committee on Mental Health and Wellness proposed 12 recommendations.
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The recommendations were endorsed by the President.
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The first recommendation included signing the Okanagan Charter.
January 18, 2021
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uOttawa officially signed and adopted the Okanagan Charter.
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Members of the uOttawa community are also invited to pledge their support.
June 2022
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Central Administration approved the four (4) commitments developed in consultation with the uOttawa community.
Pledges
Official signatories:
- Jacques Frémont, President and Vice-Chancellor
- Jill Scott, Provost and Vice-President, Academic Affairs
- Elizabeth Kristjansson, Special Advisor in Mental Health and Wellness
- Robert Bourgeois - Vice-President, Finance and Administration
- Babacar Faye – President, UOSU
- Warsama Ahmed, Resources Commissioner, GSAED
Members of the uOttawa community pledging their support (please note it takes a few days for your pledge to come online - precisions about your role will be published in the language in which they were submitted):