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The Heritage Circle honours our most valued donors: those who have decided to make a planned gift to the University of Ottawa. Members of the Circle are thoughtful visionaries who are committed to maintaining our tradition of excellence. Their actions will affect the lives of students, professors, and the entire uOttawa community for generations to come.

Leaving a gift to charity in your will benefits both you and the organizations you care about. Your gift can be a specific amount, a percentage, a specific asset, or the residual amount of your estate.

When Wynn Quon (BSc ’82, MBA ’94) reminisces about arriving in Canada from the UK as a young child, he certainly remembers the cold and the record snowfalls, but books were also an important element that would later be key to his trajectory.

Mentors can leave a strong impression and profoundly impact our decisions. Such was certainly the case for Suzanne Faure (MEd ’84, PhD ’95) throughout her studies and career, and it’s why she intends to leave a legacy gift for the Faculty of Education at the University of Ottawa.

Dolores Young (MEd ’83) has led an adventure-filled life that combined international travel, learning about different cultures and love of education.

Family ties to the University of Ottawa run deep for Brian Henderson (MEd ’75) and Nicole Huggins (BHSc ’23). Both are interested in health and medicine, and also share similar values when it comes to giving back to their alma mater.

What lies behind a literary prize? How do we determine the value of a book? These questions mattered to young university students from Ontario, New Brunswick and British Columbia, who agreed to be part of the jury for the first edition of the Choix Goncourt Canada. The goal: to promote Francophone contemporary literary creation.

University of Ottawa Librarian and Dean of Libraries to serve as Ontario Region Representative

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