Get involved and make a difference! Volunteering comes with its share of perks, and the results will be rewarding for both the community and your career development. Come meet the Career Corner community engagement team and check out the volunteer opportunities available to you.
Volunteering
Why not add volunteering to your academic path through our community partnerships? Help build stronger communities, positive social change and a more engaged university locally, nationally and internationally.
Goals
Leadership
To foster social responsibility, leadership and skills development, whatever students’ level of engagement.
Impact
Create impact-driven partnerships to address community priorities and improve student learning.
Connect
To connect students to local and international community engagement opportunities.
This official University of Ottawa document records all of your volunteer work on campus and in the community.
Community Engagement Profiles
Nour Elali
Nour Elali
TD ENVIRONMENTAL LEADERS PROGRAM: After the rain comes a rainbow
Read about Nour Elali’s volunteer work with water harvesting systems at the Goldenrod Community Garden.
Meagan Lee
Meagan Lee
TD ENVIRONMENTAL LEADERS PROGRAM: A bee-autiful pollinator
Find out how commerce student Meagan Lee helped the Goldenrod Community Garden flourish.
Legacy of Hope Foundation
Legacy of Hope Foundation
Fostering indigenous reconciliation through volunteering
Learn how the Legacy of Hope Foundation is partnering with the uOttawa Community Engagement team to amplify Indigenous voices and further reconciliation.
Victoria Rose King
Victoria Rose King
Cultivating peace of mind through community engagement
Find out how Victoria supported the community as a form of self-care.
Adebimpe Awotundun
Adebimpe Awotundun
Developing leadership through volunteering
Learn about Adebimpe's community engagement journey, which allowed her to face her fears and gain self-assurance.
Jamal Koulmiye-Boyce
Jamal Koulmiye-Boyce
Pathy Foundation Fellow: Jamal
Find out how Jamal will be developing a formal network of black and indigenous activists thanks to the Pathy foundation fellowship.
Headlines
Read about the winners of our Community Engagement Awards!
We are proud to recognize the exceptional contributions of particular students, professors, and community partners participating in our Community Engagement programs in 2021-22.
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Contact us
Community engagement
Career Corner
University Centre (UCU)
85 University Private, Room 216
Ottawa ON, K1N 6N5
Canada
Tel.: 613-562-5945
Toll-free: 1-877-868-8292
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