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
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.
Prof. Christina Clark-Kazak

Prof. Christina Clark-Kazak
A professor's perspective on the CSL program
Still considering the CSL program? Read what Prof. Christina Clark-Kazak has to say.
Alexandra Dubé

Alexandra Dubé
From Peer Buddy to President of Best Buddies uOttawa
Discover how Alexandra, President of the Best Buddies club, developed her leadership skills all while supporting a great cause.
Mélanie Do

Mélanie Do
From France to uOttawa
Read how Mélanie, an international student, grew her skills from volunteer placements.
Headlines

Read the article about Claire Poulin
We are proud to present Claire Poulin as the recipient of the 2021 Marcel-Coté Award for Leadership in Community Engagement!

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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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