Faculty of Law, Civil Law Section
Roger Tassé Fund for Legal Pluralism and Shared Values
Roger Tassé had a remarkable career in the federal public service, as, among other things, the first-ever Francophone and civil lawyer to hold the position of deputy minister of justice. He holds a graduate degree in law from the University of Ottawa and received the Ordre du mérite from the Civil Law Section. Mr. Tassé established this fund to promote research in the areas of legal pluralism and common values, which are at the heart of several faculty members' research projects in the Civil Law Section (issues surrounding freedom of religion and reasonable accommodation or Aboriginal rights, for instance). The Section wants to continue gathering donations for this fund so that eventually a professorship can be created.
Clinique de droit notarial
On January 31, 2006, the Civil Law Section of the Faculty of Law opened the Clinique de droit notarial de l'Université d'Ottawa. Work at the clinic, part of the applied learning offered to civil law students as they pursue their LL.L degree, counts as a credit course where students apply their practical knowledge of the law while serving fellow citizens and participating in community life. Because of its socially oriented mission, the clinic provides priority service to the economically disadvantaged, to community groups and to students. However, its services are available to the general public as well, regardless of status or income.
Fauteux Hall expansion
The University has experienced unprecedented growth of late, which means we need to keep updating and improving our buildings and facilities to provide our students with the best possible setting in which to learn. We therefore plan to focus on financial support and donations that pave the way for new classrooms, a bigger law library and, overall, an even more stimulating and enriching environment in the Faculty.
Gérald A. Beaudoin Foundation
This fund was established in 2005 by the Honourable Gérald A. Beaudoin, professor emeritus and former dean of the Civil Law Section, three years before his death. The objective of this fund is to support the legal education and research mission of the Civil Law Section of the Faculty of Law.
Mr. Beaudoin was awarded the Légion d'honneur by the French government at a ceremony at the French Embassy in Ottawa on November 3, 2005, a tribute to his remarkable contributions to the Francophonie. In 1973, he became vice-president for Canada of the Institut international de droit d'expression française. He was appointed to the Senate of Canada in 1988 and sat in the upper house until April 2004. He also authored many books and wrote or co-wrote a range of essays on the Canadian constitution, on the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and on human rights in Canada and abroad. The Canadian Bar Association awarded him the Walter S. Tarnopolsky Human Rights Award in 2002.
Student financial assistance
We want to enhance the educational experience of all our students in the Civil Law Section, and your gift can go a long way in helping. When you make a donation to help fund student financial assistance, you are providing much-needed and much-appreciated scholarships, bursaries, awards or fellowships to our deserving students. By making a gift to the fund for financial assistance you are making an investment in our future.
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Faculty of Law, Common Law Section
Jay S. Hennick and the Law Foundation of Ontario Common Law Endowment Fund
When you support this fund, you provide opportunities for students to expand on or enrich what they learn in class. Initiatives include meeting with leading lecturers, participating in mooting competitions, training in alternative dispute resolution and receiving clinical legal education.
Legal Writing Academy
The Legal Writing Academy equips our students with strong writing skills by providing practical writing instruction, increased writing opportunities, personalized feedback and mentoring in every year of the law school's curriculum. The purpose of the fund is to establish the Legal Writing Academy, dedicated to making legal writing a centerpiece of the Faculty of Law, Common Law Section's curriculum. The Academy is using experiential learning to design courses, programs and resources to graduate lawyers with superior writing skills. Starting in first year, students will receive increased practical writing instruction, personalized feedback and mentoring.
Student financial assistance: fostering excellence
We want to enhance the educational experience of our Common Law students, and your gift can go a long way in helping. When you make a donation to help fund student financial assistance, you are providing much-needed and much-appreciated scholarships, bursaries, awards or fellowships to deserving Common Law students. By making a gift to the fund for financial assistance you are making an investment in our future generation.
Dean's Discretionary Fund
Gifts to the Dean's Discretionary Fund allow the Faculty of Law to invest in important infrastructure-renewal projects, such as improved classroom seating and added power sources for laptop computers, as well as in emergency financial assistance. These have been identified as pressing needs by our students.
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Faculty of Engineering
Entrepreneurship and Innovation Fund
Developing entrepreneurial skills
We want to ensure our students come away with the specialized expertise required to succeed in today's market. And when it comes to the industries offering innovative products and services — be it research and development, manufacturing, commercialization or marketing — our students will be working in an increasingly competitive world. Never before has it been so crucial for our engineers and computer scientists to possess the entrepreneurial skills needed to prosper in the business and technology sectors. That's why we've created the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Endowment Fund, to help our students acquire and hone these important technical and non-technical skills, most notably through annual competitions in entrepreneurship and innovation. The fund also allows us to present a speaker series focussing on timely topics. So, when you make a gift to the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Fund, you're helping shape our next generation of exceptional and entrepreneurial engineers and computer scientists. More information.
Student Initiatives Fund
Enhancing the student experience
To enhance our educational experience, we want our students to challenge themselves through innovative activities. The Student Initiatives Fund provides ongoing funding for such engaging opportunities. For instance, it allows students to enter — and excel in — pre-professional competitions and activities at the local, national and international levels. The fund also supports our unique Brunsfield Group Engineering Student Projects and Entrepreneurship Centre. In this facility, created with funding from a supportive alumnus, student teams come together to design, build and test innovative prototypes. Finally, the fund gives students a chance to attend conferences and to hear inspiring talks by renowned guest speakers and researchers. So, when you direct your gift to the Student Initiatives Fund, you're enriching the university experience by providing opportunities for students to excel in their fields and, ultimately, to enter the workforce as qualified professionals who will help build better communities.
Laboratory and Equipment Renewal Fund
Ensuring state-of-the-art technology
We want to ensure that our students are well prepared for their careers. To do that, we need to continually update our undergraduate engineering and computer science teaching laboratories with the newest technologies. Our ability to maintain PC workstations, technology-friendly teaching laboratories and advanced computer software and laboratory equipment creates a high-quality, state-of-the-art learning environment for both students and faculty members. Moreover, the acquisition and regular renewal of a wide range of software suites, operating systems and highly specialized equipment make it easier to study leading-edge technology, fostering new teaching and research opportunities that meet or exceed industry standards and expectations. By donating to the Laboratory and Equipment Renewal Fund, you're making an important investment in the quality of our students' educational experience.
Student financial assistance
fostering excellence
We want to further enhance the educational experience of all our students, and your gift can go a long way in helping. When you make a donation to help fund student financial assistance, you are providing much-needed and much-appreciated scholarships, bursaries, awards and fellowships to deserving students. By making a gift to the fund for financial assistance you are making an investment in our future generation of engineers and computer scientists.
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Faculty of Medicine
Dean's Strategic Priorities Fund
Donations to the Dean's Priorities Fund are crucial to the welfare of the Faculty of Medicine. Every year, this fund allows the Faculty to contend with unanticipated needs, such as important equipment purchases for teaching, investments in special research opportunities, leadership training for our students and support for students in crisis.
The Dean's Priorities Fund also enables the Faculty to invest in new research equipment.
Graduate studies and research
Medical research at the University of Ottawa fosters scientific creativity, stimulates intellectual curiosity and promotes academic excellence. Our graduate students and our researchers are recognized internationally for their work, which contributes significantly to knowledge of causes of illness and to the development and evaluation of clinical interventions used to maintain and restore the health of Canadians.
Investing in excellence, the Faculty of Medicine has established a new MD/PhD program offering exceptional students the opportunity to pursue two degrees concurrently over seven years. In 2010, the University of Ottawa enrolled its first four students in the program, and three were selected in 2011. Through your generous support, you encourage future leaders in the healthcare industry to achieve great success.
Student financial assistance: fostering excellence
We want to enhance the educational experience of all our medical students, and your gift can go a long way in helping. When you make a donation to help fund student financial assistance, you are providing much-needed and much-appreciated scholarships, bursaries, awards or fellowships to deserving students in the Faculty of Medicine. By making a gift to the fund for financial assistance you are making an investment in our future generation of health-care leaders.
Support the Faculty's strategic priorities
Support the latest strategic priorities of the Faculty of Medicine: the new University of Ottawa Brain and Mind Research Institute, medical education research and cardiovascular research. Supporting research gives us the opportunity to reach incredible milestones and medical breakthroughs. For instance, scientist Dr. David Park has uncovered new targets linking proteins to help repair neurons. The finding will dramatically improve treatments for both Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's disease.
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Telfer School of Management
Micheál J. Kelly Fund
In honour of Dean Micheál Kelly's enormous contribution to the success of our School, we have established the Micheál J. Kelly Fund. This fund salutes Dean Kelly's legacy in a way that means a lot to him: it will support students competing under the Telfer School banner, generating pride and enhancing the School's reputation through their success across Canada and around the world.
Student scholarships
Your investment in our scholarships ensures Telfer students have the support they need to achieve their goals. We are committed not only to attracting the best and brightest students, but also to offering them relief from the financial burden of a university education.
Graduate students, who choose to take their education to the next level, often feel these financial challenges more acutely on their path to becoming high-performance managers and leading contributors to the growth and success of the economy. Your gift towards our
Graduate Admission Scholarships will help exceptional students continue to excel, while providing the Telfer School with much-needed incentives to attract these outstanding achievers from Canada and around the world.
Student Mobility Scholarships provide critical financial assistance to students who qualify for the unforgettable and priceless experience of studying abroad.
The Dean's Leadership Scholarships support academic excellence, offering students who enter with a 90%+ GPA the incentive to continue excelling in the more demanding world of postsecondary studies.
Help us recognize and encourage talented and deserving students destined to become accomplished leaders whose skill and vision will contribute directly to the prosperity of the global marketplace.
Dean's Strategic Priorities Fund
Every year, the Telfer School invests in strategic priorities determined by the Dean. Gifts to the Dean's Strategic Priorities Fund are used to support student activities and initiatives, upgrade facilities, launch new programs and support research.
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