Compassionate Ottawa is a community movement that works to change the way we think about living well, dying, death and grief and to strengthen the capacity of people to care for each other in times of serious illness and loss. We passionately believe that everyone should have the opportunity to enjoy wellness and self-respect until the end of life.
COMMUNITY RESOURCES
CHPCP works to bring together a wide range of expertise to help coordinate care, assist with planning, develop performance measures, provide education and collaborate with health service providers to improve the quality of life for individuals and their loved ones at end-of-life.
Hospice Care Ottawa is a community-based charitable organization that offers palliative and end-of-life programs and services to people living in the City of Ottawa. All services are offered at no charge to clients and their families.
BFO helps and supports people in the community who are dealing with grief that stems from many different types of losses, such as loss of child; loss of spouse; loss of parent, relative, sibling or friend; and more.
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Our News
Launching “Care for Life”: Building Compassion Across Cultures
On September 20th, Compassionate Ottawa was delighted to host 20 community leaders from the Ethnocultural Seniors Network of the Ottawa Social Planning Council for a full day of knowledge exchange. Through this collaboration, we [...]
A Heartfelt Thanks to the Arbor Memorial Foundation
Compassionate Ottawa is deeply grateful to the Arbor Memorial Foundation for their generous $1,000 donation. On September 4, Monica Patten, Chair of Compassionate Ottawa, accepted the cheque on behalf of our organization. This generous [...]
Conversations with Leaders – The Power of Community Connection
On Tuesday, May 20, we hosted another inspiring session of Conversations with Leaders, featuring an engaging dialogue between Dr. Julian Abel and Dr. Mary Lou Kelley. Dr. Abel, a UK-based palliative care physician and [...]
Compassionate Ottawa is committed to fighting exclusion and racism which has been present for centuries and has been acutely reported on in the last several years. Through our activities and representations, we will contribute to the dismantling of systemic oppression and exclusion of all groups that experience discrimination. Compassionate Ottawa is a learning organization, aware that striving for inclusion is a process. We are reaching out to communities to help us learn to be truly inclusive.
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