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

Champlain Hospice Palliative Care Program

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

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.

Bereaved Families of Ottawa

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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EVENTS

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Together Ottawa Ensemble

We are moving ahead into a new phase of community

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An Evening with Dr. Allan Kellehear

Dying, death, loss and caregiving affects us all. It is

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Conversations avec des leaders – Au cœur du Passage: de l’accompagnement en fin de vie à la proche aidance
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Conversations with Leaders – A Conversation with André Picard
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Conversations and Advance Care Planning Workshop

Have you had the conversation? Advance Care Planning conversations may

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What We Do

Advance Care Planning
Conversations with Leaders
Grief and Bereavement
Together Ottawa Ensemble
Sponsor Projects

Where We Work

Our Schools
Our Workplaces
Our Faith Communities
Our Communities At Large

Our News

  • An Evening with Dr. Allan Kellehear

    On June 21, Compassionate Ottawa hosted a community presentation and conversation with Dr. Allan Kellehear, where he spoke about the public health approach to palliative care and compassionate communities. Approximately 60 community members attended the [...]

  • Three New Community Education Resources Now Available

    Compassionate Ottawa has successfully completed a two-year project which provides three new community education resources designed to raise awareness of end-of-life issues and prompt people to prepare for giving and getting help in later life. [...]

  • World Compassionate Communities Day in Ottawa

    The first World Compassionate Communities Day was proclaimed by Mayor Jim Watson at Ottawa City Hall on Monday, November 1, 2021. This day, to recognize the contribution of compassionate communities around the world, was organized [...]

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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