Former Ottawa mayor Jacquelin Holzman has been dedicated to her community since the 1960s, volunteering with such organizations as the Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre, Ottawa Health Sciences Centre, The Ottawa Hospital Rehabilitation Centre, and the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, serving at one point as its chair. In 2016, she co-founded Compassionate Ottawa to empower families and individuals to discuss death, dying, and grief as a normal part of life, and to help people live as long and as well as they can on their own terms.
Jackie has stated, “I am proud that our citizens have access to cutting-edge treatments, because The Ottawa Hospital is such a leader in research.” She joins The Ottawa Hospital’s Campaign to Create Tomorrow as a patron to continue to encourage the community to support this historic campaign and its bold vision for the future of healthcare for our region.
Jackie is now a resident and President of the board of the Unitarian House of Ottawa, a seniors’ community where she has been involved for more than 40 years.
