Category: New Campus Development

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  • Forty-second Edition – Everything you need to know about The Ottawa Hospital’s new campus
  • Forty-first Edition – For the community, by the commmunity: Building a new hospital campus together
  • Fortieth Edition – Watch how The Ottawa Hospital’s new campus is taking shape
  • Thirty-ninth Edition – New campus site tour, part two: the hospital
  • Thirty-eighth Edition – New campus site tour, part one: explore the parking garage
  • Thirty-seventh Edition – The role of our new campus in reshaping the future of health care
  • Thirty-sixth Edition – Highlights of the new campus development in 2024
  • Thirty-fifth Edition – What’s happening on the ground (and behind the scenes) at the site of the new campus
  • Thirty-fourth Edition – Growing health: how a green roof improves wellness, sustainability and planetary health
  • Thirty-third Edition – Redefining critical care in a modern, state-of-the-art hospital
  • Thirty-second Edition – Construction update – aerial views of The Ottawa Hospital’s new campus
  • Thirty-first Edition – Repurposing excavated rock to create sustainable solutions at The Ottawa Hospital’s new campus site
  • Thirtieth Edition – Enhancing patient experience with digital innovation
  • Twenty-ninth Edition – Construction update: An inside look as crews build the parking garage at The Ottawa Hospital’s new campus
  • Twenty-eighth Edition – $59 million grant fuels biotherapeutics expansion at The Ottawa Hospital’s new campus
  • Twenty-seventh Edition – Designing the operating rooms of the future
  • Twenty-sixth Edition – Construction update: Aerial view of The Ottawa Hospital’s new campus
  • Twenty-fifth Edition – Adapting to patient need: The Ottawa Hospital’s new campus increasing access to life-sustaining dialysis
  • Twenty-fourth Edition – Development Phase Agreement begins for The Ottawa Hospital’s new campus
  • Twenty-third Edition – Building the best hospital for you
  • Twenty-second Edition – The Ottawa Hospital and Hydro Ottawa partner on innovative new central utility plant
  • Twenty-first Edition – The Ottawa Hospital’s new campus development an economic anchor for our community
  • Twentieth Edition – The Ottawa Hospital’s new campus reaches milestone as next stage of procurement begins
  • Nineteenth Edition – The Ottawa Hospital’s new campus design showcased on international stage
  • Eighteenth Edition – Indigenous partnerships and The Ottawa Hospital’s journey of reconciliation
  • Seventeenth Edition – Bird’s eye view as construction progresses at The Ottawa Hospital’s new campus
  • Sixteenth Edition – Modern sustainability in a new state-of-the-art hospital
  • Fifteenth Edition – Construction of The Ottawa Hospital’s new campus continues
  • Fourteenth Edition – A hospital for everyone: Building one of Canada’s most accessible hospitals
  • Twelfth Edition – The Ottawa Hospital and Infrastructure Ontario Seek Design and Development Team for New Hospital Build
  • Eleventh Edition – Tree relocation begins at the New Campus Development
  • Tenth Edition – The New Campus Development gets the green light from Ontario government, the new hospital construction to boost Ottawa’s GDP by $2 billion, and more!
  • Ninth Edition – Parking structure highlights, getting to the new campus, naturalizing the site, and more.
  • Eighth Edition – How a new trauma centre will save lives, an update on the Indigenous Peoples Advisory Circle, a feature on artwork by Algonquin artists Simon Brascoupé and Mairi Brascoupé, and a letter on hospital parking by Chiefs of Staff from hospitals across the region.
Re-imagining Today. Creating Tomorrow.
New Campus Development

Our new hospital will be the most patient-centred and technologically advanced research hospital in the country — transform care in our community and beyond, for generations.

It’s time for a building that matches the capabilities of our people and meets the needs of every patient.

Our bold plan includes a world-class healthcare centre — a continuously evolving tool for innovation and state-of-the-art technology that brings the latest medical advances and research breakthroughs to the bedside. 

YESTERDAY
When the Civic hospital opened in 1924, lifesaving medicine like penicillin and vaccines for diseases like influenza, measles, and polio seemed impossible.
TODAY
We’re internationally recognized for our groundbreaking work in cancer, stroke, Parkinson’s, and Multiple Sclerosis.
TOMORROW
Our new hospital campus will be the most technologically advanced research hospital in the country. It will transform how we care for patients.

How will we get there?

With your help. Our $500-million campaign goal will require unprecedented support from the community. Together, we will build Ottawa’s most important healthcare infrastructure project and re-imagine the future of healthcare.

SINGLE-PATIENT ROOMS

With space for loved ones to spend the night and a private, accessible bathroom, patients will have the privacy they need to heal. Each room will be equipped with a “smart” digital screen that will connect them with their care provider, health information, and appointments while allowing them to order a meal and stay in touch with friends and family. 

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Space for loved ones to spend the night.

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"Smart" in-room digital screens will connect patients to their care providers, health information, and appointments while allowing them to order a meal and stay in touch with loved ones.

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Dedicated hand hygiene stations will be located inside the door for healthcare providers and visitors.

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Extra space around the patient bed will give healthcare workers unfettered access to deliver care.

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Floor-to-ceiling windows for an abundance of natural light and electrochromic glass that allows the patient to control the level of tinting.

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Private, accessible bathrooms each with their own shower.

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Space for loved ones to spend the night.

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Dedicated hand hygiene stations will be located inside the door for healthcare providers and visitors.

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Private, accessible bathrooms each with their own shower.

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Extra space around the patient bed will give healthcare workers unfettered access to deliver care.

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"Smart" in-room digital screens will connect patients to their care providers, health information, and appointments while allowing them to order a meal and stay in touch with loved ones.

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Floor-to-ceiling windows for an abundance of natural light and electrochromic glass that allows the patient to control the level of tinting.

INNOVATIVE DESIGN FOR A HEALTHIER PLANET

We aim to be net-zero when it comes to our carbon footprint.  

With innovation infused into every detail of our new hospital, it will withstand climate change and environmental disasters, while supporting water conservation, energy-efficient building services, and green transportation.

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Reducing energy demands and incorporating renewable energy technologies

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Using low-carbon fuel sources

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Designing for climate and disaster resilience

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Building accessible, enclosed pathways for pedestrians, wheelchair users, cyclists, and LRT passengers

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Addressing human and food waste

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Using micro-grid and smart-grid design for hydro

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Planning for water conservation

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Preparing for widespread adoption of zero-emission vehicles, including adding EV charging stations

BUILDING ONE OF CANADA'S MOST ACCESSIBLE HOSPITALS

Incorporating best practices of universal accessibility and ensuring compliance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA), the hospital design aims to accommodate a wide range of abilities and make navigating the 2.5-million-square-foot facility efficient for everyone. 

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Well connected to public transit.

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Easy to understand and predictable wayfinding.

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Moving sidewalks will help people to get to their destinations quickly and comfortably.

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Each patient room will have an accessible washroom and extra space for wheelchairs and other mobility aids.

Patients can access their private washroom through double sliding doors that meet on a corner to allow for a direct route from the bed.

INCLUSIVITY AND DIVERSITY

We’ll continue to focus on recruiting a diverse workforce and providing dignified and compassionate care to patients of any age, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, religious background, or socioeconomic status. 

The Ottawa Hospital works together with and seeks guidance from an Indigenous Peoples Advisory Circle to build a common future for Indigenous health and healing. With an evolving membership of First Nation, Métis, and Inuit communities, organizations and health service providers, the Circle informs design and development planning for the new campus.

It's time to create a better tomorrow.
It's time to rethink impossible.

“We're completely transforming how our children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren will be cared for. No one else will do this for us. It's our turn.”
Roger GreenbergChair, Campaign to Create Tomorrow
Roger Greenberg
"I see the new hospital campus as visionary —much like the original Civic Hospital was 100 years ago. It will be a world-class facility that will attract the best talent to Ottawa, providing enhanced healthcare and significant investment in research. The benefits of this project will be felt across the entire region, and the impact on the economy will be immediate and without parallel.”
Tony SottileRetired CEO of Modern Niagara
Tony Sottile
“We're completely transforming how our children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren will be cared for. No one else will do this for us. It's our turn.”
Roger Greenberg
Roger GreenbergChair, Campaign to Create Tomorrow
"I see the new hospital campus as visionary —much like the original Civic Hospital was 100 years ago. It will be a world-class facility that will attract the best talent to Ottawa, providing enhanced healthcare and significant investment in research. The benefits of this project will be felt across the entire region, and the impact on the economy will be immediate and without parallel.”
Tony Sottile
Tony SottileRetired CEO of Modern Niagara

Join us as we transform the future of healthcare.

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About the Campaign to Create Tomorrow

The Campaign to Create Tomorrow is the largest fundraising campaign in our region’s history. It will help fulfil the most ambitious vision ever to reshape the future of healthcare.

NEW CAMPUS DEVELOPMENT

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

See how we’ll become the most technologically advanced hospital in the country, using the latest tools to provide the right care in the right space with the right provider.
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WORLD LEADING RESEARCH

Through our unique collaborative model of clinicians and researchers working side-by-side, we will bring groundbreaking discoveries to patients in Ottawa — and around the world.
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STRENGTHENING CRITICAL SERVICES

From trauma care to cancer advancements to neuroscience, we will strengthen our critical services for patients across the region.
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For questions related to the new campus development project, please visit https://newcampusdevelopment.ca/

JUNE 24, 2020 OTTAWA, ON – The Ottawa Hospital Foundation welcomed four new members to their Board of Directors in June. Collectively, The Ottawa Hospital Foundation board strives to be the most efficient, effective, and respected hospital foundation in Canada, providing optimal support to The Ottawa Hospital. Each new member strengthens the board with backgrounds in business, finance, and medicine.

The four new board members are:

  • Russell Jones, prior to his retirement, he was CFO of Shopify Inc. He joined Shopify in early 2011 and took them public in May 2015. Russell also held senior executive roles at Mitel Corporation, Newbridge Networks, Watchfire, and Quake Technologies.
  • Vanessa Kanu, Chief Financial Officer at Mitel. Vanessa leads Mitel’s global finance operations including accounting, treasury, taxation, planning, and analysis and reporting. She is a 2020 Businesswoman of The Year finalist with the Ottawa Business Women’s Network.
  • Janet McKeage, Vice-President and Investment Counsellor for RBC PH&N Investment Counsel. Janet provides comprehensive discretionary investment management for high net worth clients, corporations, foundations, and endowment funds throughout Canada and internationally.
  • Dr. Emily Segal, PhD, CPSych, ExecHealth, Longwood Psychology. Dr. Segal is private clinical psychologist and neuropsychologist in Ottawa who trained at McGill University and Harvard Medical School. She understands the importance of translating the latest advancements in research to clinical use.

Michael Runia, Chair of the Board, welcomed the new board members at a recent virtual meeting. “We’re thrilled to welcome the experience each of these community leaders brings to our board. Their dedication to philanthropy will help steer us forward during these unprecedented times.” The Ottawa Hospital Foundation acknowledged the commitment of three outgoing board members: Sam Bhargava, Susan M.W. Cartwright, and Whitney Fox for their years of service. Members traditionally serve nine-year terms with the board.

About The Ottawa Hospital:

The Ottawa Hospital is one of Canada’s top learning and research hospitals, where excellent care is inspired by research and driven by compassion. As the third-largest employer in Ottawa, our support staff, researchers, nurses, physicians, and volunteers never stop seeking solutions to the most complex healthcare challenges.

Our multi-campus hospital, affiliated with the University of Ottawa, attracts some of the most influential scientific minds from around the world. Our focus on learning and research leads to new techniques and discoveries that are adopted globally to improve patient care.

We are the Regional Trauma Centre for eastern Ontario and have been accredited with Exemplary Standing for healthcare delivery — the highest rating from Accreditation Canada. We are also home to world-leading research programs focused on cancer therapeutics, neuroscience, regenerative medicine, chronic disease, and practice-changing research.

Backed by generous support from the community, we are committed to providing the world-class, compassionate care we would want for our loved ones.

For more information about The Ottawa Hospital, visit ohfoundation.ca.

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Every day people come to The Ottawa Hospital searching for answers; and every day, our innovative research brings hope to patients and their families. Every life changed, and every life saved through compassionate care and groundbreaking work at our hospital is made possible because of you.

We want you to be at our side; to help us push new discoveries and treatments forward, equip our team with the latest technology and equipment and ensure that our patients receive the very best care.

Creating Tomorrow

How your support is Creating Tomorrow

A Canadian-first clinical trial gives lymphoma patient a third chance
Faced with the return of his lymphoma for the third time in ten years, Owen Snider was running out of options. But there was new hope when he was accepted into a made-in-Canada CAR-T therapy clinical trial.
Biotherapeutics, Cancer, Clinical Trials, Innovation and Technology, World-Leading Research, Patient Care
Catastrophic injuries require novel approach by our plastic surgery team
Karen Toop was hit by a snowplow while crossing the street in January 2012. She was critically injured when she arrived at our Trauma Centre. A multi-disciplinary team was ready to care for the injuries that some only see once in their career.
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A meningioma tumour leaves mother facing blindness
With vision in her left eye deteriorating quickly, Michele Juma travelled from her home in Sault Ste. Marie to The Ottawa Hospital where she received specialized care after learning she had a meningioma tumour – and time was not on her side to save her vision.
COVID-19, Innovation and Technology, Patient Care, Technology
From leukemia patient to multi-marathoner – with a walker
Leukemia patient, Bob Hardy, had a 40% chance of survival. But hope was restored after treatment at The Ottawa Hospital.
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Celebrating a “re-birthday” each year since having a cancerous brain tumour removed
Ten years ago, The Ottawa Hospital saved Kimberly Mountain’s life after the discovery of cancerous brain tumour. Today, she’s confident if the cancer comes back, The Ottawa Hospital will be ready to save her again.
Cancer, Innovation and Technology, Technology
Hope despite aggressive skin cancer diagnosis
Diagnosed with a stage 4 melanoma at the age of 62, Dan Collins feared for his life when he learned about the aggressive form of cancer. However, immunotherapy treatment gave him a reason to hold out hope.
Cancer, Clinical Trials, Creating Tomorrow, Immunotherapy, Patient Care, World-Leading Research
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