Our partnerships
The Telfer School of Management at the University of Ottawa is serious about cultivating and maintaining partnerships with local and international business associations. Our strategic alliances and affiliations with these groups offer our students the support and connections required to strengthen and further their education process and career opportunities.
The following is a list of organizations that the Telfer School of Management is partnered with.
AIESEC
AIESEC, the world's largest youth-led organization, is the international platform for young people to discover and develop their potential so as to have a positive impact on society. AIESEC is present in 105 countries and territories, and over 1100 institutions of higher education.
In addition to providing over 6,500 leadership positions and delivering over 350 conferences to our membership of over 28,000 students, AIESEC also runs an exchange program that enables over 4,400 students and recent graduates the opportunity to live and work in another country.
For more information, please visit www.aiesec.ca to contact your nearest local committee.
CACEE - The Canadian Association of Career Educators and Employers
CACEE is a national non-profit partnership of employer recruiters and career services professionals. Their mission is to provide authoritative information, advice, professional development opportunities and other services to employers, career services professionals, and students.
CCHL - The Canadian College of Health Leaders
The Canadian College of Health Leaders (CCHL), formerly known as the Canadian College of Health Service Executives (CCHSE), is a national, member-driven, non-profit association dedicated to ensuring that the country’s health system benefits from capable, competent and effective leadership.
College members come from every health sector and region in Canada and are at varying stages of their careers. Members include students, and health leaders who work in a variety of environments including medical companies, health authorities, health consultants, multi-level care facilities, hospitals, public and private health agencies, health charities, the Canadian military and all levels of the Canadian government.
CFA Institute
The CFA Institute is a global organization that stewards and champions the investment industry. Its University Affiliation Program recognizes academic institutions that include at least 70% of the CFA Program Candidate Body of Knowledge into their curricula.
Through the Telfer School of Management, the University of Ottawa is a member of the CFA University Affiliation Program. This shows both students and employers that we foster investment management best practices and offer value in preparing students for the CFA Program exams.
The CFA Institute serves investment management professionals and engages with the investment industry to advance ethics, market integrity and professional standards of practice. Working with universities around the world, it promotes ethics-based investment education in university degree programs aimed at developing investment professionals.
Visit the CFA Institute Website
CQF Institute | Certificate in Quantitative Finance (CQF)
The CQF Institute is a global quant finance-focused membership organization and the awarding body for the Certificate in Quantitative Finance, the world’s leading professional qualification in quantitative finance.
The certificate transforms careers by equipping you with the quant finance and machine learning skills essential to success. Delivered online part time by industry leaders, the program covers current, real-world techniques you can immediately apply hands on with confidence. With thousands of alumni in over 90 countries, the CQF Institute is recognized by employers globally for developing graduates with a cutting-edge skillset.
Professional membership demonstrates your commitment to employers and provides you free access to a global network, industry insights and employment opportunities to help you stand out and make connections before entering the workplace.
EHL – Emerging Health Leaders
Emerging Health Leaders (EHL) includes formal learning opportunities, informal networking opportunities, enabling leadership development, as well as general information sharing. With strong support to move the yardsticks forward both from participants and from regional stakeholders (local health system or institution leaders), Adrienne Hagen (Canadian Medical Association) and Emily Gruenwoldt (Association of Canadian Academic Healthcare Organizations) were recognized as inaugural co-chairs of Emerging Health Leaders.
In 2008, Emerging Health Leaders launched four new nodes across Canada as the result of demand from young health leaders in Vancouver, Edmonton, Montreal and Halifax. Each of these new nodes were initiated by individuals who recognized a similar gap in the leadership development marketplace and who approached Emerging Health Leaders with a proposal to launch a new node.
JA Ottawa – Junior Achievement
JA inspires youth to start a business, make better financial decisions and chart a career path. JA engages community volunteers from local businesses and post-secondary institutions to provide hands-on learning opportunities for Grade 5-12 students.
JA programs are delivered free of charge to local area schools with the support of committed JA volunteers and our community partners and sponsors. ONFE works with educators and school boards to identify and ensure that programs are made available to those in most need of innovative programs.
OBJ – Ottawa Business Journal
For more than two decades, the Ottawa Business Journal has been the national capital's leading source of business news and information. Readers turn to the Ottawa Business Journal for the business news they can't find anywhere else – unique and relevant content tailored to business managers, owners, professionals and executives.
With a number of media platforms available to reach our audience, Ottawa Business Journal offers something to every advertiser. OBJ's scope includes its newspaper, the largest business website in Ottawa, industry-specific magazines, our OBJToday daily e-newsletter, active social media channels and some of Ottawa's premier business events.
Ottawa Chamber of Commerce
The Ottawa Chamber provides networking, professional and business development opportunities and member benefits and services directly to business. It also provides its members with a united voice of business representation through effective research, consultation and liaison with key decision makers and influencers.
For the link to the University of Ottawa look in the “Member Directory”
Visit the ottawa chamber of commerce website
RGA - Regroupement des gens d’affaires
The Regroupement des gens d’affaires brings together over 400 francophone businessmen and businesswomen, entrepreneurs and executives. It works to create an environment conducive to the prosperity of its members and to the economic development of the region.
The University of Ottawa has a link in their “Business Development” section
United Way Ottawa
For more than 80 years, United Way Ottawa has been working to make our city great for everyone. As well as our research and advocacy work, we invest in the most effective local programs to create opportunities and change lives forever.
