{"id":3453,"date":"2016-02-25T11:35:40","date_gmt":"2016-02-25T16:35:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/52.229.122.34\/en\/?p=3453"},"modified":"2017-04-03T11:00:14","modified_gmt":"2017-04-03T15:00:14","slug":"civic-campus-public-information-session","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/newsroom\/civic-campus-public-information-session\/","title":{"rendered":"Civic Campus &#8211; Public Information Session"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>February 25, 2016<\/strong> <strong>\u2013\u00a0<\/strong>The Ottawa Hospital invites residents and business owners from Ottawa and surrounding communities to attend a Public Information Session to learn more about the future redevelopment of its Civic Campus:<\/p>\n<div><strong>Date:<\/strong> Monday March 7, 2016<br \/>\n<strong>Location<\/strong>: 200 Coventry Road, Ottawa Conference &amp; Event Centre<br \/>\n<strong>Time:<\/strong> 4:00 pm to 9:00 pm<br \/>\n4:00 pm \u2013 7:00 pm: Public Open House<br \/>\n7:00 pm \u2013 8:15 pm: Presentation<br \/>\n8:15 pm \u2013 9:00 pm: Public Open House resumes<\/div>\n<div><strong>Format:<\/strong><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Opening remarks by moderator <strong>Jamie McCracken<\/strong> (Chair of the Board of Governors, The Ottawa Hospital)<\/li>\n<li>Remarks by <strong>Catherine McKenna<\/strong> (MP for Ottawa-Centre) and MPP <strong>Yasir Naqvi<\/strong> (MPP for Ottawa-Centre)<\/li>\n<li>Presentation by <strong>Dr. Jack Kitts<\/strong>, CEO, The Ottawa Hospital, followed by a question period<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>How to get there:<br \/>\n<\/strong>OC Transpo: Suggested Bus Route 9 or consult <a href=\"https:\/\/www.octranspo.com\/travelplanner\/travelplanner\" target=\"_blank\">OC Transpo Travel Planner<\/a><br \/>\nParking: Free parking<\/p>\n<p><strong>What will be discussed?<\/strong> The Ottawa Hospital is committed to delivering the best health care possible and meeting the needs of our community.\u00a0 The opportunity exists to redevelop the Civic Campus at a new location in the city\u2019s core and creating a 21st Century Hospital that will be one of the most modern and technologically advanced health care facilities of our time.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What does this mean for Ottawa? <\/strong>A more than $2 billion investment in a 21st Century Hospital is a significant city-building initiative that will ensure the citizens of Ottawa continue to receive the best care possible for generations to come in an environment that promotes wellness, learning and research. \u00a0It is also a major job and economic-development driver for the Region.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why is a 21<sup>st<\/sup> Century Hospital needed?<\/strong> Currently, many of the Civic Campus buildings date back to the Hospital\u2019s origin, at the turn of the last century.\u00a0 The age of these facilities, combined with limited space on the 23-acre site, create challenging conditions to meet the future needs of Ottawa\u2019s growing and aging population.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Who should attend?<\/strong> All residents and business-owners of Ottawa and surrounding communities who have an interest in a 21<sup>st<\/sup> Century Hospital in the city core.\u00a0 All organizations and interest groups that have an interest in heritage; health and wellness; urban planning; economic development; scientific and medical research; etc.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on a new 21st Century Hospital in Ottawa\u2019s core, visit <a href=\"\/en\/about-us\/new-civic-campus-project\/\">New Civic Campus Project<\/a> or email <a href=\"mailto:newcivic@toh.ca\">newcivic@toh.ca<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>February 25, 2016 \u2013\u00a0The Ottawa Hospital invites residents and business owners from Ottawa and surrounding communities to attend a Public Information Session to learn more about the future redevelopment of its Civic Campus: Date: Monday March 7, 2016 Location: 200 Coventry Road, Ottawa Conference &amp; Event Centre Time: 4:00 pm to 9:00 pm 4:00 pm [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3453","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newsroom"],"acf":[],"wps_subtitle":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3453","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3453"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3453\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}