Following the decision on the location of the new hospital, the Ottawa Hospital adopted a new approach and established a new body for public engagement, the Campus Engagement Group. The Greenspace Alliance was invited to be part of this group, along with other members of the Protect the Farm Coalition, as well as local community associations and patient and family advocacy groups. The Chair of the Alliance was selected to co-chair the group, along with the hospital’s Chief Engagement Steward/Director of Communications. This section provides a record of the proceedings and outcomes of the CEG over the period of its existence from May 2018 to May 2021.
Campus Engagement Group Terms of Reference
Inaugural meeting – May 9 2018
CEG – June 14 2018 – Meeting notes
CEG – July 11 2018 – Meeting notes
CEG – August 9 2018 – Meeting notes
TOH Consolidated Design Principles – August 9 2018
CEG – September 11 2018 – Meeting notes
CEG – October 9 2018 – Meeting notes
CEG – November 14 2018 – Meeting notes
CEG – January 15 2019 – Meeting notes
CEG – February 19 2019 – Meeting notes
CEG – March 12 2019 – Meeting notes
Transportation Issues – March 12 2019
CEG – April 9 2019 – Meeting notes
CEG – May 14 2019 – Meeting notes
West Annex Discussion – May 13 2019
CEG – June 11 2019 – Meeting notes
CEG response to Ottawa Official Plan discussion papers – June 28 2019
CEG – September 19 2019 – Meeting notes
CEG – October 22 2019 – Meeting notes
CEG Report to TOH Board of Governors – November 6 2019
TOH Board of Governors record of decision – November 6 2019
CEG – November 21 2019 – meeting notes
CEG – February 19 2020 – meeting notes
In person meetings were suspended at this point due to the pandemic and online meetings were scheduled only irregularly, and mostly at the instigation of the CEG. The change in CEO at the Ottawa Hospital, with Cameron Love’s appointment, the surprise retirement of Bernie Etzinger, the Director of Communications who co-chaired the CEG, and of course the COVID emergency which put hospital staff on the front line, completely changed the dynamics between the hospital and the CEG. After a workshop on transportation issues on April 2 organized by Parsons (the successful bidder for carrying out the studies required to lift the holds on the City’s zoning decision), any consultation effectively ceased. By the time online meetings were re-established in October, the public engagement consultants the CEG had worked with had been let go, Graham Bird and Associates had been selected as overall project manager for the new campus development and the CEG was sidelined. The remaining entries document this difficult period.
CEG – April 2 2020 – Transportation Discussion
CEG – April 2 2020_- meeting notes
CEG – October 29 2020 – New Campus Development Update
CEG – October 29 2020 – meeting notes
CEG – March 31 2021 – New Campus Development Update
CEG – May 27 2021 – Recommendation to dissolve the CEG
TOH Response Letter to CEG – June 4 2021