We are committed to equity, diversity and inclusion at the Common Law Section of the University of Ottawa Faculty of Law.
To ensure we are recruiting and selecting a class that is representative of the Canadian population and addressing any barriers to legal education, Ontario law schools are inviting applicants to answer questions that identify their ethnic or cultural origin(s), race, religion and/or spiritual affiliation, disability and sexual orientation.
Your answers will be used to inform Ontario law schools on the makeup of the applicant pool and to help begin to address any barriers that some groups may face in accessing a legal education. The information we obtain from candidate responses will inform future initiatives aimed at improving our policies, program, services and outreach efforts.
At the University of Ottawa Faculty of Law, your individual answers will not be shared with the person(s) who review(s) your application but may be used in the admission process, for example, to perform statistical analysis on the number of applicants, offers, and acceptances from candidates with various characteristics.
There is no obligation to respond to the Applicant Diversity Census questions. If you prefer, you may select the “Prefer not to answer” response option available for each question. No program, service or benefit will be withheld should you choose “Prefer not to answer”.
In your application, you will be asked if you wish to be contacted by the Faculty of Law about scholarships, bursaries, programs, services and resources available at the University of Ottawa and/or at the Faculty of Law based on your responses to the Applicant Diversity Census (i.e., ethnicity or cultural origins, race, religion and/or spiritual affiliation, sexual orientation and disability).
Our goal is to connect our future students with the best information and resources that will help them succeed in our JD program. However, there is no obligation to agree to receive this information.
