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This risk assessment tool will ask you questions ranging from your family history to your own personal health.
This page summarizes the awards for the 2025 Canadian Women's Heart Health Summit that are available for application and past winners.
The 2025 Canadian Women’s Heart Health Summit is seeking abstracts for poster and rapid-fire oral presentations.
The Canadian Women’s Heart Health Centre at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute is working to change the women’s heart health landscape in Canada.
CardioPrevent® is a heart health program that helps people with risk factors lower their chances of developing cardiovascular disease (CVD). The program accepts individuals who are at moderate to high risk for CVD. Participation requires a referral by a physician or nurse practitioner, and results are shared with the referring physician to support the coordination of care.
Attendees of the 5th Canadian Women's Heart Health Summit can access professional childcare services on April 25-26, 2025, at the Rogers Centre in Ottawa.
The Prevention & Wellness Centre offers tailored educational presentations that raise awareness and share strategies for preventing and managing cardiovascular disease. Each presentation is customized for your company, charity, or group, providing valuable insights on cardiovascular disease risk factors.
Frequently Asked Questions
A combination of genetic and lifestyle factors causes cardiovascular disease. Certain genetic attributes play a large part in our risk for cardiovascular disease and a series of lifestyle factors known as health behaviors and health factors. Cardiovascular health involves modifiable health behaviors (mental health, weight management, not smoking, physical activity, and healthy eating) and health factors (cholesterol, blood pressure, and blood sugar).
Check out some important topics on heart health, brought to you by our University of Ottawa Heart Institute professionals.
HeartWise Education
Users can follow a personalized exercise program, receive coaching tips, keep track of their progress, and access dozens of heart-healthy resources.
The University of Ottawa Heart Institute's Prevention, Rehabilitation and Wellness team is hard at work developing and testing future programs to help people learn about their heart and vascular health and enable them to initiate and/or maintain heart-healthy behaviours to improve their overall quality of life.
Heartwise Webinars
The Women@Heart In-patient Support Program is a peer-to-peer support opportunity in the hospital for women recently diagnosed with heart disease. After being diagnosed with heart disease, many women experience feelings of isolation and depression.
Risks and symptoms of heart disease in women
Networking events
Test Don't Guess! A Diabetes Program for Healthcare Professionals
Peer leaders are women who have been diagnosed with cardiovascular disease and have a strong passion for supporting and helping other women in their recovery. Leaders must have come to terms with own cardiovascular diagnosis and be physically, emotionally and psychologically ready to help other women.