Ona Dunn

Esteli, Nicaragua

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My Affiliations
Organization: Global Brigades in Canada
Organization: Global Brigades United Kingdom
Organization: Global Brigades USA
Chapter: Architecture Brigades at College of William and Mary
Chapter: Dental Brigades at Memorial University of Newfoundland
Chapter: Dental Brigades at New Brunswick
Chapter: Dental Brigades at University of Ottawa
Chapter: Dental Brigades at University of Toronto
Chapter: Explore Honduras Water Brigades
Chapter: Medical Brigades at Memorial University of Newfoundland
Chapter: Medical Brigades at Peterborough Nurses
Chapter: Medical Brigades at Simon Fraser University
Chapter: Medical Brigades at University of British Columbia
Chapter: Microfinance Brigades at Dalhousie University
Chapter: Public Health Brigades at Acadia University
Chapter: Public Health Brigades at Fredericton (NB, Canada) Area
Chapter: Public Health Brigades at Memorial University of Newfoundland
Chapter: Public Health Brigades at University of Ottawa
Chapter: Public Health Brigades at University of Toronto
Chapter: Water Brigades at Fredericton (NB, Canada) Area
Dental Brigades at University of Ottawa
Website: university-of-ottawa-dental-brigades-chapter

Organization: Global Brigades in Canada
Program: Dental Brigades

About Us

University of Ottawa is a chapter of Global Dental Brigades, an international movement of students and medical professionals working alongside local communities and staff to implement sustainable health systems. We work in remote, rural, and under resourced communities in Honduras, Panama, Nicaragua and Ghana who would otherwise have limited to no access to health care. Each community receives a brigade every 3 to 4 months where hundreds of patients are provided access to dental & medical care and volunteers deliver public health workshops. Electronic patient records are collected for future visitations and to monitor overall community health trends. nnIn conjunction with our Medical & Dental Programs, Global Brigades also supports communities with economic development, sanitation and clean water projects, and uniquely implements these programs in a holistic model to meet a community’s health and economic goals. Our model systematically builds community ownership and collaboratively executes programs with the end goal of sustainably evolving to a relationship of impact monitoring. To learn more, please visit www.globalbrigades.org.




Upcoming Initiatives

University of Ottawa Dental Brigade June 2026 Greece

Global Brigades offers 7-9 day Dental Brigades throughout the year in Honduras, Panama and Ghana. Dental Brigade volunteers have the opportunity to shadow licensed dentists in urgent and preventive dental services in communities with limited access to healthcare. Dental Brigades also focuses on prevention with dental hygiene workshops. Each of our partner communities receives a brigade approximately twice a year. Electronic patient records are collected for future visitations and to monitor overall community health trends. A typical brigade structure includes three clinic days and a Holistic Model Day. This unique day allows for Medical/Dental brigaders to experience one of Honduras’ other programs: Architecture, Business, Engineering, Microfinance, Public Health or Water Brigades. Through these Holistic Model Days, volunteers are able to tackle non-health related issues that are often times the root cause of common illnesses seen on Medical and Dental Brigades. The main health concerns in our communities include diarrhea, respiratory illnesses, waterborne illnesses and abdominal pain.