{"id":28,"date":"2025-10-27T11:24:42","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T15:24:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/riskmanagement\/?page_id=28"},"modified":"2025-11-05T08:20:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T13:20:13","slug":"insurance-travel","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/riskmanagement\/insurance-travel\/","title":{"rendered":"Insurance for Travel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Insurance for Travel\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                                    \n\n<p><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">Student Travel Insurance Resources:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>For our students from Ontario, their first avenue for injury expense coverage is what is provided by provincial health insurance (OHIP). OHIP provides emergency expenses coverage for a limited amount of expenses incurred internationally.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li> International students would have access to the University Health Insurance Plan (UHIP), as their OHIP equivalency,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/isso\/uhip\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/carleton.ca\/isso\/uhip\/<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>All undergraduate students are automatically enrolled in extended health benefits through the CUSA student health plan, which includes extensive travel insurance coverage. Further information is available here:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cusaonline.ca%2Fservices%2Fhealthplan%2F&amp;data=05%7C02%7CPeterCech%40cunet.carleton.ca%7Cb3095d1bbbba4bd0d65c08dd868e3d99%7C6ad91895de06485ebc51fce126cc8530%7C0%7C0%7C638814667676209128%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=DgSGNXuLzS%2FZOmqAhm1RU9gOBUsiF3TXRg1bix016cs%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.cusaonline.ca\/services\/healthplan\/<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>All graduate students are automatically enrolled in extended health benefits through the Graduate Students Association (GSA) student health plan, this plan also includes travel insurance coverage. Further information is available here:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgsacarleton.ca%2Fhealthplan%2F&amp;data=05%7C02%7CPeterCech%40cunet.carleton.ca%7Cb3095d1bbbba4bd0d65c08dd868e3d99%7C6ad91895de06485ebc51fce126cc8530%7C0%7C0%7C638814667676223688%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=0LWkRiEnYum3fFe4QYW8QI01Xjn0%2F0KqkVo%2FvsjuP2o%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/gsacarleton.ca\/healthplan\/<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>While not applicable to every student, many may have access to extended health benefits through an extended health plan (EHP) available through a parent\/legal guardian. This is often available to students enrolled in full-time programs and under the age of 25, students may need to check if these health plans include coverage for travel medical insurance. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If you have any other questions, please contact the Department of Risk Management at <a href=\"mailto:risk@carleton.ca\">risk@carleton.ca<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\"><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ci\/travel-abroad-for-research\/travel-registry\/\">Carleton International\/ Travel Registry<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong class=\"myprefix-text-bold\">Global Affairs Canada Emergency Information<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>-Please consult the latest travel advisories at <a href=\"https:\/\/travel.gc.ca\/assistance\/emergency-assistance?_ga=2.101295297.1185406292.1733230887-2106041096.1733230887\">Global Affairs Canada<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Carleton International\/ Travel Registry Global Affairs Canada Emergency Information -Please consult the latest travel advisories at Global Affairs Canada<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_cu_dining_location_slug":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"cu_page_type":[],"class_list":["post-28","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/riskmanagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/riskmanagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/riskmanagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/riskmanagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/riskmanagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/riskmanagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":116,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/riskmanagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28\/revisions\/116"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/riskmanagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cu_page_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/riskmanagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_page_type?post=28"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}