January’s Awesome Ottawa award goes to Jenn Hayward to support a week-long gratitude and artistic expression initiative.

Awesome Ottawa is giving two awards for December, one to Amanda Palmer and the Mechanicsville Community Association to support community gatherings for mental health, and one to Toni van Eeden to support a series of sensory-immersive live music shows using interconnected wireless headphones.

November’s Awesome Ottawa award goes to community-based robotics team Merge Robotics to support purple shovels – the team’s colour – for clearing snow from Kanata bus shelters.

October’s Awesome Ottawa award goes to Marianne Ariganello to support pumpkin rescue in the days after Halloween.

September’s Awesome Ottawa award goes to Melody St. Pierre to support the creation of “legacy squares” sharing important life messages from seniors.

August’s Awesome Ottawa award goes to Letitia Charbonneau for a climate action mural project by seniors and youth.

May’s Awesome Ottawa award goes to Hingman Leung, Adrienne Row-Smith, and Velvet Wells to support a series of experimental workshops exploring the use of improvisational theatre techniques to respond to racism. “No matter how much training I take on anti-racism,” explains Hingman, “I always freeze up when someone says something to me that feels like […]

April’s Awesome Ottawa award goes to Sam Rohe and Carlos Murray to support the Frank St. Bee & Butterfly Garden.

March’s Awesome Ottawa award goes to Frank Amisi to support a hip-hop freestyle dance battle “by the people, for the people.”