Awesome Ottawa

January’s Awesome Ottawa award goes to Patrick Lescard, to support his video documentation of Ottawa’s light rail construction and more.

December’s Awesome Ottawa award goes to Mykola Apetyk and Sofia Zhestokova, both young people living in Lviv, Ukraine, to support their efforts to help other young people turn ideas into reality.

November’s Awesome Ottawa award goes to Will Webb, Jeff Bardell, and Eric Isa—also known as The Digging Dudes—to support their efforts to bring the past back to the future, one treasure at a time.

October’s Awesome Ottawa award goes to Ashley Newall to support his sharing of colourized historical photos of Ottawa.

September’s Awesome Ottawa award goes to Paul Weber to support the free public release of songs about Ottawa past and present.

July’s Awesome Ottawa award goes to Akil Mesiwala to support worm farm benches that drive discussions about climate change. “Climate change is happening,” says Akil, “and it’s really scary. There are many young people who are anxious about it, and this is not great for mental health, nor does it spur any positive action to […]

June’s Awesome Ottawa award goes to Sarah Hogg and the Sweet Sanctuary Animal Rescue to support a paradise for 14 awesome pigs.

May’s Awesome Ottawa award goes to Carolyn Mackenzie to support advocacy around walkable communities in the city.

April’s Awesome Ottawa award goes to Ariane Bédard, Isabelle Poirier, Firdous Nizar, and the Ottawa Design Club to help create a strong community of local creative people.

March’s Awesome Ottawa award goes to Sinda Garziz to support street art shedding light on the barriers experienced by those in Ottawa with precarious immigration status.

February’s Awesome Ottawa award goes to Beth Tyler to support exploration of microscopic life at Ottawa’s Mud Lake, near Lincoln Fields.

January’s Awesome Ottawa award goes to an anonymous local creator who is hiding clay gnomes around the city and posting pictures of where they can be found.

December’s Awesome Ottawa award goes to Marianne Connors of the Le Phare Elementary School Council to help create a culture exchange between Le Phare and Carson Grove students in the city’s east end.

November’s Awesome Ottawa award goes to Megan Kelly and Asiya Hilowle to support their free lending library for camping gear.

October’s Awesome Ottawa award goes to Neil Saravanamuttoo and Erin Maher to help put the “park” back in “National Capital parkway.”