Laser Musicbox
October’s Awesome Ottawa award goes to Christopher Smeenk to support his making music with lasers. Christopher, a physics PhD student at the University of Ottawa and the Attosecond Science Lab at the National Research Council, ...
Ottawa Mini Maker Faire
September’s Awesome Ottawa award goes to Remco Volmer and Britta Evans-Fenton to support a Mini Maker Faire in Ottawa. Maker Faires, they explain, “have been called everything from a digital quilting bee to the greatest ...
Lunchtime Dance Party a Success!
Congratulations to Meena and Natalie, recipients of our June award, on an awesome lunchtime dance party in downtown Ottawa… and thanks to all those who came out! Some of the media coverage, both print and ...
Citizens Academy Ottawa
August’s Awesome Ottawa award goes to Caroline Andrew, Manjit Basi, Davis Carr, Mitchell Kutney, Judith Maxwell, Maureen Molot, and Ken Victor to support the establishment of a Citizens Academy in Ottawa. The Citizens Academy, they ...
Karen Community Farm Project
July’s Awesome Ottawa award goes to Meaghan Kenny for the Karen Community Farm Project. “The Karen are one of the largest ethnic minority groups of Burma, and have been persecuted for decades,” explains Meaghan. In ...
“Dance Dance (Office) Revolution” Lunchtime Dance Party
June’s Awesome Ottawa award goes to Natalie Fraser and Meena Rajulu to organize a giant outdoor lunchtime dance party. “Instead of sitting in the grey walls of your dark, depressing cubicle, who wouldn’t want to get ...
Yarnbombing a Bus
May’s Awesome grant goes to Lisa (Justy) Dennis for her proposed project Bus Yarnbombing! Justy is an artist who works alongside her mother to crochet a vast array of amigurami and other yarn projects. After ...
May's Awesome Ottawa award will support neon tree wraps and crocheted fungus! http://t.co/J1750i8pNG