Ottawa groups

This page is out of date as of Jan 2013. See “User Group Connect’s” user group list for Ottawa.
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Ottawa (Ontario, Canada) organisations that host events where software developers might meet other software developers.

User Groups

Day Group Description
1st Mon
(+1wk if holiday?)
Drupal User Group
1st Tues Blackberry Developers on Twitter Maybe they arrange meetings on Twitter or Twegather? TCF
1st Tues IGDA
1st Tues Flash Group – Ottawa Brite
1st Tues OCLUG Feb Review
1st Mon ORE Meetings at Algonquin College
2nd Tues Agile Ottawa Feb review
2nd Wed OPCUG Meet at Canada Science and Technology Museum
2nd Thurs Mac and iPod developers TCF
3rd Tues CapCHI TCF
3rd Wed OCUUG Feb reviewlist
3rd Wed Android Meet at TCF at 6:30
4th Tues OGRE Now meeting at: Shopify (Jaded Pixel) – see Meetup
4th Thurs OVSAGE Meeting at Pythian Group
last Tuesday Club Linux Gatineau Mail list Active members are fluent French speakers, but everyone is welcome.
last Thursday Scrum UG Meetup email list ++
last Fri PHP UG list
monthly – date varies The Dirty Rectangles Indie Game Developers – at the Avant Garde bar (back room) – 135 1/2 Besserer St.
monthly – date varies OPAG See Mail list for next event.
events only VMware User Group
Once in 2 months OCSTUG TCF
Highly irregular OWASP Meet at ‘Third Brigade, 40 Hines Rd Suite 200
“6 mtg format” OOUG 8:30am-noon
?? FUN for Tech Women
?? Twegather

Startup Scene

Day Group Description
2nd & 4th Thurs The Ottawa Network Brite
?? Fresh Founders
1st Sat? #GenYOTT Brite Twitter
4th Tues? Startup Drinks.ca Brite
Online Startup Ottawa News and stories re: startups
Monthly? SMB – Ottawa Brite
1st & 3rd Thurs Team Camp TCF

Microsoft oriented groups

  • “MS offices” means that a group usually meets at Microsoft’s offices in the World Exchange Plaza, Suite 500, 100 Queen St, Ottawa.
  • Apparently, for at least some events (all?), due to building security, you need to arrive before 6pm.
Day Group Description
last Tues PS Sharepoint UG 5-7pm @ MS offices
4th Thurs. OWSUG
events only MS SQL UG
events only ODNC study groups

Fave Groups that don’t fit other categories

Day Group Description
1st Fri RASC Ottawa Centre of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada (RASC). monthly meetings at the Museum of Science and Technology, at 8pm. They also have Star Parties, May to October.

Groups that seem to have disappeared

4th Thurs Moodle User Group TCF

6 responses to “Ottawa groups

  1. Pingback: Updated User Group list « Talk Software

  2. There’s also the Ottawa chapter of OWASP. The meetings are quite irregular, but if anyone’s interested they have a wiki:

    http://www.owasp.org/index.php/Ottawa

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  4. Thanks, Dan.
    Added.

  5. There is also the Ottawa Scrum User Group, 4th Thursday of the month I believe.

    http://www.meetup.com/Ottawa-Scrum-Users-Group/

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