This page is out of date as of Jan 2013.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.
- All categories are sorted by day of week.
- Brite = Event Brite
- TCF = The Code Factory
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 review – list |
| 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 |



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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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Thanks, Dan.
Added.
There is also the Ottawa Scrum User Group, 4th Thursday of the month I believe.
http://www.meetup.com/Ottawa-Scrum-Users-Group/
Thanks, Glenn,
Added!