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Ward 17 Capital
www.clivedoucet.com
Clive Doucet considers himself a lifelong Ottawa resident. He spent his childhood alternately in Ottawa and on the East coast. In his teenage years he attended Fisher Park and Nepean high schools in the west end.
He received his first degree from the University of Toronto graduating with a Bachelor of Arts with honours in Urban Anthropology. He then pursued graduate work receiving a Masters degree (MSc) from the Université de Montréal.
In 1972 Clive returned from university, settled in Capital Ward and has lived in the Glebe or Ottawa South ever since. He is married with two children.
In 1997 Clive decided to run for regional councillor for his home Capital Ward. Worried about the expansion of arterial roads into the centre of the city and the destructive effect this would have on the quality of life of the city as a whole, he won the election with a solid majority, thanks to the hard work and support of his neighbours.
Current City Council Committees and Boards 2001 - 2004
- Health, Recreation and Social Services
- Transportation and Transit (Vice-Chair)
- Environmental Services
- Ottawa Public Library
- City Living
- Ottawa Economic Development
Regional Council Committees & Boards:
- Community & Social Services (includes Regional Housing)
- Children's Aid Society of Ottawa-Carleton
- Transportation Committee
- OC Transpo Commissioner
- Light Rail Pilot Project Steering Committee
- Arts Committee
- Arts Industry Task Force
- City Centre Coalition
- Experience
Provincial Government In the 1970s, Councillor Doucet spent two years with the provincial government as the Eastern Ontario Policy Advisor on local government restructuring.
Federation of Citizens' Associations (1970s) He worked for the Federation of Citizens' Associations, and coordinated the participation of local community groups in the development of Ottawa-Carleton's first Regional Plan.
Central Mortgage and Housing Corp. Clive Doucet was Manager of Communications, CMHC's Demonstration Group Projects, which included LeBreton Flats in Ottawa; Maryfield in Revelstoke, BC; and the Vieux Port in Montréal, where he organized the first summer street festival.
Federal Government Councillor Doucet has held a number of communication positions with the federal government, including, in 1984-85, Press Secretary to the Hon. David MacDonald (in his capacity as coordinator of Canada's African Famine Relief Program), and more recently, as Editor-in-Chief of Inter Pares, the monthly Departmental magazine for the Department of Justice.
Creative Work Councillor Doucet is also a writer. In 1999 his latest books were published. Notes from Exile (just re- published in paperback) recounts Clive's exploration of his Acadian roots; Looking for Henry is a long poem rooted in the Canadian landscape. His first novel, Disneyland Please, (Fitzhenry& Whiteside, 1979), was honoured as a finalist for the Books in Canada magazine First Novel Award. In 1982 My Grandfather's Cape Breton became a bestselling memoir of his childhood summers on his grandfather's farm on Cape Breton Island. Over 20,000 copies were sold and the book was an official resource for the New Brunswick School system. Other books include John Coe's War, (McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 1983); novellas, The Gospel According to Mary Magdalen, (1990), and The Priest's Boy, (1992), and four books of poetry. He has also written several plays, one of which, Hatching Eggs, was produced at the National Arts Centre. Clive was the first President of Ottawa Independent Writers (OIW). If Clive Doucet is not writing, he's probably taking a break in his rowing shell. He's even managed to combine these two separate passions with the Poets and Boats regatta, which he founded and is held annually on Dow's lake. When the lake is frozen Clive heads north to the Gatineau Hills to ski.
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