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DISTRICT COMMITTEES

District-level meetings attended by General Services Representatives (GSR) for local Ottawa area groups are held as follows:

District 54 (Ottawa Rideau) East - First Thursday of each month at 6:30 PM at the Overbrook Community Centre, 33 Quill Street
Meetings are on Zoom. Email district54@ottawaaa.org for link.

District 58 (Ottawa Bytown) Centre

District 62 (Ottawa West) - Second Monday of each month at 7:30 PM at All Saints Church (Rear Entrance).
Meetings are temporarily on Zoom. Email district62@ottawaaa.org for link.

The three Ottawa Area Districts support local committees that fulfill key roles and outreach operations in support of our primary purpose. They are: Public Information (PI) and Cooperation with the Professional Community, Correctional Facilities and Treatment (CFT) and Ottawa Archives. Each committee role is explained in the other sections on this page.

PI/CPC

(PI) Public Information

(CPC) Cooperation with the Professional Community 

This dual function committee conveys A.A. information to the general public, including the media.

Public Information

Following are examples of the committee's work:

Health Fairs - PIC participates by handing out Literature, meeting lists, and answering questions at local Health Fair as required.
Secondary Schools - PIC provides AA publications including Big Books, Living Sober, The Twelve and Twelve, and "In our Own Words" to school libraries and student service departments.

Cooperation with Professionals

Professionals who work with alcoholics share a common purpose with Alcoholics Anonymous: to help the alcoholic stop drinking and lead a healthy, productive life.

Alcoholics Anonymous is a nonprofit, self-supporting, entirely independent fellowship— “not allied with any sect, denomination, politics, organization or institution.” Yet A.A. is in a position to serve as a resource to you through its policy of “cooperation but not affiliation” with the professional community.

The committee welcomes requests from professionals. Here are some ways they help:

Provide speakers for information sessions on A.A.
Meet informally with groups of professionals
Provide literature and audio/visual materials to professional staff
Provide literature and audio/visual materials for patients/clients
Provide a link to A.A. groups in the community for patients/clients
Attend open AA meetings or local events with professionals.

More Resources for Professionals:

If You are a Professional...
How A.A. Members Cooperate with Professionals
This is A.A.: An Introduction to the A.A. Recovery Program

We are Currently Meeting on the 4th Thursday of every month via Zoom at 7 pm. Meeting is online on Zoom ID 815 4385 6025, password PICPC 

AA visitors are welcome.

The committee can be contacted at pi@ottawaaa.org 

Correctional Facilities and Treatment (CFT)

The primary purpose of this committee is to carry the AA message to alcoholics both behind the walls of Correctional Facilities and in Treatment Facilities. The CFT Committee also supports the 'Bridging the Gap' program which links AA members to AA meetings after their release.

Areas of Service

Ottawa Withdrawal Management Center has invited AA once again to hold introductory meetings twice weekly.

Tuesdays and Thursdays at 7:00 pm

&

Saturdays at 10:30 am

Groups and members interested in this valuable form of service are asked to email owmc@ottawaaa.org to be added to the schedule.

Members will be provided with guidelines to assist in carrying the message to the newly recovered alcoholic.

Withdrawal Management Centre (OWMC)  If members are interested in this type of service the liaison is comprising a list of volunteers and groups. Send an email or contact phone number to owmc@ottawaaa.org

IMPORTANT: Specific guidelines must be followed by groups hosting meetings at the OWMC.

Ottawa Carleton Detention Centre - contact the committee for dates, times and access requirements.

How to Get Involved

Volunteers are needed Tuesdays and Thursdays at 7:00 pm & Saturdays at 10:30 am Contact owmc@ottawaaa.org. or call The Intergroup Office and leave your contact information

In most cases, AA members must have a minimum of 2 years of sobriety. 

The Committee normally meets online. Zoom ID 815 5183 4935, passcode 521429.

AA visitors are welcome.

Please contact the CFT Committee at cft@ottawaaa.org for more information.

Historical photo downtown OttawaThis is our town in the 1940s. The second building on the right was the location of the first document AA meeting in Ottawa. The building is still there. Do you recognize it?

The mission of the Ottawa AA Archives is to document permanently the work of Alcoholics Anonymous in the Ottawa area; to make its history accessible to AA members and other researchers; and to provide a context for understanding AA's progression, principles and traditions in the Ottawa area.

The Archives Committee meeting is resuming in-person meetings and they will take place on the 3rd Wednesday of the month from 6:30-7:30pm, at the Intergroup Office, Bronson Centre, 211 Bronson Ave, #108

Please contact the Archives Committee at archives@ottawaaa.org for more information.