List of University of Ottawa people
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This is a list of University of Ottawa people.
Notable people
Athletes and leaders in sports
Caleb Agada (born 1994), Nigerian-Canadian basketball player in the Latvian-Estonian Basketball League and for the Nigerian national basketball team
Bianca Borgella, para-athlete
James Cartwright, Olympic athlete (kayak)
Michael A. Chambers, former president of the Canadian Olympic Committee and Olympic Order recipient
Sonia Denoncourt, association football referee
Doug Falconer, CFL football player, film producer
Julia Hanes, para-athlete
Brianna Hennessy, para-canoeist
Lou Lefaive, Canadian sports administrator and civil servant
Trinity Lowthian, wheelchair fencer
Neil Lumsden, CFL football player
Sherraine MacKay, Olympic athlete (épée fencing)
Silver Quilty, Canadian Football Hall of Fame inductee
Margot Shore, association football player
Brad Sinopoli, CFL football player
Miranda Smith, association football player
Charles Thiffault (born 1939), NHL ice hockey coach
Ibrahim Tounkara, CFL football player
Ousmane Tounkara, CFL football player
Business leaders
France Chrétien, prominent lawyer and businesswoman; daughter of former Prime Minister Jean Chrétien
André Desmarais, President and CEO of Power Corp. Canada
Paul Desmarais, entrepreneur
Daniel Lamarre, president and chief operating officer of Cirque du Soleil
Chuck Rifici, Canadian entrepreneur, former CEO of Tweed Marijuana Inc, and former CFO of the Liberal Party of Canada.
Sherrexcia Rolle, Bahamian attorney and VP of Operations & General Counsel of Western Air
Civil servants and public sector leaders
Johanne Bélisle, former Commissioner of Patents, Registrar of Trademarks and Chief Executive Officer of the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO)
Jocelyne Bourgon, Canadian representative to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); former Clerk of the Privy Council
William J. S. Elliott, former commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Robert John Giroux, university president
Ahmed Hussen, Federal Cabinet Minister and President of the Canadian Somali Congress
Christiane Ouimet, first Public Sector Integrity Commissioner of Canada
Sheridan Scott, Commissioner of Competition of the Competition Bureau
Paul Tellier, former Clerk of the Privy Council
Journalists
Aaron Badgley, music journalist and radio host
Samantha Bee, host of Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
Scott Burnside, journalist and sportswriter
Marcel Desjardins, political commentator and news director
Pierre Dufault, journalist and sports commentator for Radio-Canada
Mary Lou Finlay, journalist for the CBC
Peter Jennings, journalist and news anchor for ABC News
Lisa LaFlamme, journalist
Alex Trebek, former broadcaster for CBC, host of the game show Jeopardy!
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