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"twitter:title": "Donna Dickson: candidate for Councillor in Ward 10 Gloucester-Southgate, Ottawa 2026" --- ** Councillor in Ward 10 Gloucester-Southgate · Ottawa 2026 # Donna Dickson Elected Ottawa-Carleton District School Board trustee for Zone 8 since 2022 and founder of a youth non-profit, running for Councillor in Ward 10 Gloucester-Southgate. Donna Dickson is on the City of Ottawa’s list of certified candidates for Councillor in Ward 10 Gloucester-Southgate, with a nomination dated May 6, 2026. The City’s results give her 6,907 of the 12,389 votes cast in the 2022 Ottawa-Carleton District School Board race for Zone 8, which is 55.8 percent. The board’s own page says the provincial government placed the board under supervision on June 27, 2025, so that decisions normally made by trustees are made by a supervisor. Her campaign says its focus is community safety, affordable housing and transit, and it describes the current councillor and the City as having failed the ward. Explore priorities Campaign links Researched by voche.me · Not a campaign-authored page Candidate space2026 ![Donna Dickson, from Donna Dickson campaign (votedonnadickson.ca).](https://voche.me/on/ottawa-2026/images/candidates/donna-dickson-640.webp) *Donna DicksonCouncillorv.* [Image: Donna Dickson campaign (votedonnadickson.ca)](https://www.votedonnadickson.ca/) 01 / Introduction ## About Donna Dickson The City’s list of certified candidates shows Donna Dickson’s nomination for Councillor in Ward 10 Gloucester-Southgate dated May 6, 2026, and shows no registration in the Contribution Rebate Program. The City’s open data file shows no school board nomination in her name for 2026, and she is not on the City’s list of withdrawn candidates. CBC News reported on July 11, 2026 that she joined the race days after nominations opened, that she lives in Orléans, and that she grew up in South Keys and has close family ties to the ward. CBC News also describes her as the founder of a non-profit for at-risk youth, started after her son was killed in a shooting, and her campaign website names it the Ashton Dickson Youth Empowerment Foundation. The City’s published results for the October 24, 2022 election give her 6,907 of the 12,389 votes cast for the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board in Zone 8, which is 55.8 percent, in a race of three candidates. An Ottawa-Carleton District School Board document of November 14, 2023 lists her among the trustees appointed to the Special Education Advisory Committee, the Community Member Recognition committee, the Advisory Committee on Equity and the Indigenous Education Council. The board’s page says that since June 27, 2025 the board has been under supervision by the Minister of Education, and that all decisions normally made by trustees are made by the appointed Supervisor. CBC News reported that supervision suspended trustees’ meetings, honorarium payments and decision-making role. Her campaign website says she was also the board’s representative to the Ottawa Student Transportation Authority. voche.me did not find a board document that confirms that appointment. CBC News reported on September 12, 2023 that in February 2023 she filed a complaint under the board’s code of conduct about text messages that fellow trustee Nili Kaplan-Myrth sent her in November 2022 before a vote on masks in schools. A third-party investigator’s report found it unlikely that Kaplan-Myrth meant the offence Dickson took, and found that his apology two days later was sincere. The board also obtained a legal opinion that he broke the rules but should not be sanctioned because it was an error of judgment made in good faith. At a special meeting on September 11, 2023 a motion to find a breach of the code received 7 of the 8 votes it needed, so no breach was found. Dickson said she respected the decision and disagreed with it, and Kaplan-Myrth said she felt vindicated. In the CBC News questionnaire she says her experience includes 55 years in Ottawa, her trustee work, running the youth non-profit, and her advocacy against gun violence since 2017. She names housing affordability as the biggest challenge, says a 2027 property tax increase should ideally be 1 percent, and calls for a freeze of police funding until performance improves. She gives no answer on how to cover OC Transpo deficits, and gives 4 on a scale where 5 is strongly agree to the statement that building more homes in built-up areas will be important for housing in the ward. She says the Ottawa Police Service has run a $25 million deficit in 2026 after more than $65 million in budget increases over three years. These are her figures, and voche.me has not checked them. CTV News Ottawa lists her with no response to its questionnaire. Her campaign website says the City and the current councillor have completely failed Ward 10, and that Ottawa Police Service has lost the trust of residents. These are the campaign’s own opinions. The sources voche.me read hold no complaint or allegation against Dickson. Read the sources 02 / The issues ## Priorities & positions Campaign-source summary Summarized from the campaign’s published profile. These are stated positions, not an assessment of results or a complete platform. 01 ### Community safety Her campaign says it will press the Ottawa Police Service and its board for better performance and accountability, rebuild trust between police and residents, ask for more police presence in parks at night, add street lights, and add stop signs and speed bumps near schools and on roads where people speed.
Read the full position It also promises a community request portal for stop signs and speed bumps, support for counselling and mental health services in lower income communities, and a return of lost funding to community centres.
[Donna Dickson campaign · Community Safety ](https://www.votedonnadickson.ca/community-safety) 02 ### Affordable housing Her campaign says it will push the City to set a mandate and timeline for building affordable housing, zone more land for homes on vacant City lots in the ward, and bring back the City’s minimum share of affordable homes in new developments.
Read the full position It also proposes looking at large-scale modular housing, which the campaign says costs $180,000 to $380,000 per home installed. That figure is the campaign’s own and was not checked.
[Donna Dickson campaign · Affordable Housing ](https://www.votedonnadickson.ca/affordable-housing) 03 ### Better public transit Her campaign says it will push for the return of youth transit passes, a fare freeze for OC Transpo, buses every 15 minutes on key routes at peak times, better and longer contracts for bus drivers, and bike lanes added when sidewalks are rebuilt.
Read the full position In the CBC News questionnaire she says a trip from Ward 10 to downtown took at most two transfers and 30 to 45 minutes ten years ago and now takes at least three transfers and 1.5 to 2 hours, and she asks for a bus tracker that tells riders about cancellations.
[Donna Dickson campaign · Public Transit ](https://www.votedonnadickson.ca/public-transit) 04 ### Taxes and police funding In the CBC News questionnaire she says a 2027 property tax increase should ideally be 1 percent and that police funding should be frozen until performance improves. [CBC News · candidate questionnaire answers, Ward 10 Gloucester-Southgate, Donna Dickson (submitted by the candidate, unedited by CBC) ](https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/28711124/donna-dickson-ward-10-gloucester-southgate.pdf) Research status ## What voche.me has checked Evidence reviewed on October 6, 2026: the City’s list of certified candidates for Ward 10 and its open data file of nominations and 2022 results, her campaign website (home, My Story, and the Community Safety, Affordable Housing and Public Transit pages), the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board’s page on its trustees and on supervision and its document of November 14, 2023, CBC News of September 12, 2023, July 11, 2026 and August 25, 2026 with her questionnaire answers, and CTV News Ottawa of September 9, 2026. Gaps. The City list gives her one website and no social media account, and no account of hers could be confirmed. The board’s own list of trustees did not show names to a visitor, so her zone and role rest on the City’s 2022 results, the board document and CBC News. Board minutes were not searched, so no trustee vote is described, and her appointment to the Ottawa Student Transportation Authority is her own statement. The figures about police budgets and modular homes are hers and were not checked. The questionnaire has not been sent. [City of Ottawa · certified candidates, Ward 10 Gloucester-Southgate](https://ottawa.ca/en/city-hall/elections/candidates/certified-and-acclaimed-candidates/certified-and-acclaimed-candidates-city-councillor/certified-candidates-ward-10-gloucester-southgate) 03 / Background ## Experience & community 2022 to present, with decision-making suspended since June 27, 2025 ### Trustee, Ottawa-Carleton District School Board, Zone 8 The City’s 2022 results give her 6,907 of 12,389 votes in Zone 8. The board’s page says trustees’ decisions have been made by the appointed Supervisor since June 27, 2025. [Ottawa-Carleton District School Board · Board of Trustees (statement on supervision)](https://www.ocdsb.ca/about-us/board-of-trustees) 2023 to 2024 ### Member of four board committees A board document lists her on the Special Education Advisory Committee, the Community Member Recognition committee, the Advisory Committee on Equity and the Indigenous Education Council for 2023 to 2024. The Indigenous Education Council entry is marked as pending confirmation in December. [Ottawa-Carleton District School Board · Board Organizational Meeting, November 14, 2023, positions for 2023-2024](https://www.ocdsb.ca/download/482351) Date not given, as CBC News and she describe it ### Founder of a non-profit for at-risk youth CBC News describes the non-profit, and her campaign website names it the Ashton Dickson Youth Empowerment Foundation. voche.me has not checked its registration. [CBC News · 4 OCDSB trustees now in the running for city council, July 11, 2026](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/4-ocdsb-trustees-now-in-the-running-for-city-council-9.7265096) 04 / Questions & answers ## Questions for the candidate Proposed questions for a future interview. They have not been sent to the candidate, and no answers have been supplied. No questions and answers have been supplied. ### Have your own question? Ask Donna Dickson directly. We send it to the campaign, and publish the reply here if we get one. 05 / About this page ## Questions about this page Facts voche.me can state about Donna Dickson's page itself, answered directly rather than left blank.
Is this an official page for Donna Dickson? No. This page is researched by voche.me from public sources, listed below, and is separate from Donna Dickson's own campaign.
Does Donna Dickson currently hold public office? Not according to this profile. voche.me has not listed a current public office for Donna Dickson.
How many sources does this Donna Dickson profile cite? This profile lists 16 sourced references, each with the date voche.me checked it, in the Sources section below.
Why do some questions on Donna Dickson's page show no answer? The "Questions & answers" section on this page lists questions voche.me would put to Donna Dickson in a future interview. They have not been sent yet, so the page says plainly that no answer has been supplied instead of leaving the section blank.
When is the election Donna Dickson is running in? The 2026 Ottawa municipal election, including the Councillor race, is decided on October 26, 2026.
06 / Candidate contributions ## Space for campaign updates ### No campaign updates yet Announcements, event details and messages can be added here, with their source and publication date. No campaign submission has been added. ## Sources & transparency - [City of Ottawa · certified candidates, Councillor ](https://ottawa.ca/en/city-hall/elections/candidates/certified-and-acclaimed-candidates)Checked October 6, 2026 - [City of Ottawa · certified candidates, Ward 10 Gloucester-Southgate (list last updated September 3, 2026) ](https://ottawa.ca/en/city-hall/elections/candidates/certified-and-acclaimed-candidates/certified-and-acclaimed-candidates-city-councillor/certified-candidates-ward-10-gloucester-southgate)Checked October 6, 2026 - [City of Ottawa open data · 2026 Municipal Elections, nominated candidates ](https://open.ottawa.ca/datasets/5b79177ae7524c9fa68f79e852527604)Checked October 6, 2026 - [City of Ottawa open data · 2022 Elections Official Results (Statement of Votes Cast) ](https://open.ottawa.ca/datasets/ec1423ac43254bff8692fabd5d47772b)Checked October 6, 2026 - [Donna Dickson campaign · Home ](https://www.votedonnadickson.ca/)Checked October 6, 2026 - [Donna Dickson campaign · My Story ](https://www.votedonnadickson.ca/my-story)Checked October 6, 2026 - [Donna Dickson campaign · Community Safety ](https://www.votedonnadickson.ca/community-safety)Checked October 6, 2026 - [Donna Dickson campaign · Affordable Housing ](https://www.votedonnadickson.ca/affordable-housing)Checked October 6, 2026 - [Donna Dickson campaign · Public Transit ](https://www.votedonnadickson.ca/public-transit)Checked October 6, 2026 - [Ottawa-Carleton District School Board · Board of Trustees (statement on supervision) ](https://www.ocdsb.ca/about-us/board-of-trustees)Checked October 6, 2026 - [Ottawa-Carleton District School Board · Board Organizational Meeting, November 14, 2023, positions for 2023-2024 ](https://www.ocdsb.ca/download/482351)Checked October 6, 2026 - [CBC News · Gloucester-Southgate: Here’s who’s running to be your Ottawa city councillor, August 25, 2026 ](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/gloucester-southgate-ward-election-city-ottawa-2026-9.7312521)Checked October 6, 2026 - [CBC News · candidate questionnaire answers, Ward 10 Gloucester-Southgate, Donna Dickson (submitted by the candidate, unedited by CBC) ](https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/28711124/donna-dickson-ward-10-gloucester-southgate.pdf)Checked October 6, 2026 - [CBC News · 4 OCDSB trustees now in the running for city council, July 11, 2026 ](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/4-ocdsb-trustees-now-in-the-running-for-city-council-9.7265096)Checked October 6, 2026 - [CBC News · Vote on whether trustee’s texts broke board rules narrowly defeated, September 12, 2023 ](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/nili-kaplan-myrth-trustee-ocdsb-code-rules-1.6963718)Checked October 6, 2026 - [CTV News Ottawa · Meet the candidates for councillor in Ward 10 - Gloucester-Southgate, September 9, 2026 ](https://www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/article/meet-the-candidates-for-councillor-in-ward-10-gloucester-southgate/)Checked October 6, 2026 Missing information does not imply a candidate’s position. [Read our editorial standards.](https://voche.me/on/ottawa-2026/about) Campaign contact ## Campaign links & contact. Find the candidate’s website, social accounts and contact information. [Donna Dickson campaign website](https://www.votedonnadickson.ca/) ## View more candidates. [All candidate spaces ](https://voche.me/on/ottawa-2026/candidates) [Councillor**Ahmed Alsabaawi**](https://voche.me/on/ottawa-2026/candidates/ahmed-alsabaawi) [Councillor**Ahmed Rashid**](https://voche.me/on/ottawa-2026/candidates/ahmed-rashid) Candidate Q&A ## Ask Donna Dickson a question. Give your name, email and question. We send it to the campaign, and publish their answer here if we get one. ## Sitemap See the full [sitemap](/on/ottawa-2026/sitemap.md) for all pages.