Candidate for Ottawa-Carleton District School Board trustee in Zone 10, a federal public servant and former University of Ottawa part-time professor who signed a shared statement of principles with seven other candidates.
Keelin Pringnitz is on the City of Ottawa’s list of certified candidates for Ottawa-Carleton District School Board trustee in Zone 10, which covers City Ward 14, with a nomination dated July 7, 2026. Her campaign website says she is a public service worker and a parent, with a PhD in religious studies, more than eight years of teaching and years in federal public service. CBC News and the Ottawa Citizen reported on August 27, 2026 that she is one of eight candidates in different zones who signed a shared statement calling for an end to provincial supervision of the board. Her priorities are transparency, student success and safety. The board has been under provincial supervision since June 27, 2025.
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The City of Ottawa’s list of certified candidates shows Keelin Pringnitz’s nomination for trustee of the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board in Zone 10 dated July 7, 2026. The City’s open data file shows no withdrawal. The other candidates in the zone are Shannon Boschy and Diana Mills. The City list gives her a campaign website, a Facebook page and an Instagram account. The Leveller named her on July 24, 2026 among the Zone 10 candidates, and CTV News Ottawa links her site in its guide of September 9, 2026.
Her campaign site says she is a public service worker and a parent, grew up in Huntsville, Ontario, and moved to Ottawa in 2015 to study for a PhD at the University of Ottawa. It says she has worked as a teaching assistant and part-time professor and now works as a public servant, with years in federal policy, data and business analyst roles. It lists a PhD in Religious Studies with specializations in sociology and Canadian studies from the University of Ottawa, and two degrees from Wilfrid Laurier University. The Fulcrum, the University of Ottawa student newspaper, reported on January 16, 2022 that Keelin Pringnitz, then a part-time professor and PhD student in the department of classics and religious studies, taught a sociology of religion course, and quoted students who praised her teaching. Her site links that article. The degrees, the public service work and her other roles are her own statements and were not checked.
The site lists community roles: external advisor to the Manitoba Association of Women’s Shelters, municipal consultant to the Township of Ignace, volunteer guide runner with Achilles Ottawa, and treasurer and secretary roles in graduate student associations, unions and community organizations. Its priorities are transparency (meetings that can be viewed online, clear communication, public consultation and strong fiscal management), student success (properly resourced schools, smaller classes, protecting specialized programs such as alternative schools, gifted programs and French Immersion, special education support and support for teachers and education workers) and safety (physical safety, keeping hate out of schools and support services to reduce classroom violence).
A post on her site dated September 1, 2026 states her values, among them human rights for disabled students, steps toward reconciliation with First Nations, Métis and Inuit students, protection of alternative and gifted programs, support for 2SLGBTQ+ students, and both freedom of religion and freedom from religion. Her page on supervision says that if elected she will have no vote, budget or formal authority until that changes, and that she will keep families informed about the Supervisor’s actions, listen to families, and work with other elected trustees to ask the province to lift the suspension.
CBC News and the Ottawa Citizen reported on August 27, 2026 that she is one of eight trustee candidates who signed a shared statement of principles, organized by Cathy Varrette, that calls for an immediate end to the board’s provincial supervision. The Citizen quotes her: “It’s important that our voices are heard, and part of the reason I’m running is to try and get some of that power back.” The other seven signers named are John MacRae (Zone 1), Daniel Pershick (Zone 3), Emily Quaile (Zone 4), Natasha Lynn Mott (Zone 5), Chris Durrant (Zone 6), Brendan Ray (Zone 11) and Cathy Varrette (Zone 12).
The board’s page says that since June 27, 2025 the board has been under supervision by the Minister of Education, and that decisions normally made by trustees are made by the appointed Supervisor, Robert Plamondon. The sources read hold no complaint or allegation about her.
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Her campaign site says it wants board meetings that can be viewed online, clear communication of the board’s actions, public consultation, and strong fiscal management with respectful engagement among trustees.
Keelin Pringnitz campaign · PrioritiesHer campaign site lists properly resourced schools, smaller classes, protection of specialized programs such as alternative schooling, gifted programs and French Immersion, support for special education students, and support for teachers and education workers.
Keelin Pringnitz campaign · PrioritiesHer campaign site lists physical safety for students and staff, keeping hate out of schools, and support services to reduce violence in classrooms.
Keelin Pringnitz campaign · PrioritiesHer campaign site commits to policies that uphold human rights, including for disabled students, First Nations, Métis and Inuit students, and the 2SLGBTQ+ community.
Keelin Pringnitz campaign · Values, views and informationHer campaign site says she would report on what the Supervisor is doing, listen to families, and work with other elected trustees to ask the province to lift the suspension.
Keelin Pringnitz campaign · OCDSB under supervisionEvidence reviewed on October 7, 2026: the City’s list of certified candidates for the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board (an Internet Archive copy) and its open data file of nominations, six pages of her campaign website, The Fulcrum of January 16, 2022, CBC News and the Ottawa Citizen of August 27, 2026, The Leveller of July 24, 2026, the CTV News Ottawa list of September 9, 2026, and the board’s page on supervision.
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Her campaign site says she has years of federal public service in policy, data and business analyst roles and works as a public servant now. voche.me did not check this.
Keelin Pringnitz campaign · Experience, skills and qualificationsHer campaign site states the teaching experience. The Fulcrum reported on January 16, 2022 that she was a part-time professor and PhD student at the University of Ottawa who taught a sociology of religion course.
The Fulcrum · Shining a light on some of the U of O’s most beloved professors during the pandemic (Part Two), January 16, 2022Her campaign site lists work as external advisor to the Manitoba Association of Women’s Shelters, municipal consultant to the Township of Ignace and volunteer guide runner with Achilles Ottawa, and treasurer and secretary roles in graduate student associations, unions and community organizations. voche.me did not check these.
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