Ottawa
Muslim Young Professionals
Creating a space for Muslim professionals to socialize, network, and grow.
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Town Square
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The heart of town, where everyone gathers. Here’s what’s coming up.
Watch the plots around the square: they get busier as each event gets closer.
Our eventsHangouts at the Coffee House
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Hangouts
The Coffee House
Where members meet up on their own: chai after work, a hike, a day trip, board games, a volunteering initiative. Anyone can post one and anyone can come along.
Hangouts are run by members, not by our team. Use your judgement, meet in public when you can, and tell us if something isn’t right.
HangoutsOur events (Town Square)
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Professional development
The Forum
Open, honest conversations on the questions that matter to Muslim professionals.
You pick the topics. Vote for the ones you want to hear, or nominate your own.
Coming up
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Past sessions
The Forum
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Book club
The Nook
A cosy corner for readers. Vote for our next read, or nominate a book.
Reading schedule
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Books we’ve read
The Nook
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Spiritual growth
The Garden
The principles your faith always had. The conversations it rarely gets.
A gathering where Muslims come together to learn, heal, and put faith into practice. We go beyond the halaqah to topics seldom discussed.
Guided by Chaplain Ryan Carter.
Coming up
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Past sessions
The Garden
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About us
Muslim Young Professionals
Muslim Young Professionals is a volunteer-run not-for-profit community organization. We create space for Muslim professionals to socialize, network, and grow.
Meet people who share your path, learn from each other, and build something together.
What we run
- The Forum: peer-led professional development. Members nominate and vote on the topics.
- The Garden: faith and practice beyond the halaqah, guided by Chaplain Ryan Carter.
- The Nook: our book club. Members nominate and vote on the next read.
- Social and community events through the year, posted in the Town Square.
- A proud sponsor of the Ottawa Muslim Speakers Club, Canada’s first Muslim-origin Toastmasters club.
Who we are
- Muslim professionals from a variety of backgrounds in a variety of fields, in our 20s, 30s and 40s, in Ottawa and Gatineau.
- Run entirely by volunteers. Anyone can join the team.
- A community organization since June 2022, and a non-profit since April 2024.
- Based in Ottawa, and open to supporting chapters in other cities and regions.
- Open to everyone. Most events are free or low cost.
Working with us
- Partner on an event: you run it and we help promote it, or we plan it together. Partner events camp as caravans just outside our town.
- Sponsor an event or a series, or offer a venue.
- Speak, lead a Forum session or run a workshop.
- Press and media: we’re happy to talk about our community.
Interested? Write to us at the Post House and tell us a little about your idea. We usually reply within a few days.
Join the team
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Our team plans the events, runs the Forum, the Garden and the Nook, and keeps the town lively. Volunteers make all of it happen.
Team members commit to:
- Commit to a 6-month rolling term (you can continue or step back after each term).
- Attend team meetings (almost always online).
- Take an active part in discussions and decisions.
- Support our events, on the ground or behind the scenes, depending on your role.
- Follow our Code of Conduct and By-Laws.
Your phone number and answers are only seen by our organisers.
Contact us
Write to us about anything: a question, working together, sponsoring, speaking at an event, or something on this site. A real person on our team reads every letter.
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Who’s going (team only)
The Forum
Nominate a topic
Got a professional development topic you’ve been wanting to explore? Nominate it. The community votes on the shortlist, and the top pick becomes our next Forum session.
A moderator reviews each nomination before it appears for voting. Phone numbers and your answers about experience and moderating are only seen by organisers.
The Garden
Nominate a topic
What should the Garden gather around next? Nominate a topic; the community votes on the shortlist.
A moderator reviews each nomination before it appears for voting. Phone numbers and your answers about experience and moderating are only seen by organisers.
The Nook
Nominate a book
Recommend our next read. The community votes, and the top pick becomes a future Nook book.
A moderator reviews each nomination before it appears for voting. Phone numbers and your answers about experience and moderating are only seen by organisers.
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