Clive Doucet considers himself a lifelong Ottawa resident. He spent his childhood alternately in Ottawa and on the East coast. In his teenage years he attended Fisher Park and Nepean high schools in the west end.

He received his first degree from the University of Toronto graduating with a Bachelor of Arts with honours in Urban Anthropology. He then pursued similar graduate work receiving a Masters degree (MSc) from the Université de Montréal.

In 1972 Clive returned from university to settle in Capital Ward and has lived in the Glebe or Old Ottawa South ever since. He is married with two children.

In 1997 Clive decided to run for regional coucillor for his home Capital Ward. Worried about the expansion of arterial roads into the centre of the city and the destructive effect this would have on the quality of life of the city as a whole, he won the election with a solid majority, thanks to the hard work and support of his neighbours.

In 2000 he was elected to the first council of the newly amalgamated City of Ottawa and in 2003 re-elected with 81% voter support for the current three year term.

As a councillor Clive has worked hard for his community. Major projects include securing needed funding for the renovation of the Glebe Community Centre and reconstruction and beautification of Bank Street in Old Ottawa South. He worked with former councillor Phil McNeely to create the infastructure for the Hay West campaign, which sent 30,000 tonnes of hay to the drought stricken western provinces in 2002.

Clive champions public transit and the Ottawa O-Train pilot project. It won the FCM/CJHML sustainable transportation award and is set to become a permanent spur of a new city-wide light rail network.

Past Experience
Clive began his career at the Federal Ministry of Urban Affairs (MSUA) where he was one of the authors of The Federal Urban Domain, a multi-volume evaluation of the federal government’s urban properties. Subsequently, he worked as policy advisor in the Ontario Municipal Affairs Ministry’s local government reform section. At the federal level, he has held a variety of communications and policy positions including;

• Manager of Communications, CMHC's Demonstration Group Projects, which included LeBreton Flats in Ottawa; Maryfield in Revelstoke, BC; and the Vieux Port in Montréal, where he organized the first summer street festival.
• Press Secretary to the Hon. David MacDonald (in his capacity as Coordinator of Canada's African Famine Relief Program 1984-85)
• Editor-in-Chief of Inter Pares, a Department of Justice publication.

Early positions also include work with the Provincial Government as the Eastern Ontario Policy Advisor on local government restructuring and the Federation of Citizens' Associations coordinating participation of local community groups in the development of Ottawa-Carleton's first Regional Plan.

Creative Work
Clive is a writer with some dozen books published.

Clive is recognized for exploring his roots in Acadian culture. His 1980 memoir My Grandfather's Cape Breton became a bestseller with over 20,000 copies sold and a listing as an official resource for the New Brunswick School system. In 2003 it was re-published. His first novel, Disneyland Please, (Fitzhenry& Whiteside, 1979), was honoured as a finalist for the Books in Canada magazine First Novel Award.

In June 2006, Canadian publisher McClelland and Stewart listed Notes From Exile among the company's top 100 titles of all time. Their list also includes Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery, Never Cry Wolf by Farley Mowat, The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje and four titles by Margaret Atwood.

Including four books of poetry (most recent, Canal Seasons, 2004) Clive has also written several plays, one of which, Hatching Eggs, was produced at the National Arts Centre. Clive was the first President of Ottawa Independent Writers (OIW).

If Clive is not writing, he's probably taking a break in his rowing shell on the Rideau Canal. He's even managed to combine these two separate passions with the Poets and Boats regatta. When the canal is frozen Clive is seen skating to and from work and occasionally heading north to the Gatineau Hills to re-live his days of competitive downhill skiing.