Lynda Kadey - 2001 Ottawa-Carleton Cyclists' Advocate of the Year

The winner of the 2001 Ottawa-Carleton Cyclists' Advocate of the Year Award is well-known to those who read the CfSC newsgroup, since she's a frequent participant on the group, particularly with interesting information that she's managed to uncover from many different sources.

And that's typical of our winner: she does her homework. Anytime she becomes involved in trying to flesh out a policy or a program, she ensures we know what has worked in other areas, and might work here.

Besides serving on the CfSC Board in the last year, our winner also became a CAN-BIKE instructor. When CfSC's representative on the cycling advisory committee resigned, she took over for several months, adding considerable input to the committee's 2001 draft workplan and the city's submission to the Urban Showcase program.

Her most recent contribution was developing CfSC's child cyclist education policy.

Our winner is also a mother of two active young children, and both she and her husband are active commuting and touring cyclists. A teacher of visually-handicapped children, she frequently used Rack&Roll this year to get to her student appointments, which are scattered around the city. She's also well and personally known to her city councillor, with whom she's frequently discussed cycling issues.

Lynda Kadey has brought many new insights to the CfSC Board this year, particularly on education and children. She is a strong leader by example, and well deserves to be named the 2001 Ottawa-Carleton Cyclists' Advocate of the Year.

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