Former and, hopefully, future software developer.
(My organizing is not a professional role; I just wanted it to show up in the directory view.)
Kevin Ulug
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EA Ottawa meetup, Feb 2026
EA Ottawa meetup, Jan 2026
The Double Up Drive is now live, with donation matching and the possibility of a tax receipt when donating from a variety of countries. https://doubleupdrive.org/2025-match-drive-preview/
EA Ottawa meetup on Dec 3
EA Ottawa meetup on Nov 4, 2025
Book Club: If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies
EA Ottawa Meetup: I should post one of these, huh
Bug Facts, or the Potential for Insect Welfare
Since we’re on this topic, I recently saw that the Happier Lives Institute estimated that the best charities (based on WELLBYs per dollar) are about 100x more cost-effective than the average charity https://www.happierlivesinstitute.org/world-happiness-report/
I have given a shallow recap of their medium-depth report, so take with a grain of salt.
EA Ottawa discuss Subjective Wellbeing as a metric
For what it’s worth, https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/users/aaronhamlin has been engaging with the EA community on the topic of electoral reform.
Here’s a list of links, in case you want to directly copy and paste the links:
Against Malaria Foundation: https://projectforawesome.com/videos/project-for-awesome-2026-amf
Allied Scholars for Animal Protection: https://projectforawesome.com/videos/vote-asap-to-save-animals-and-planet-p4a2026
Animal Welfare Observatory: https://projectforawesome.com/videos/project-for-awesome-2026-animal-welfare-observatory-recommended-by-bjoern
Centre for Governance of AI: https://projectforawesome.com/videos/project-for-awesome-2026-gov-ai
Ethical Seafood Research: https://projectforawesome.com/videos/project-for-awesome-2026-vote-for-ethical-seafood-research
FarmKind: https://projectforawesome.com/videos/farm-kind-for-project-for-awesome-2026
Faunalytics: https://projectforawesome.com/videos/faunalytics-p4-a-2026
GiveDirectly: https://projectforawesome.com/videos/project-for-awesome-2026-give-directly-recommended-by-pablo
Giving Green: https://projectforawesome.com/videos/project-for-awesome-2026-giving-green-recommended-by-mel
Good Food Fund: https://projectforawesome.com/videos/good-food-fund-project-for-awesome-2026
Good Food Institute: https://projectforawesome.com/videos/support-the-magical-good-food-institute-project-for-awesome-2026
International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons: https://projectforawesome.com/videos/ban-all-nuclear-weapons-project-for-awesome-2026
International Centre for Animal Rights and Ethics: https://projectforawesome.com/videos/icare-for-project-for-awesome-p4-a-2026
Lafiya: https://projectforawesome.com/videos/lafiya-saving-lives-through-family-planning-p4-a
Machine Intelligence Research Institute: https://projectforawesome.com/videos/p4-a-2026-machine-intelligence-research-institute-project-for-awesome-2026
New Roots Institute: https://projectforawesome.com/videos/project-for-awesome-2026-2
ProVeg International: https://projectforawesome.com/videos/project-for-awesome-2026-writing-the-next-chapter-of-our-food-story-with-pro-veg
Sinergia Animal: https://projectforawesome.com/videos/vote-sinergia-animal-for-project-for-awesome-2026 or https://projectforawesome.com/videos/sinergia-animal-project-for-awesome-2026-help-us-end-factory-farming
Spiro: https://projectforawesome.com/videos/vote-for-tb-charity-spiro-for-project-for-awesome-2026
The Humane League: https://projectforawesome.com/videos/project-4-awesome-2026-the-humane-league
Veganuary: https://projectforawesome.com/videos/project-for-awesome-2026-veganuary-pass-the-broccoli or https://projectforawesome.com/videos/remember-to-vote-for-veganuary-at-project-for-awesome-2026
Wild Animal Initiative: https://projectforawesome.com/videos/wild-animal-initiative-p4-a-2026