On October 3, 2019, IEEE Communications Society has announced that IEEE Ottawa ComSoc/BTS/CESoc Joint Chapter is the winner of the 2019 Communications Society Chapter Achievement Award (2019 CAA) in North America Region (R1-R7). The Chapter of the Year 2019 winner will be selected from the 4 winners from North America Region (R1-R7), Europe, Middle-East, & Africa Region 8, Latin America Region (R9), and Asia/Pacific Region (R10). This is the 3rd time Ottawa Chapter is the winner of the CAA (first, it  was in 2010, second it was in 2016, and now in 2019).