Trudeau scholarships for PhD students
Two PhD students receive prestigious Trudeau Foundation scholarships Nataleah Hunter-Young and Riley Kucheran recognized for their exceptional work Ma...
Category Archives: People making a difference
People making a difference
Kika Otiono heads to medical school
The Path Less Travelled: Third-Year Student Accepted to Med School By Leah Coppella 19 June, 2019 When Kika Otiono was in Grade 12 in Ottawa, m...
People making a difference
Pereira is York Teacher of the Year
June 14, 2019 Elizabeth Pereira is York Region Teacher of the Year Elizabeth Pereira couldn’t understand what the fuss was all about when she was hono...
People making a difference
Bonnie heads Children’s Aid Societies
Nicole Bonnie, the Ontario Association of Children’s Aid Societies’ (OACAS) first Black Chief Executive Officer (CEO), started in her new...
People making a difference
Literary Prize for Dionne Brand
Dionne Brand named recipient of 2019 Blue Metropolis Violet Literary Prize April 3 Dionne Brand is a poet, novelist and professor. ...
People making a difference
Kenyan teacher wins global prize
Kenyan science teacher Peter Tabichi wins global prize By Sean Coughlan BBC News family and education correspondent 24 March 2019 I...
People making a difference
Meju wins Geophysicists’ award
May 7, 2019 Nigerian Bags Highest Society of Exploration Geophysicists Award 105 A Nigerian, Dr Maxwell Azuka Meju, has been selec...
People making a difference
Khumalo first Black woman on Everest
Hero’s welcome for first black African woman on Everest 27 May 2019 Report by Milton Nkosi Hundreds of people in Johannesbu...
People making a difference
MP Greg Fergus appointed Parliamentary Secretary
Greg Fergus appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the President of the Treasury Board and Minister of Digital Government Friday 3 May 201...
People making a difference
Ncube named Immigrant Woman of Inspiration
Dr. Nothabo Ncube A calling to inspire Nothabo Ncube is a doctor by profession. For most, that would be enough, professionally speaking. For Dr. Ncube...