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“Empower Her” launched in Ottawa
by Noha Abdelmoaty On Wednesday, November 17, 2021, the Ottawa-based Black-led non-profit organization Maama Watali, in association with Afro-Global T...
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Special exhibition at National Gallery
Wednesday 18 August, 2021 More than 200 people were at the the National Gallery of Canada, which, in partnership with Black History Ottawa, held a spe...
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Employee Fun Day at OCISO
Friday 25 June 2021 After 15 gruelling and often depressing months of pandemic lock-down, employees at the Ottawa Community Immigrant Services Organiz...
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Multiculturalism Day held in Ottawa
by Andre Akugha Saturday, 20 March 2021 The 2021 version of the Multiculturalism Day celebration was held virtually due to the Covid 19 pandemic lockd...
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Martin Luther King Day celebrated in Ottawa
Monday 25 January 2021 Theme: Is there Justice for Blacks in Canada? In light of the province-wide pandemic lockdown, the 2021 Martin Luther King Jnr ...
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Retirement Party for Paula Caldwell
Tuesday 25 August 2020 A Retirement Garden Party in honor of the former Director General for Pan Africa relationship at Global Affair Canada Ambassado...
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Ghana’s independence anniversary
Friday 6 March 2020 Ghana’s High commissioner to Canada His Excellency J. Ayikoi Otoo and Mrs Patricia Hanson Mettle hosted a grand reception fo...
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Special awards at Black History Month gala
Saturday 29 February 2020 Over 200 people from Ottawa’s Who is who were at the Sheraton Hotel on Albert Street last night at a gala to mark the ...
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Iqaluit celebrates Kwanzaa
Through Kwanzaa, Iqaluit’s black community celebrates culture 3 January, 2020 “They’re things that anybody can apply to themselves and their lives” Se...
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Igbo community hosts Christmas party
Saturday 7 December 2019 The annual Christmas party by the Ottawa Igbo Community Association was a big success as over 200 guests celebrated the festi...