Black veterans honoured on Remembrance Day in Ottawa
By Sarah Onyango Another historic Remembrance Day in the books for our Legacy Voices team! We had the privilege of having Nova Scotian WW1 veteran Jeremiah Jones‘s great-great-grandson, Gunner Adam…
Ayan Jama: December 1 is World AIDS Day
By Ayan Jama HIV stands for Human Immunodeficiency Virus. The HIV virus makes a person sick by weakening the immune system. If someone is living with HIV, it means they have…
Canadian Somali Mothers Association receives Crime Prevention Ottawa award
Monday, November 6, 2017 Ottawa-based Canadian Somali Mothers Association was the proud recipients of the 2017 Crime Prevention Ottawa Community Safety Volunteer Program award. This honour was conferred on the organisation…
Kika Otiono wins academic excellence award
Kika Otiono Carleton Academic award Nov 2017 Kika receives her award from Carleton University President, Alastair Summerlee Kika is congratulated by her father, Professor Nduka Otiono…
Ottawa Igbo community celebrates 2017 harvest Thanksgiving
Sunday 29 October The annual Thanksgiving and Bazaar was a memorable day in the calendar of the Igbo worshiping community at Our Lady of Mount Carmel church on St….
Habibat Aziz Garuba: THE CHECK-UP: Fast Facts about Hypertension
by Habibat Aziz Garuba, MD, FRCPC What is hypertension/high blood pressure? Hypertension is the medical term for high blood pressure above a certain threshold. Blood pressure (BP) is…
Shana Seifert: Create your own hair oil in 4 easy steps
by Shana Seifert I love making things with my hands. There is something so satisfying about having a creative idea and being able to manifest it with material and hand…
Book launch: Powered by love: A Grandmothers’ Movement to End AIDS in Africa
Monday 23 October About 40 people were on hand at the Desmarias Building at the University of Ottawa to witness the launch of the ground-breaking book: Powered by Love:…
Singer Emmanuel Kembe lights up fundraiser for South Sudan
Singer Emmanuel Kembe on show Photo copyright Black Ottawa Scene UNHCR rep Jean-Nicolas Beuze (holding baby) with members of the Sudanese community …
Remembering Rachel Exeter
EXETER, Rachel Agnes Peacefully, with family by her side at the Queensway Carleton Hospital on Wednesday, October 11, 2017. Beloved daughter of the late Jonathan Adolphus and Agnes Honora Exeter….