Kika Otiono wins CMA bursary
Kika Otiono wins $15,000 Canadian Medical Association 150th Anniversary Bursary Writng on Facebook, proud father Prof Nduka Otiono says: It’s no news that med school is financially challenging. And so,...
Adichie Receives Africa Freedom Prize
The 2020 FNF Africa Freedom Speech and Award The Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom awards the Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie the “Africa Freedom Prize 2020”. In her award-winning works,...
Commission rules against police
Black Quebecer wins $10,000 Human Rights Commission ruling against Laval police officers Adam KovacCTV News Montreal Digital Reporter @AKovacCTV ContactPublished Saturday, November 28, 2020 9:20PM ESTLast Updated Sunday, November 29, 2020...
Black Theatre Workshop joins NAC
Black Theatre Workshop named inaugural Co-Curating Company for NAC English Theatre DECEMBER 9, 2020Sean Fitzpatrick On Wednesday, December 9, National Arts Centre English Theatre, in partnership with Black Theatre Workshop, announced an unprecedented...
Rev. Ekong: Jesus Your Foundation
by Rev Bassey Ekong December 6, 2020 Make Yours a Larger Vision Is your vision larger than Your Opposition? Jesus experienced many forms of opposition. There were people who continually...
Being Black in Japan
Being Black in Japan: Biracial Japanese talk about discrimination and identity By Simon Denyer DECEMBER 24, 2020 TOKYO — From an early age, Japanese children learn the importance of conforming and fitting...
Police called to Black video shoot
People waiting to shoot music video outside a mall were handcuffed at gunpoint Natalia Goodwin · CBC News ·Dec 30, 2020 A young Black man in Ottawa says a recent encounter with police...
Letter from the Editor: January 2021
Good morning folks Now that we have more or less survived annus horribilis 2020, we can look forward to a new year with the hope that, by year’s end, this...
Siele is Senior Communications Manager
Opening Doors at the National Gallery of Canada Last November, Ottawa was abuzz with positive chatter as the National Gallery of Canada made history in announcing local steward Denise Siele...
Kusi-Appiah: Travelling and COVID-19
Travelling & the effects of COVID-19: codename for ‘huhuduous’ logistical nightmare. By Professor Kusi-Appiah, QE scholar, 2019/2020 Introduction: I am currently in Ghana visiting friends and family during the scariest...