Chinwuba: What I miss most in this lockdown
by Ifeoma Chinwuba 30 April, 2021 The Coronavirus pandemic has brought about a lockdown in my city, Ottawa. People miss their former lives; the ability to travel far and wide...
Kusi-Appiah: Covid 19 mixed messages
“COVID-19 (mis)messaging: compounding mental health challenges in time & space.” by Professor Kusi-Appiah, QE scholar, 2019-2021 30 April, 2021 ——————————————————————————- “Confusion now hath made his masterpiece. Most sacrilegious murder hath...
Madiba: headphones for homeless students
COVID Changemaker: Gwen Madiba started a headphone campaign to help homeless students Bruce Deachman Apr 14, 2021 Gwen Madiba was in the Ottawa apartment — a city-run emergency dwelling for...
Letter from the Editor: May 2021
Good morning folks Hope you and your loved ones are keeping safe and well. Yes, another month of pandemic lockdown and there doesn’t seem to be an end in sight!...
June Girvan: Celebrating Mothers’ Day 2021
by June Girvan Celebrating Mothers’ Day 2021 June Girvan 30 April, 2021 J’NiKirA Dinqinesh Education Centre – Every Child is Sacred celebrates Mothers’ Day 2021 honouring those who honour the sacredness...
Saint John mural honours Black heroes
ByTravis Fortnum Global News March 1, 2021 A pair of portraits honouring two of Saint John’s Black history heroes was unveiled this weekend in the city’s north end. Depicted on...
Canada to apologize to Black soldiers’ descendants
Minister of national defence will apologize to descendants of all-Black No. 2 Construction Battalion All-Black battalion with strong N.S. representation was Canada’s 1st and only segregated military unit Brooklyn Currie · CBC...
Canada declares August 1 as Emancipation Day
Marks anniversary of British Parliament abolishing slavery in the empire in 1834 Peter Zimonjic · CBC News Mar 24, 2021 MPs in the House of Commons have voted unanimously to designate Aug. 1...
Rev Ekong: All Powers Belong to the Lord
by Rev Bassey Ekong March 22: All Power, Glory and the Kingdom are the Lord’s Some Biblical manuscripts include this benediction at the end of Jesus’ teaching on prayer in...
Students create BLM shirts
Ottawa high school students create Black Lives Matter shirts that can be worn at school Students at Notre Dame Catholic High School in Ottawa created Black Lives Matter clothing that...