11 Mar 2026

Author: blackottawa

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Nigerian Independence reception 

Monday 1 October Diplomats from various countries, Canadian government officials and the cream of Nigeria’s diaspora community in Canada were at the Westin Hotel on Colonel By Drive as guests...
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NCAO welcomes newcomers 

Saturday 21 September, 2019 The Nigerian Canadian Association of Ottawa (NCAO), under the leadership of President Chuks Imiaghagbe, hosted a reception for Nigerians who have arrived recently to the city...
Book Review

Black Cop: My 36 Years in Police 

Book review, Ottawa Life Magazine by Emma Dykstra. Black Cop: My 36 Years in Police Work, and My Career-Ending Experience with Official Racism by Calvin Lawrence When Calvin Lawrence joined...

Higher food insecurity for Black families 

GTA Black families twice as likely to go hungry as white households, study shows By Laurie MonsebraatenSocial Justice ReporterWed., Oct. 23, 2019timer5 min. read Black households in Canada are almost twice as...
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Ottawa U apologizes for race incident 

Tuesday, October 1, 2019 Jacques Frémont, President and Vice Chancellor of the University of Ottawa, issued the following statement: Today I am making public an independent investigator’s report concerning the...

How African countries got their names 

TOPONYMIC The most unusual ways many African countries got their names By Ciku KimeriaOctober 6, 2019 The concept of nation states in Africa is only a bit over a century old,...