Black organisations react to Chief Sloly’s exit
AFRICAN CANADIAN ASSOCIATION OF OTTAWA 40 Colonnade Rd NorthOttawa, Ontario K2E 7J6Tel:613-663-2940Fax:613-663-2940www.acaottawa.comwww.fb.com/acaottawatwitter.com/acaottawaOTTAWA – February 15, 2022 40 Colonnade Rd NorthOttawa, Ontario K2E 7J6Tel:613-663-2940Fax:613-663-2940www.acaottawa.comwww.fb.com/acaottawatwitter.com/acaottawaOTTAWA – February 15, 2022 Dear Ottawa Police…
Driving through a blizzard for a taste of home
BLACK ON THE PRAIRIES JAN. 24, 2022 In Edmonton, there aren’t any butchers that sell goat meat with skin — like we had back in Nigeria By Uchechukwu Peter Umezurike,…
Black Mental Health Week 1-7 March
Monday 28 February 2022 City of Ottawa Proclaims March 1st to March 7th as Black Mental Health WeekMarch 1, 2022 (Ottawa)—While Canadians are beginning to talk more about mental health…
Police called to Waterloo region Catholic school to assist with 4-year-old student ‘in crisis’
Ontario education minister orders review of Kitchener school calling police on 4-year-old ‘Under no scenario should police be called to remove a 4-year-old student,’ Stephen Lecce says Kate Bueckert · CBC News · Posted:…
Ifeoma Chinwuba: The Promise
Book Review by Ifeoma Chinwuba The Promise, Damon Galgut, Europa , 2021, 269 pages. If I, or any other author had written The Promise, I bet an editor would have…
Titilope Sonuga: Arrival
JAN. 24, 2022 ARRIVAL A poem by Titilope Sonuga Introduction by Lucius Dechausay In 1998, when a young Titilope Sonuga arrived in Edmonton with her Nigerian family, the weather felt like “the…
Onyedum: Give new immigrants a chance
by Akunna Onyedum It’s been a year since I started work at the Canada Revenue Agency – Agence du revenu du Canada as a Taxpayer Services Agent. Oh yes, time flies! 😄…
Camara reaches settlement with Montreal
Wrongfully arrested last winter, PhD student launched $1.2M lawsuit against city CBC News · Posted: Feb 23, 2022 1 Mamadi III Fara Camara, a Black Montrealer student who was wrongfully arrested and detained by…
Peters: Celebrating Black History Month
by Ketcia Peters In February, we celebrate Black History Month! It is well known in our community, isn’t it?. What some may not remember is that this year, 2022, we…
Children’s Stories in Diaspora
Sunday 13 February 2022. As a result of the pandemic restrictions, the annual Black History Month Children’s Stories in the Diaspora was held virtually, under the sponsorship of Gabrielle Pizza….