Fiesta Cubana enthralls Ottawa audience
Saturday 28 April 2018 Shenkman Arts Centre Posted as Tropicana Night – A journey through Cuban Music and Dance, the two-hour mega show lived up to its grand billing…
Black History Ottawa & YLAC host Smart Start Youth summit
Lessons in Allyship: Black History Ottawa and YLAC’s successful SMART START summit 12 & 13 May by Ililli Ahmed Established in 2016, the Young Leaders Advisory Council (YLAC) was…
Andy Kusi-Appiah: African teams at the World Cup
Will Senegal take her rightful place as the first African country to make it to the semi-finals of the 2018 edition of the world cup of football? By Andy Kusi-Appiah …
Letter from the Editor: June 2018
Good morning all Hope you are all enjoying the beautiful summer weather. The last month has been busy, so we start with our Top Story, the Smart Start summit jointly…
In memory of Epah Francis Fonkeng
Epah Francis Fonkeng 29 January, 1953 – 6 May, 2018 Obituary Born 01/29/1953 in Njungo (Cameroon) Died 05/06/2018 in Ottawa (Canada) Peacefully on Sunday May 6th in Ottawa, Ontario,…
Job Posting: HIV Testing Outreach Worker
Somerset West Community Health Centre, Ottawa, Ontario Anonymous HIV Testing Outreach Worker Family & Community Health & Harm Reduction – Ottawa, Ontario Position Title: Anonymous HIV Testing Outreach Worker Classification:…
Quartz Africa: Chinese aid to Africa
China’s “rogue aid” to Africa isn’t as much or as controversial as we thought A visitor walks past a map of Africa at a meeting of the Africa Development…
Avoid post-holiday financial stress
5 tips to help avoid post-holiday financial stress The holiday season can be expensive. With entertaining, choosing the perfect gifts, and additional travel, will your wallet take a hit? Even…
Black parents ask schools to collect race data
Ottawa Carleton District School Board part of provincial working group on the issue, says it will start collecting next year Tuesday 17 April Richard Sharpe, a member…
Black children in welfare system
Black and Indigenous children over-represented in Ontario child-welfare system: report Renu Mandhane, chief commissioner of the Ontario Human Rights Commission, called the findings deeply concerning. Black and Indigenous children appear…