OCISO hosts Equity and Racial Justice forum
Monday 4 December About forty participants from Ottawa’s aboriginal and racialised communities were at the Ottawa Community Immigrant Services Organisation (OCISO) community room on Wellington Street West for a forum...
Symposium helps Ottawa’s black community navigate municipal system
Wednesday 29 November June Girvan, an elder in Ottawa’s black community, opened a symposium Wednesday by blowing a special African horn, filling the atrium of Ottawa City Hall with a...
MPP Yasir Naqvi honours Black Ottawa leaders with OC150 award
MPP Yasir Naqvi addresses the award recipients Source: Yasir Naqvi Saturday 2 December Ottawa Centre...
World AIDS Day promotes understanding and compassion
Friday 1 December Under the banner: “It takes courage”, Somerset West Community Health Centre welcomed about forty people from Ottawa’s African, Caribbean and Black communities to its annual forum, commemorating...
Ontario’s female Black judges sworn in
NOV 15, 2017 November 16, 2017 Lori Montague wanted to follow her parents’ footsteps and become a teacher. Her dad, Spurgeon Montague, had another idea. “Why don’t you consider becoming...
Samson Agboegbulem receives Medal of Bravery from Governor-General
Thursday, 23 November Her Excellency the Right Honourable Julie Payette, Governor General of Canada, presented Nigerian-Canadian Samson Agboegbulem and four of his fire-fighter colleagues with Medals of Bravery, at a ceremony at...
Anti-gender violence forum hosted by the Somali Women Circle Network
2 December by Roda Muse The Somali Women’s Circle Network (SWCN) held its annual event around the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence on December 2nd, 2017, at the...
Dr. Helen Ofosu: Are both men and women enabling workplace sexual harassment?
by Dr. Helen Ofosu | Dec 2, 2017 For many weeks now, we’ve seen a steady stream of articles describing how people, often women, have been mistreated in various workplaces by men …...
History of Black hockey showcased by Black History Ottawa
12. 15 & 16 December 2017 Black History Ottawa (BHO) made its own history in December when it organised and hosted three events commemorating the contribution of people of...
Paul Harris appointed Justice of the Peace
Monday 20 November 2017 Ottawa’s First Black Justice of the Peace by Ewart Walters The Nation’s Capital has got its first Black Justice of the Peace. Ottawa’s Paul Harris was sashed and...