Former Governor-General Michaelle Jean honoured with Lifetime DreamKeepers’ award
Martin Luther King Junior would have been proud. The 10th anniversary of the annual DreamKeepers Martin Luther King Day celebrations on Monday 20 January, 2014, was a special one, as former…
John Dennison: Celebrating the life of a champion
John G. Dennison : Proud Canadian, indefatigable champion for Canadian black history, culture and achievement DENNISON, John, G. (June 22, 1947 – January 14, 2014) Passed away on Tuesday, January…
Ottawa Remembers Nelson Mandela
The chilly frostbite warning on the evening of Friday 13 December did nothing to deter the hundreds of people who packed the Parkdale United Church to honour the late icon…
Letter from the Editor
Incredible as it seems, Black Ottawa Scene is into its fourth edition as we enter the beginning of the New Year. But first things first. Here is wishing all our…
Somerset West Community Health Centre and River Jordan Ministries host AIDS Awareness Week
Saturday 30 November 2013 marked an important milestone in the fight against HIV/AIDS in Ottawa. In partnership with the River Jordan Ministries, Somerset West Community Health Centre held an evening…
Society wedding for NCAO President Victor Wilson and Temitope Ajayi in Lagos
The wedding ceremony between Temitope Adejoke Ajayi and Victor Osas Wilson, which took place on Thursday, December 19th 2013, can best be described as “simply heavenly”. The solemnization was held at…
Faces at Jaku Konbit`s Kwanzaa celebrations
All roads led to the Ukrainian Hall on Byron Avenue on Saturday 28 December as Jaku Konbit held its annual Kwanzaa celebrations, with scores of people of various races and…
Nigerian Professional & Business Network honours Mandela
Saturday 21 December 2013, saw over fifty Nigerians and friends of Nigeria gathered at the Sheraton Hotel on Albert Street to pay homage to the late apartheid fighter Nelson Mandela….
In conversation with Abdirazak Karod, Executive Director, Somali Centre
It was an unseasonably warm fall day on 26 November when Black Ottawa Scene sat down with Abdirazak Karod, Executive Director of the Somali Centre for Family Services in his…
Noble Women of Ottawa annual Christmas gala
On December 7, 2013, guests representing various segments of Ottawa’s multicultural community gathered at Sainte Geneviève Church for the annual Christmas celebration organized by Noble Women of Ottawa. They were…