Brighter Futures for East African Youth Fundraising Event
9 April 2015 A large audience from Ottawa’s diverse communities was on hand at the Contemporary Art Gallery to participate in a fund raising to support East African youth who...
Sierra Leone community celebrates 54th Independence anniversary
25 April 2015 Under the auspices of the Sierra Leone Community Association (SCLA), Ottawa’s Sierra Leone community celebrated the 54th anniversary of their country’s independence at the Margaret Rywark Community centre...
2015 Leading Women, Leading Girls, Building Communities Award recipients
by Sarah Onyango On April 25, 2015, community volunteer Joanne Robinson, arts education advocate and media personality Jewne Johnson, and teen music sensation Angelique. Francis were among the 18 recipients...
Laurie Fenton: Ottawa Police Service Traffic Stop Race Data Collection Project – An update
by Laurie Fenton Traffic Stop Race Data Collection Project Update – Race Based Data Collection To Continue It was a 2005 traffic stop that led the 18 year old black male...
19th Latin American Film Festival – April 27
by Sarah Onyango On April 27, 2015, the Canadian Film Institute and the Embassy of the Republic of Haiti hosted a screening of the film “Ayiti Toma, au pays des...
Author Olive Senior at Ottawa International Writers’ Festival
by Sarah Onyango On Saturday, April 25, 2015, Olive Senior, a Jamaican poet, novelist, short story and non-fiction writer currently living in Toronto, was one of the featured authors...
An evening with poet & filmmaker Shane Book
by Sarah Onyango On Sunday, April 19, 2015, the Independent Filmmakers Cooperative of Ottawa (IFCO) presented an evening with the filmmaker and poet Shane Book, at the Mercury Lounge. This...
Ottawa holds vigil for victims of Kenya massacre
by Delta Reuben On Friday, April 10th, students and Ottawa community members came together to remember those killed in the Garissa University attack which took place on April 2nd in...
In conversation with Neema Mugela, Founder of SIFA choir
Could you tell me about your childhood? Where were you born? Is there anything about your childhood that stands out for you? I was born in Dar es Salaam,...
Letter from the Editor May 2015
Good morning folks The saying: ” May showers bring spring flowers” could not be any more true in the national capital today as we plod through 15 cm of rain...