United Way Community Builder award for Warren Clarke
Dr. Warren Clarke Dr. Warren Clarke is the founder of The Afro-Caribbean Mentorship program (ACMP) at Carleton University. This mentorship program helps graduate and undergraduate students in racialized communities build…
Applicants stranded by “idle” immigration worker
Where is officer DM10032? Applicants stumped, stranded by idle immigration worker ‘Please, officer, do your job. I want my life back,’ pleads applicant from Nigeria Priscilla Ki Sun Hwang · CBC…
Health award for Jane Mariki
Ottawa PSW recognized with award for work in home care field “It gives me a lot of encouragement and happiness to know that people are seeing what I’m doing and…
Canada Post stamp honours Eleanor Collins
Friday 21 January, 2022 Canada Post honours jazz legend, Eleanor Collins, with stamp Friday, January 21, 2022 Canada’s first lady of jazz one of the first female singers in…
Africa’s week in pictures
Africa’s week in pictures: 17-23 December 2021 23 December 2021 A selection of the best photos from the African continent and beyond. Source: BBC News
Life Achievement award for Floydeen Charles-Fridal
Dreamkeepers celebrate the 2022 Martin Luther King Day Monday 17 January 2022 Ottawa’s DreamKEEPERS hosted the 2022 Martin Luther King Jnr Day celebrations with a virtual event and community award…
Leadership award for Ketcia Peters
Dreamkeepers’ Citation to Ketcia Peters For Outstanding Leadership Monday 17 January 2022 For focusing on anti-racism and anti-oppression in your active public engagement, championing equity and inclusion For developing conflict…
Community award for Floyd Hutchinson
Dreakeepers’ Citation For Outstanding Leadership To Floyd Hutchinson Monday 17 January 2022 For developing strategies and action plans to increase diversity in the Ottawa Police Force For Organizing events to harmonize…
Covid vaccinations in Black communities
Friday, 28 January 2022 “COVID-19 and Vaccination in Black Communities” webinar by Olivia Barrett The “COVID-19 and Vaccination in Black Communities” project was funded by the Canadian Institute of Health…
Remembering Dr. Glenda Simms
by Dave Tulloch Dr. Glenda Simms who was appointed by Prime Minister Brian Mulroney to become the first president of the Canadian Advisory Council on the Status of Women, passed…