Profile of African, Caribbean and Black not-for-profit, volunteer-run community organisations
NCAO inaugurates new Board of Directors
Sunday 8 July Close to a hundred members of the Nigerian Canadian Association Ottawa were at the Jim Durrell Community Centre on Walkley Road to witness the swearing in of…
Nigerians welcome Bishop Ezeokafor
Friday 22 June The Nigerian community in Ottawa welcomed His Lordship, Most Reverend Paulinus C. Ezeokafor, the Catholic Bishop of Awka Diocese, Anambra State, Nigeria, who was in Ottawa for…
Nigerian Association elects new executive
Sunday 17 June The Jack Purcell Community Centre off Elgin Street was jam packed with close to 400 Nigerians as they gathered to elect the new executive committee for…
Ethiopian Church celebrates 25th anniversary
Saturday 19 May St. Teklehaimanot Ethiopian Orthodox Twehedo Church on Carling Avenue was the scene of a most colourful celebration as over 200 church members and their guests gathered to…
Nigerian Canadians join national conversation
“Nigeria conversation” offers opportunity to diaspora to participate in national debate on governance and national development Saturday 7 April About a hundred people of Nigerian heritage were at the Infiniti…
Rwanda genocide remembered
Parliament Hill ceremony commemorates 24 anniversary of Rwandan genocide Saturday 7 April by Sarah Onyango Honoured to have attended the 24th annual commemoration of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi…
St. Lucia Independence Day
St.Lucia Ottawa Association celebrates 39 years of independence by Toni Francis On March 3rd the Saint Lucia Ottawa Association (SLOA) Executive Committee, under the patronage of the Consulate General of…
Somali Women celebrate International Women’s Day
Somali Women Circle Network celebrate International Women’s Day by Ifrah Hassan Thank you so much to everyone who joined us this past Saturday for our FIRST women-only dinner in celebration…
NCBN Leadership awards
17 February NCBN holds first Diversity in Leadership Celebration & Awards by Wale AdeSanya South African High Commissioner, H.E. Dlamini Mntambo,…
New Nigerian High Commissioner welcomed at reception
Saturday 25 November The Nigerian community in Ottawa turned out in large numbers at a special reception at the YM-YWCA centre on Argyle Avenue, to welcome the newly accredited…