MP Arya hosts Black History Month dinner
Sunday 23 February 2020 Nepean MP Chandra Arya hosted a delightful dinner for some 40 African diaspora community leaders at the East India Company restaurant in Bells Corners at Ottawa’s…
Kusi-Appiah: About the Indigenous blockade
Indigenous blockade: decolonizing the settler colony By Andy Kusi-Appiah, QE scholar February 22, 2020 It was a beautiful Thursday afternoon in Ottawa, and I had just settled in nicely at…
Black Vote Canada Fellowship
Velma Morgan is Chair of OBVC that aims is to simplify and demystify the path to public office and civic engagement, by educating, motivating and advocating for Black Canadians to…
Kwanzaa in Regina
Sask. African Canadian Heritage Museum celebrates Kwanzaa in Regina Bryan Eneas · CBC News · Posted: Dec 28, 2019 5:00 AM CT | Last Updated: December 28, 2019 Kwanzaa is being celebrated around the…
Letter from the Editor: February 2020
Good morning folks Happy Black History Month! Unquestionably our Top Story this month is the launching of the 2020 version of Black History Month at the Shaw Centre, with an…
Martin Luther King Day celebration in Ottawa
Monday 20 January 2020 Over 200 people were in attendance at Ottawa’s City Hall to join in the celebration of the 2020 Martin Luther King Jnr day, hosted by the…
Study: Canadian wealth depends on race
The wealth of Canadians is divided along racial lines, report on income inequality says Canadians who identify as visible minorities don’t have the same access to investments and other sources…
Study: 20% of Canadians experience racism
‘It’s a constant battle’: 20% of Canadians say they experience racism, survey reveals Mark Gollom · CBC News · Posted: Dec 09, 2019 9:00 PM ET | Last Updated: December 10 1098 comments After…
Jaku Konbit hosts Kwanzaa celebration
Sunday 29 December 2019 Over a hundred people were at the Ukranian Banquet centre on Byron Avenue last Sunday to celebrate the 2019 Kwanzaa festival. It was hosted by Jaku…
Black Canadian Scholarship Fund dinner-dance
Saturday 30 November 2019 Over two hundred people were at the St. Anthony’s Banquet Hall on Saturday to support the Black Canadian Scholarship Fund at its annual December dinner-dance. Under…