Bishop McEwan celebrates 50th anniversary
Saturday, 21 September 2019 One of Ottawa’s best known religious leaders, Bishop Rudolph McEwan Sr. celebrated the 50th anniversary of his ministry in Ottawa, at a gala organized by New…
Manitoba elects 3 Black MLA’s
Trio of black MLAs make history by winning seats in Manitoba Legislature Dana Hatherly · Sep 10, 2019 Until Tuesday’s vote, no black person had ever been elected to the Manitoba Legislature in…
Gala honours Yasir Naqvi and Unita Louis
Saturday 24 August 2019 Two icons of Ottawa’s multicultural community were honoured last Saturday at a gala organised and hosted by Flo’s Seniors, under the leadership of our own indefatigable…
Kanu is Chief Financial Officer
‘I can do that too’: Vanessa Kanu on her role at Mitel BY: DavidSali Source: Ottawa Business Journal Vanessa Kanu distinctly recalls feeling “nervous” about leaving her job as a…
Brand wins Trillium award
June 13, 2019 Writer and poet Dionne Brand won Ontario’s Trillium Book Award Thursday for The Blue Clerk. (Frank Gunn/Canadian Press) Dionne Brand has won Ontario’s Trillium Book Award…
Trudeau scholarships for PhD students
Two PhD students receive prestigious Trudeau Foundation scholarships Nataleah Hunter-Young and Riley Kucheran recognized for their exceptional work May 24, 2019 New Trudeau Foundation scholars Nataleah Hunter-Young (right) and…
Kika Otiono heads to medical school
The Path Less Travelled: Third-Year Student Accepted to Med School By Leah Coppella 19 June, 2019 When Kika Otiono was in Grade 12 in Ottawa, most of her friends…
Pereira is York Teacher of the Year
June 14, 2019 Elizabeth Pereira is York Region Teacher of the Year Elizabeth Pereira couldn’t understand what the fuss was all about when she was honoured with the York Region…
Bonnie heads Children’s Aid Societies
Nicole Bonnie, the Ontario Association of Children’s Aid Societies’ (OACAS) first Black Chief Executive Officer (CEO), started in her new position last week. Ontario Association Of Children’s Aid…
Literary Prize for Dionne Brand
Dionne Brand named recipient of 2019 Blue Metropolis Violet Literary Prize April 3 Dionne Brand is a poet, novelist and professor. (Jason Chow) Dionne Brand is the second-ever…