Educational, health and civic forums, seminars and workshops
Canada denies visas to African academics
African visitors least likely to obtain Canadian visas 4-year approval rate lowest of any continent, raising questions about discrimination Idil Mussa · CBC News · Posted: Nov 26, 2019 4 Visa applicants from Africa…
Conference on people of African descent
Saturday 6 April 2019 Fauteux Hall at the University of Ottawa, was the site of a conference hosted by the Human Rights Research and Education Centre (HRREC) last Saturday. Titled: “Persons of African…
Seminar highlights challenges of ageing
Annual Healthy Lifestyles seminar addresses major health issues Saturday 27 April 2019 The African Caribbean Canadian Coalition continued its tradition of holding an annual Healthy Lifestyles seminar for Ottawa’s Black…
Black Mental Health project launched
Wednesday 3 April, 2019 Mental health is a subject that is sometimes a taboo in our community as it carries a certain sigma for those suffering from emotional or mental…
OLIP hosts immigration consultation
Tuesday 30 October The Ottawa Local immigration Partnership (OLIP), in partnership with the Immigration Refugee and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), hosted a workshop last Tuesday at the YM-YWCA Centre on…
St. Peter’s Church hosts workshop on African refugees
Thursday 13 September St. Peter’s Lutheran Church on Sparks Street has a tradition of welcoming refugees to Canada dating back to the seventies, when the first wave of “boat…
CAWI hosts municipal election info session
Thursday 6 September More than 100 people were at Ottawa City Hall on Thursday for an information session organised by the City for All Women Initiative (CAWI). Under the…
Seminar on health risks for African Canadians
Saturday 21 April Over 200 people were in attendance at City Hall on Laurier Avenue at the annual health seminar organised and hosted by a coalition of Black community organisations…
“Writing While Black”
Workshop brings out best in Ottawa’s Black writers Saturday 25 November, 2017 About 20 people of various ages were at the Origin Arts and Community Centre on Lyndale Avenue…
“The Awakening” forum
“The Awakening” forum brings together Somali Youth leaders by Hassan Souleiman Saturday January 13th 2018 marked the 7th annual awakening conference where the theme this year was: ‘‘Agents of Change:…