“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:…
MacAndrew Clarke:2018 Ontario and Quebec elections
Ahead of the 2018 Ontario and Quebec provincial elections By MacAndrew Clarke The year ahead in federal and provincial politics will be important for Black communities in the Ottawa/Gatineau region….
Meiz Majdoub: It’s tax time
by Meiz Majdoub We are already inching into 2018 and will deviate from our on going discussion on the Topic of insurance and devote my first article of the year…
Kika Otiono: University of Ottawa Health symposium
2018 University of Ottawa Healthcare Symposium promotes youth excellence by Kika Otiono It’s not often that you find over 200+ students in business professional attire at 9am on a Saturday…
Symposium helps Ottawa’s black community navigate municipal system
Wednesday 29 November June Girvan, an elder in Ottawa’s black community, opened a symposium Wednesday by blowing a special African horn, filling the atrium of Ottawa City Hall with a…
MPP Yasir Naqvi honours Black Ottawa leaders with OC150 award
MPP Yasir Naqvi addresses the award recipients Source: Yasir Naqvi Saturday 2 December Ottawa Centre…
World AIDS Day promotes understanding and compassion
Friday 1 December Under the banner: “It takes courage”, Somerset West Community Health Centre welcomed about forty people from Ottawa’s African, Caribbean and Black communities to its annual forum, commemorating…
Samson Agboegbulem receives Medal of Bravery from Governor-General
Thursday, 23 November Her Excellency the Right Honourable Julie Payette, Governor General of Canada, presented Nigerian-Canadian Samson Agboegbulem and four of his fire-fighter colleagues with Medals of Bravery, at a ceremony at…
Anti-gender violence forum hosted by the Somali Women Circle Network
2 December by Roda Muse The Somali Women’s Circle Network (SWCN) held its annual event around the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence on December 2nd, 2017, at the…
Paul Harris appointed Justice of the Peace
Monday 20 November Ottawa’s First Black Justice of the Peace by Ewart Walters The Nation’s Capital has got its first Black Justice of the Peace. Ottawa’s Paul Harris was sashed and sworn…