Yvette Ashiri: Councillor, Orleans South, Navan
Yvette Ashiri is running for a Municipal Council seat in Orléans-South-Navan ward at the Ottawa municipal election, scheduled for Monday, 24 October 2022. Visit her website for more information: Yvette…
Carl Nicholson retires from CCI
A message from Carl Nicholson August 3, 2022Thank you for 28 wonderful years!Last week marked my final week at the Catholic Centre for Immigrants. I want to thank you for…
Mosaïque interculturelle hosts arts exhibition
by Sarah Onyango Saturday, August 20, 2022 On Saturday, August 20, 2022, Mosaïque interculturelle launched the first annual “Salon des arts visuels afro-canadiens” (SAVAC), an exhibition showcasing works created by…
Jamaicans celebrate Jam Day
Saturday 6 August, 2022 At 60: Celebrating Jamaica’s Independence By Olivia Barrett Even on the hottest day of the year, Ottawa’s Jamaican community came out for the first JAM Day…
Ottawa celebrates Emancipation Day
Monday 1 August 2022 by Sarah Onyango Words are inadequate to express how proud I am of the WIYAO executive and the Kamengo Cultural Group (from Uganda) for creating a…
Otiono nominated for literary award
Facebook posting from Professor Nduka Otiono Tuesday 23 August 2022 Excited to be shortlisted for the Archibald Lampman Award for poetry for my new collection of poems, DisPlace: The Poetry…
Nigerian Association hosts summer picnic
Saturday 2 July 2022 The Nigerian Canadian Association of Ottawa hosted its first post-pandemic picnic at Mooney’s Bay Park and Beach on Riverside Drive on Saturday 2 July. Hundreds of…
U. of Alberta: “Unfair awards criteria”
International students protest “unfair exclusion from graduation awards”. Ose Irete · CBC News · Posted: Jun 20, 202221 At the start of his petroleum engineering degree at the University of Alberta, Tomiwa Brown’s goal…
ACAO hosts Multiculturalism Day
Saturday 25 June 2022 The African Canadian Association of Ottawa (ACAO) hosted its first in-person post-pandemic Multiculturalism Day at the former Rideau High School Park at 815 St. Laurent Boulevard….
U of T celebrates Black graduates
Black graduates recognized one another’s achievements at a student-led event held at Hart House following U of T’s spring convocation ceremonies (photo by Geoffrey Vendeville) “Understand that your presence here,…