Cal Lawrence: Analysis of Paralysis – Occupation of Ottawa
The Analysis of Paralysis by Cal Lawrence, Retired RCMP officer The truckers’ protest over vaccines and Covid restrictions turned out to be much more. The demonstration turned into an occupation…
Rawlson King: My journey to City Hall
Presentation to Historical Association of Ottawa February 2020 on the occasion of Black History Month My Journey to City Hall by Rawlson King, Ottawa’s first City Councillor Firstly, I would…
Ifeoma Chinwuba: Anthology of selected poems
Book Review by Ifeoma Akabogu Chinwuba Introduction to Poetry: A Critical Anthology of Selected North American, British and African Poems. 4th Edition. Author: Obi Maduakor Shidaanikei, Toronto, © 2019, 192…
Billa Hissein: Exhale
Exhale by Billa Hissein Oh to be in Peru with you.Mountains anchored and still in front of us,The sun on our cheeksAs we sat on a park bench reading and…
Olivia Barrett: Talking with Dynamic Women
Friday, 18 March 2022 Talking with Dynamic Women panel: visions for improving support By Olivia Barrett Empowered. Tenacious. Resilient These were the recurring words spoken by panelists at the Canadian…
Is Sloly the last Black Ottawa Police chief?
Peter Sloly was the first only and most likely last Black Police Chief of the Ottawa Police Service by Ketcia Peters Until a couple of months ago, Ottawa had a…
Black psychologists treat racism trauma
The Mental Health for Everyone Project seeks to understand the impact of racial discrimination on the lives and health of racialized people, improve the mental health resources available for them,…
Black Mental Health Week 1-7 March
Monday 28 February 2022 City of Ottawa Proclaims March 1st to March 7th as Black Mental Health WeekMarch 1, 2022 (Ottawa)—While Canadians are beginning to talk more about mental health…
Ifeoma Chinwuba: The Promise
Book Review by Ifeoma Chinwuba The Promise, Damon Galgut, Europa , 2021, 269 pages. If I, or any other author had written The Promise, I bet an editor would have…
Titilope Sonuga: Arrival
JAN. 24, 2022 ARRIVAL A poem by Titilope Sonuga Introduction by Lucius Dechausay In 1998, when a young Titilope Sonuga arrived in Edmonton with her Nigerian family, the weather felt like “the…