Ujama Job Fair
Ujama Job Fair attracts scores of job seekers Saturday 20 January Fresh from receiving the 2018 Martin Luther King Jnr DreamKeepers award, Jaku Konbit President Ken Campbell was at it…
Award for Natasha Henry
Educator honoured for promoting Black Canadian history AUG 30 Educator honoured for promoting Black Canadian history NEWS August 30, 2017 There was a time when educator & historian : knew…
Desmond Cole wins 2017 PEN Canada/Ken Filkow Prize
By PEN Canada | December 14, 2017 Desmond Cole wins 2017 PEN Canada/Ken Filkow Prize for freedom of expression Desmond Cole has won the 2017 PEN Canada/Ken Filkow Prize. The $1,000 prize…
OCISO hosts Equity and Racial Justice forum
Monday 4 December About forty participants from Ottawa’s aboriginal and racialised communities were at the Ottawa Community Immigrant Services Organisation (OCISO) community room on Wellington Street West for a forum…
Ontario’s female Black judges sworn in
NOV 15, 2017 November 16, 2017 Lori Montague wanted to follow her parents’ footsteps and become a teacher. Her dad, Spurgeon Montague, had another idea. “Why don’t you consider becoming…
Dr. Helen Ofosu: Are both men and women enabling workplace sexual harassment?
by Dr. Helen Ofosu | Dec 2, 2017 For many weeks now, we’ve seen a steady stream of articles describing how people, often women, have been mistreated in various workplaces by men ……
Nigeria’s Amina Yuguda wins BBC World News Komla Dumor award
19 September 2017 Amina Yuguda hails from Yola in north-eastern Nigeria A journalist from north-eastern Nigeria has won the third BBC World News Komla Dumor Award. Amina Yuguda is…
Dr. Helen Ofosu: How to stay relevant in the era of artificial intelligence
By Dr. Helen Ofosu The repercussions of modern innovations are starting to become unsettling to professionals in a broad range of occupations (e.g., law, financial planning, and to a lesser…
Bishop Jacob Afolabi: THE GOOD WORD: Holiness – Greater than Power
by Bishop Jacob Afolabi All the miracles and display of power by Jesus Christ is wrapped up in HOLINESS. Thus none of it can be contested nor successfully opposed. Holiness…
“Four Brown Girls” event showcases black business women
Panelists share their views with the audience Photo credit: Sarah Onyango by Sarah Onyango My mind is still buzzing from that unforgettable #FourBrownGirls event I attended at Schenkman Arts Centre…