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SOLIDARITY AND RESISTANCE ARTS SHOW Community,Social Justice,Palestine On Friday January 20th, the Ottawa chapter of the Palestinian Youth Movement hosted a Solidarity and Resistance Arts Show in support of the liberation of Palestine. The event included evocative speeches from members of the Palestinian Youth Movement, words from Dr. Khuri of Run for Palestine, a lively dabke performance (a Levantine Arab folk dance) by local dance group Dalona Zaffeh, as well as an original poem and moving performance of a Palestinian folk song performed by local poet and songwriter Maisaloon Hammoud. Continue Reading BLACK HISTORY OPENING CEREMONY Community,Politics This past Saturday at the National Gallery of Canada was the Opening Ceremony of Black History Month. This event was put on by Black History Ottawa and featured various speeches, performances and award presentations to recognize outstanding members of Ottawa’s black community. Continue Reading WORLD AIDS DAY CEREMONY 2022 Community, Environment On Thursday, December 1st 2022 the Red Ribbon raising ceremony was held on Parliament Hill to observe World Aids Day. The ceremony aimed to commemorate those living with HIV/AIDS and provide them with support, with this year’s theme being “Equalize”, along with remembering those who were lost due to the disease. It also addressed the stigmas around AIDS, and how inequality was one of the defining factors in how detrimental the disease truly is. Continue Reading HODAN HASHI VIGIL Community, Environment Saturday, November 19th 2022 a vigil was held at Ottawa City Hall for Hodan Hashi, a 23 year old Ottawa woman who died at a Saskatoon nightclub after being attacked by Paige Theriault-Fisher. The vigil provided a space for members of the Ottawa-Gatineau community to voice their outrage about what many believe to be lenient charges on Theriault-Fischer which were manslaughter and release on $5,000 bail. Continue Reading Ottawa organization launches Black Youth Rising to empower the city’s youth Community, Education, Culture “We’re just trying to highlight the importance of youth as leaders,” Musa said. “We want to try to give them a voice and give a space for them to feel free and connect with other youth.” Continue Reading LRT meeting with city turns skepticism to optimism for Nepean tenants Community, Politics, Transport “The concern was that we did not get to pick our own representatives,” Trowbridge said. “There are a few of us who have stuck this fight out the entire time and have been organizing and leading. It would have been nice to pick our own representatives.” Continue Reading

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Why report news? As a contributor to the news team, you will have access to training in all aspects of in-field reporting and audio production. We are looking for individuals to contribute:

1) daily headline newscasts. These are around 3-minute news updates that typically include 3 different updates, available in either English or French. You can choose to contribute daily, weekly or occasionally in either language.

2) News stories. We cover a wide range of issues, local to international for our weekly news show The Mosaic. These stories include research, analysis, interviews and documentary segments. You can find written stories on the CHUO News tab..