This year’s theme #BecauseOfYou (#GrâceàVous,), pays tribute to the diverse and inspirational gender equality change-makers we know in our own lives.
More info: https://cfc-swc.gc.ca/commemoration/iwd-jif/theme-en.html
International Women's Day 2020 campaign theme: #EachforEqual
Collectively, each one of us can help create a gender equal world.
More info: www.internationalwomensday.com
7:30 PM – 9:30 PM EST
Arts Court Theatre, 2 Daly Ave, Ottawa, ON K1N 6E2
Signature Series: Being coloured/ful in a black and white world. International storyteller Jacqui Du Toit takes you on a journey to her mother land, South Africa, to times of great struggle - and uprising.
TICKETS available at box office or online purchase: General Admission - CA$22.00 +CA$2.35 Fee / Senior/Student - CA$18.00+CA$2.11 Fee. Sales end on Mar 4, 2020
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/signature-series-being-colouredful-in-a-black-and-white-world-tickets-69729473733?fbclid=IwAR3LwgmDxfZ70pv0TIbI99uBkUti3u_G38Dpf4cUBElKxLxvhNQj-yEYUWQ
Saturday, March 7, 2020
8:30 PM
National Arts Centre, Ottawa
Described as “a retro-Afrofuturist vision sending listeners on a journey through 40 years of electronic music” (Nuvo), Zaki Ibrahim’s music brings elements of spoken word, hip hop, soul, house and 70s pop together, filtered through the prismatic and often contradictory lenses of personal, historical and scientific relativities. Even the concept of diaspora seems to fall short of capturing the vivid vibrational multitudes of Ibrahim’s scope.
https://nac-cna.ca/en/event/23939
Saturday, March 7, 2020
11 AM – 4 PM
Parliament Hill
111 Wellington St, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0A6
4th Annual Ottawa Women's March // 4e Marche des Femmes Ottawa - marching to protest oppression and discrimination in Ottawa, Canada and Globally. MARCH ROUTE: We will be marching from Parliament Hill to Ottawa City Hall. The exact route will be posted closer to the day of the event. There will be an accessibility bus available for those who require it. For more information regarding the bus, please email [email protected] Following the March, we will gather at Ottawa City Hall’s Jean Pigott Place for refreshments, workshops, speeches from local community activists and elected officials, and performances by local artists. There will be no cost for this event. Ottawa City Hall and Jean Pigott Place are wheelchair accessible. Gender neutral bathrooms are available at City Hall.
Wednesday, March 11, 2020
4 PM – 6 PM
Galerie SAW Gallery, 67, rue Nicholas Street, Ottawa, Ontario K1N 7B9
Réseautage Ottawa bilingue / Bilingual Ottawa Networking Event. Hosted by ACFO Ottawa. Cet événement permettra de réunir les récipiendaires des subventions, les pourvoyeurs de services bilingues et les membres de la communauté en réseautant afin de bien amorcer les projets d'Ottawa bilingue. Les projets financés sont présents dans l’ensemble du territoire de la ville et visent toutes les populations mises en place par des organismes sans but lucratifs, entreprises collectives et entreprises privés francophones, anglophones et bilingues d’Ottawa. Découvrez l’ensemble des projets subventionnés sur notre site web : https://acfoottawa.ca/ottawabilingue/ Nous vous invitons à participer à notre événement de réseautage d’Ottawa bilingue le mercredi 11 mars de 16 h et 18 h qui se déroule à la Galerie Saw au 67 rue Nicholas à Ottawa avec la l'Honorable Ministre Mélanie Joly et le conseiller municipal Mathieu Fleury. Des amuse-gueules seront servies et un bar payant sera disponible pour vos rafraichissements. / This event will bring together grant recipients, bilingual service providers and members of the community to network in order to start the Bilingual Ottawa projects the right way. The funded projects are present throughout the city and will be released by French, English and bilingual non-profit organizations, collective businesses and private businesses in Ottawa. Discover all of the subsidized projects on our website: https://acfoottawa.ca/bilingualOttawa
Thursday, 12 March 2020
6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Azrieli Theatre, Library Road, Ottawa, ON K1S
NB2PW presents: W'AT ABOWT US Special screening and panel discussion. Join us for a special screening of this documentary by Beverly Vergel which touches on the lives of 8 women from different cultural backgrounds who share their stories of abuse, vulnerability and shame. Bringing awareness to the pandemic of abuse across different cultures, ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds. TICKETS:
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/wat-abowt-us-special-screening-and-panel-discussion-tickets-93412470213?aff=efbevent&fbclid=IwAR1H-pkjV943XN5iiKZ1iG9FIa6D7oaQ-6JJrj3USx53xkj5bdWbCZfCf6w
Thursday, March 12, 2020
8 AM
Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre, 355 Cooper Street, Ottawa, Ontario K2P 0G8
Carleton's Institute of African Studies' 10th Anniversary celebration. Free admission but registration mandatory by March 10, 2020 at africanstudies10thanniversary.eventbrite.ca PROGRAM 8:00am - 8:30am - Registration and coffee (Woodside Hall); 8:30am - 9:00am - Welcome addresses (Sanctuary): Christine Duff, Interim Director of IAS and Host; Benoît-Antoine Bacon, President of Carleton University; Pauline Rankin, Dean of FASS; André Plourde, Dean of FPA / 9:00am - 10:30am Canadian African Studies in the Age of Decoloniality (Sanctuary): Moderator: Blair Rutherford, Chair of Sociology and Anthropology; Belinda Dodson (University of Western Ontario, Managing Editor, Canadian Journal of African Studies); Pablo Idahosa (York University); Marie Nathalie Leblanc (UQAM) / 10:30am - 10:45am Coffee break (Woodside Hall) / 10:45am - 12:15pm: Canada & Africa: Dialogue Building, Changing Narrative (Sanctuary); Moderator: Yiagadeesen (Teddy) Samy, Director of the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs; David Black (Dalhousie University); Mukani Moyo (McKinsey & Company, Toronto); H.E. Nasise Challi Jira, Ambassador of Ethiopia to Canada / 12:15pm - 1:30pm: Lunch (Woodside Hall) / 1:30pm - 3:00pm: Arts and Culture (Sanctuary) Reading by Kagiso Molope, winner of the inaugural Pius Adesanmi Memorial Award for Excellence in African Writing; Drumming & dance performance by Carleton’s West African Rhythm Ensemble. Book launches & readings 3:00pm - 5:00pm: Student Program (Sanctuary)/ 5:00pm - 6:00pm: Wine and cheese reception (Woodside Hall)/ 6:00pm - 6:45pm Keynote address (Sanctuary): Senegalese writer Ken Bugul (pen name of Mariètou Mbaye) / 7:00pm - 9:00pm Dinner & Dancing (Woodside Hall)