Take Back the Night joins with Sisters in Spirit to fight violence against women
An aboriginal woman holding the picture of her murdered daughter stands on the steps of Parliament. A crowd is spread out in front of her, holding up candles to show their support. As the woman breaks...
View ArticleCarleton holds vigil for Westgate shooting victims
Dozens of students and members of the Ottawa community gathered for a candlelight vigil Oct. 3 at Carleton in honour of the victims of the Westgate mall attack in Nairobi, Kenya. The four-day-long...
View ArticleOttawa holds Ferguson vigil amid tension
Silence filled the air outside the U.S. Embassy in Ottawa on Nov. 25 as hundreds of demonstrators fell quiet for four and a half minutes to remember the four and a half hours Michael Brown’s body lay...
View ArticleFaculty of Engineering remembers Montreal Massacre
Carleton’s Faculty of Engineering and Design hosted a vigil and event in commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the Montreal Massacre. The event, held on Dec. 2 in the Minto Centre faculty boardroom,...
View ArticleHarambe celebrated, remembered at candlelight vigils
On May 27, 1999, Harambe the gorilla was born in Brownsville, Texas at Gladys Porter Zoo. On May 28, 2016, just one day after his 17th birthday, the 440-pound male silverback gorilla was shot by zoo...
View Article‘Big dreams and aspirations’: Mourning family, friends remember Carleton...
On a cloudy Sunday in Tehran, Fareed Arasteh married the love of his life, hoping she would join him in Ottawa before he finished his doctorate program at Carleton. Anxious, as he packed his bags...
View Article‘Heartbroken’: Carleton vigil mourns community members killed in plane crash
Onlookers cracked a smile through their tears, as friends and family of Fareed Arasteh and Mansour Pourjam mourned their untimely deaths at a vigil held on Wednesday. Carleton’s community lost Arasteh...
View ArticleHundreds attend vigil for Palestinians held in front of Israeli embassy in...
Hundreds peacefully rallied in front of the Israeli embassy in downtown Ottawa to demonstrate solidarity with Palestinian victims at a candlelight vigil Tuesday evening. The vigil was held prior to the...
View ArticleHundreds attend Ottawa vigil for Muslim family killed in suspected hate crime
Several hundred people attended a vigil at the Human Rights Monument in downtown Ottawa on Tuesday evening to honour the victims of a fatal truck attack that killed a Muslim family in London, Ont....
View ArticlePhoto Essay: Vigil held following fatal shooting in Ottawa’s Lowertown...
A vigil was held Tuesday evening following the shooting death of Burundian immigrant Loris Tyson Ndongozi, a killing which has left the Lowertown community grieving. Ndongozi, nicknamed “Pancake” by...
View ArticleOttawans show love for Ukrainians impacted by military conflict at...
More than 150 people attended a vigil on Saturday night outside the Ukrainian embassy in Ottawa to pay respects for Ukrainians who have passed away during an ongoing invasion by Russian armed forces....
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