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Donald Willard Moore (1891–1994), known also as "Uncle Don", [1] was a Black Canadian civil rights activist who fought to change Canada’s immigration laws. He is known for his involvement in several civil rights organizations and for leading a delegation in Ottawa that successfully managed to push the Government of Canada to revise discriminatory immigration laws affecting non-white ...
The Jean Talon Building is a federal government office building in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It forms part of the complex of three buildings, including the R. H. Coats Building and the Main Building, that houses the headquarters of Statistics Canada. Jean Talon was also the first intendant of the New France project
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC; French: Immigration, Réfugiés et Citoyenneté Canada) [NB 1] is the department of the Government of Canada with responsibility for matters dealing with immigration to Canada, refugees, and Canadian citizenship. The department was established in 1994 following a reorganization.
On July 3, 1936, at Emmanuel College Chapel, Toronto, J.W. Pickersgill married Beatrice Landon Young (1913-1938). A graduate of the University of Manitoba, Beatrice was born in Winnipeg, the daughter of Dr. Fred Armstrong Young (1875-1964), MD, and Landon (Wright) Young (1878-1931).
In 2007, the Ministry of Citizenship of Immigration was accused of using immigrant aid money as a slush fund by directing it to groups with strong Liberal ties. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The Ontario Auditor General probed $32 million of spending over a 2-year period and found no direct evidence of money flowing due to political ties, but that political ties ...
Stornoway is the name of the official residence of the leader of the Official Opposition in Canada, and has been used as such since 1950.It is provided in recognition of the opposition leader's position and is located at 541 Acacia Avenue in the Rockcliffe Park area of Ottawa, Ontario. [1]
The front of Lornado on July 4, 2015 U.S. Ambassador to Canada Kelly Craft (left) hosting members of the Performing Arts Center Consortium at Lornado in 2017. The house was built in 1908 for Warren Y. Soper, an American-born, Ottawa-based industrialist.
Exploring Ottawa: an architectural guide to the nation's capital. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. p. 8. ISBN 978-0-8020-6395-3. Ottawa: a guide to heritage structures. City of Ottawa, Local Architectural Conservation Advisory Committee. 2001. ISBN 978-0-9686-5071-4.