2025 Black History Ottawa President's Community Builder Award Recipients
Ottawa Carleton District School Board
2025 Recepient of the Black History Ottawa President’s Community Builder Award
Ottawa Catholic School Board
2025 Recepient of the Black History Ottawa President’s Community Builder Award
Faculty of Education University of Ottawa
2025 Recepient of the Black History Ottawa President’s Community Builder Award
Historical Society of Ottawa
2025 Recepient of the Black History Ottawa President’s Community Builder Award
National Gallery of Canada
2025 Recepient of the Black History Ottawa President’s Community Builder Award
Embassy of the USA
2025 Recepient of the Black History Ottawa President’s Community Builder Award
Ubuntu Collective
2025 Recepient of the Black History Ottawa President’s Community Builder Award
2024 Black History Ottawa President's Community Builder Award Recipients
Councillor Stéphanie Plante
2024 Black History Ottawa President’s Community Builder Award
To recognize her allyship, commitment to equity and inclusion, as well as herr contribution to preserving the history & legacies of persons of African descent in Ottawa, especially her role in initiating and pushing through the renaming of the Besserer Park as the Herbert and Estelle Brown Park.
2023 Black History Ottawa President's Community Builder Award Recipients
Ben Weiss
2023 Black History Ottawa President’s Community Builder Award
In recognition of his work in support of The UN Decade for Peoples of African Descent, and as a Lead with the Black History in Ottawa Streets initiative and related commemorations linked to the abolition of slavery.
2022 Black History Ottawa President's Community Builder Award Recipients
Liz Wong
2022 Black History Ottawa President’s Community Builder Award
For her unwavering support of activities in support of Black History Month, specifically, her role in Canada Post’s Commemorative Black History Month Stamp program.
2021 Black History Ottawa President's Community Builder Award Recipients
Lawrence Greenspon
2021 Black History Ottawa President’s Community Builder Award
For his work representing marginalized and vulnerable individuals against governments, institutions, and corporations, as well as his volunteer endeavours and philanthropy in support of various community organizations.
2018 Black History Ottawa President's Community Builder Award Recipients
Rick Desclouds
2018 Black History Ottawa President’s Community Builder Award
to publicly recognize his leadership in providing Black History Month programming at Glashan Public School that has enabled young Canadians to learn about the struggles, triumphs and many contributions of persons of African ancestry in Canada.
2017 Black History Ottawa President's Community Builder Award Recipients
Daniel R. Stringer
2017 Black History Ottawa President’s Community Builder Award
Black History Ottawa is pleased to present Daniel R. Stringer with the
2017 Black History Ottawa President’s Community Builder Award
2016 Black History Ottawa President's Community Builder Award Recipient
Daniel R. Stringer
2016 Black History Ottawa President’s Community Builder Award
Black History Ottawa is pleased to present
Hon. Yasir Naqvi, MPP
with the inaugural Black History Ottawa President’s Community Builder Award
for his outstanding longtime support of projects and programs that have benefitted Ottawa’s Black community.
