Slim Jxmmi of Rae Sremmurd, captured at Ottawa Bluesfest on July 14, 2018.
A Black woman wears a surgical mask with “I CAN’T BREATHE” written on it at a George Floyd solidarity march outside of the US Embassy on Sussex Drive in Ottawa, Canada on June 5, 2020. After meeting at Parliament Hill, tens of thousands peacefully marched through various streets in the downtown area. “I can’t breathe” were the final words uttered by George Floyd and Eric Garner, two African American men who were killed in separate incidents of police brutality in the United States.
An Indigenous youth passionately beats her drum during a demonstration that was organized by Wet’suwet’en supporters outside of the Justice Building in Ottawa, Ont. on Feb.12, 2020.
A woman wipes her eye as she raises a fist in the air during the second annual Women’s March in Ottawa on Jan. 20, 2018.
A fan watches the 49th annual Panda Game football match between the University of Ottawa GeeGees and the Carleton University Ravens at TD Stadium in Ottawa, Ont., on Sept. 30, 2017. The Ravens won in 33-30 in OT, in front of a sellout crowd of 24,420 people.
Stefano Napolitano of the Carleton University Ravens flashes a wink at the camera as he holds the “Pedro the Panda” championship trophy, following the Ravens’ victory over the University of Ottawa GeeGees in the 49th annual Panda Game football match at TD Stadium in Ottawa, Ont., on Sept. 30, 2017. The Ravens won in 33-30 in OT, in front of a sellout crowd of 24,420 people.
A child with a Pride flag in hand blissfully roams through Pride festivities prior to the start of the 2018 Capital Pride Parade in Ottawa on August 26.
A cosplayer named “Priderman” poses for the camera during the 2018 Capital Pride Parade in Ottawa on August 26.
Jimmy Kalinek soars high in the sky during a blanket toss activity that was hosted during Inuvik’s National Indigenous Day celebrations on June 21, 2019.
Indigenous youth were at the forefront of a solidarity rally and march for the Wet’suwet’en First Nation in Ottawa on Feb. 24, 2020.
People held hands and formed a circle around Indigenous drummers during a Round Dance ceremony that was organized on campus by the University of Ottawa’s Indigenous Resource Centre on Nov. 15, 2019.
Canadian pop-singer Shawn Mendes performs at the 2018 Ottawa Bluesfest music festival on July 7.
The Northern Lights dance over Yellowknife, N.W.T. January 2019
The lives of three boys who ran away from Inuvik’s Stringer Hall residential school in 1972 were honoured at a ceremony in Inuvik, N.W.T. on June 6, 2019. Bernard Andreason, Dennis Dick and Lawrence Jack Elanik were no older than 13-years-old when they set out on foot to return home to the neighbouring community of Tuktoyaktuk, a journey that spanned two weeks. Andreason managed to make it home, but his two friends died along the way. During the ceremony, Elders and family members of the two boys prayed over Andreason, centre, who turned 58 later that year.
A couple goes for a morning stroll along the trails of Tin Can Hill in Yellowknife, N.W.T., January 2019.
A dog sled race, also known as mushing, commences down by the frozen Mackenzie River during Inuvik’s 62nd annual Muskrat Jamboree festival in April 2019.
Joel Arey, 15, kicks a ball that stands at a height of 7 ft and 6 inches during a One-Foot High Kick tournament during the 2019 Northern and Dene Games Summit in Inuvik, N.W.T. in March.
A ski-doo racer flies around the corner of the race track for the men’s ski-doo race event during Inuvik’s 62nd annual Muskrat Jamboree, which took place down by the frozen Mackenzie River on April 6, 2019.
The sun sets over Inuvik, N.W.T. February 2019
