High Commission of Barbados, Ottawa

Coordinates: 45°25′20″N 75°41′46″W / 45.4222°N 75.6962°W / 45.4222; -75.6962
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High Commission of Barbados in Ottawa
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Location55 Metcalfe Street
Suite 470
High Commissioner
Mr. E. Evelyn Greaves

The High Commission of Barbados in

Rockcliffe Park at #368 Lisgar Road.[2]

The Barbadian High Commission presently ranks 14th on Canadian Government's "Ambassadors by Order of Precedence" list.[3]

Initially the Office of the Barbados High Commission was established in June 1967 at: 151 Slater Street, Suite 200.[4] It remained for a number of years before relocating.

Activities

The

High Commissioner to Canada, having succeeded Glyne Samuel Hyvesta Murray.[6]

In 1989 the Barbados High Commission then under High Commissioner established the annual Errol Barrow Memorial Trust of Canada which awards worthy Canadians with educational scholarships.[7] The 2013 fundraiser dinner and awards was hosted at the Ottawa City Hall.

Sponsorships

The High Commission is also one of the sponsors of the Black Canadian Scholarship Fund (BCSF),[8] and the Ottawa Seniors Organization.[9]

The High Commissioner has participated in a number of community events in Ottawa including a major fund raising campaign for the Queensway Carleton Hospital Care Grows West expansion-project for which over CAD$5 million was raised.[10]

Publications

  • Greaves, Edward Evelyn (2010). Sandiford, Dr. Keith (ed.). Some Barbadian-Canadians A Biographical Dictionary. Barbados High Commission. Archived from the original on 2011-03-01. Retrieved 2 March 2014.[11]

Past High Commissioners

Accreditation(s)

The Barbadian High Commissioner in Ottawa is also concurrently accredited as non-resident High Commissioner to: Australia and New Zealand.

Past addresses

  • 130 Albert Street, Suite 600

See also

References

  1. ^ "Consulate General of Barbados in Toronto, Canada". embassypages.com. 27 August 2011. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
  2. ISSN 1190-8343. PM 20957514. Archived
    from the original on 17 November 2021. Retrieved 1 March 2014.
  3. ^ "Foreign Representatives in Canada: Ambassadors by Order of Precedence". Archived from the original on 2014-02-27. Retrieved 2014-02-24.
  4. The Ottawa Journal. 28 June 1967. p. 51. Archived from the original
     (PDF) on 2014-02-27. Retrieved 2 March 2014. Barbados High Commission - It is noted for general information that the Office of the High Commissioner for Barbados in Canada has been established at Suite 200, 151 Slater, Street Ottawa 4, Ont.
  5. ^ Canada’s Seasonal Agricultural Workers Programme Archived 2014-03-02 at the Wayback Machine, Ministry of Labour, Government of Barbados
  6. ^ Current Foreign Representatives in Canada: Heads of Missions Archived 2014-02-27 at the Wayback Machine, Office of Protocol, Canada
  7. ^ "Errol Barrow Memorial Trust of Canada". Archived from the original on 2014-03-11. Retrieved 2014-03-08.
  8. ^ Sponsors Archived 2014-03-10 at the Wayback Machine, Black Canadian Scholarship Fund (BCSF)
  9. ^ Prosperity Fund's Annual Fundraiser Archived 2014-03-10 at the Wayback Machine, Ottawa Seniors
  10. ^ Best, Tony (23 October 2011). "Seen Up North: Barbados' best for a good cause". Nation newspaper. Nation Publishing. Archived from the original on 10 March 2014. Retrieved 9 March 2014. Barbados' High Commissioner Evelyn Greaves and his wife Fran, were what the doctor ordered for a Barbados-themed gala that raised funds for the Queensway Carleton Hospital's Care Grows West expansion campaign.
  11. Barbados Advocate. Advocate New. Archived from the original
    on 2014-10-06. Retrieved 2 March 2014. Last Sunday's column evoked much nostalgia, phone calls and emails, so here's a bit more about the splendid tome "Some Barbadian Canadians", published by the High Commission for Barbados to Canada in 2010. This magnificent volume of some 250 large format pages holds between its covers the rich biographies of over 300 Bajans making their mark in Canada over the last two centuries. It could be sub-titled "A Revelation of Bajan-Canadian Nation Builders".
  12. ^ Glyne Murray Archived 2012-04-25 at the Wayback Machine Biography chairman, Copyright Society of Composers
  13. ^ "OLIVER JACKMAN APPOINTED PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF SECRETARY-GENERAL IN BORDER CONTROVERSY BETWEEN GUYANA AND VENEZUELA". Archived from the original on 2014-10-20. Retrieved 2014-03-03.

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