(UPDATE: March 11 @ 9 a.m.) - Two more Canadian victims of Sunday's deadly Ethiopian Airlines crash have been identified.
The United Nations High Commission for Refugees said that Jessica Hyba was on the plane went it crashed shortly after takeoff.
Hyba worked for the commission as the organization's senior external relations officer.
According to her Facebook page, she was born in Ottawa and pursued a career in international aid work.
Meanwhile, forestry groups identified Peter DeMarsh of New Brunswick as one of the victims as well.
DeMarsh worked with the International Family Forestry Alliance and was en route to Nairobi to attend a workshop.
Seven of the 18 Canadian victims have now been identified and you can read about the first five below.
(UPDATE: March 10 @ 9 p.m.) - The names of two more Canadians that were on the plane that crashed before it reached its destination in Nairobi, Kenya, on Sunday have been released.
Derick Lwugi, an accountant with the City of Calgary, was travelling to Kenya to visit both his and his wife's parents, who lived in the western area of the country.
"His mom was not feeling well," said Lwugi's wife, Gladys Kivia.
The couple has lived in Calgary with their three children, aged 17, 19 and 20, for 12 years.
Media reports indicate that Danielle Moore, a 24-year-old Winnipeg resident, was also among the victims of the plane crash.
Moore posted on her Facebook on Saturday morning stating that should would be travelling to Nairobi, Kenya for the UN Environment assembly.
“Over the next week I’ll have the opportunity to discuss global environmental issues, share stories, and connect with other youth and leaders from all over the world,” she wrote.
“I feel beyond privileged to be receiving this opportunity.”
(Original Story: March 10 @ 5:15 p.m.)
Of the 18 Canadians victim to an Ethiopian Airlines plane crash that left Addis Ababa en route to Nairobi, Kenya, three have been identified.
Amina Ibrahim Odowaa and her daughter Sofia Faisal Abdulkadir are among the deceased as a result of the plane crash, which claimed the lives of 149 passengers and eight crew on Sunday. An investigation into the cause of the crash is underway.
Accident Bulletin no. 4
— Ethiopian Airlines (@flyethiopian) March 10, 2019
Issued on March 10, 2019 at 06:20 PM pic.twitter.com/685uGE6izJ
The 33-year-old mother from Edmonton, AB, were travelling to Kenya to visit relatives.
“(She was) a very nice person, very outgoing, very friendly. Had a lot of friends,” said Mohamed Hassan Ali, her brother.
Ali had said he had planned to join them on their trip but had to cancel last week.
According to a family friend, Odowaa had been an Edmonton resident since 2006.
Accident Bulletin no. 2
— Ethiopian Airlines (@flyethiopian) March 10, 2019
Issued on march 10, 2019 at 01:46 PM pic.twitter.com/KFKX6h2mxJ
Professor Pius Adesanmi was also on board the flight when it crashed.
Adesanmi was a Nigerian-born professor who taught in the Department of English Language and Literature and the Institute of African Studies at Carleton University, in Ottawa, ON.
The Carleton community is mourning the loss of Pius Adesanmi, director of the Institute of African Studies, who was among the 18 Canadians killed in today’s Ethiopian Airlines disaster. Our thoughts are with his family at this difficult time. https://t.co/IxCwkfQWRG
— Carleton University News (@CUnewsroom) March 10, 2019
Pauline Rankin, dean of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, called Adesanmi's contributions to his field "immeasurable."
Mitchell Dick, a Carleton student who is finishing up a communications honours degree, said he took a first and second year African literature course with Adesanmi.
Dick said Adesanmi was “extremely nice and approachable,” and stood out for his passion for the subject matter.
In 2010, Adesanmi won the inaugural Penguin Prize for African non-fiction writing.
