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Today we had our last class at the global lounge, where we had an international potluck! Alden came to visit us and we started talking about the future of the concept of cultures. As a coordinator, from day 1 to the last day, the class has been a place for an inspiration and a motivation. […]
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presentation by Michael, Mélissa and Asuka How has converging world affected your cultural identity? Will cultural boundaries exist in the future? What does belonging mean in the context of a converging world? Great job to everyone who presented today! We’ll be looking forward to the Day 2 of Group Presentations. Have a good weekend.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-12610268 Since we spent a lot of our time in classes discussing about the promotion of intercultural communication at universities, here is an article that might interest you. Interestingly Canada is not listed under the top 11 countries with overseas friendly universities. FYI, we will be inviting the director of Go Global, Katherine Beaumont to […]
This short film talks about the foreign doctors struggling to get residencies in Canada even after they have obtained their Canadian medical qualifications. This raises the concern of ”systemic racism” in the evaluation of immigrant workers. Considering that Canada is currently suffering from doctor shortages, one would expect that Canada would welcome foreign doctors (who […]
Brain Abuse by Bauder 1. Bauder points out that “immigrants (under the “skilled-workers” category) are selected by a point system that gives credit to education and credentials that not not recognized in Cacada.” How do you feel about such de-skilling discrepancy? If occupations that are not highly desired by Canadian-born residents are filled up by […]
http://www.nfb.ca/film/sharia_in_canada_part_1/ http://www.nfb.ca/film/sharia_in_canada_part_2/
Original Article on CBC What does the notwithstanding clause do? The notwithstanding clause allows the federal government or a provincial legislature to enact legislation to override several sections of the Charter that deal with fundamental freedoms, legal rights and equality rights. These include freedom of expression, freedom of assembly, and freedom from unreasonable search and […]
Canadian attitudes toward immigration are hardening but Canada remains a relative island of tranquillity compared to other increasingly anti-immigrant Western developed countries, according to a poll released Thursday. http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Poll+Canadians+view+immigration+more+positively+than+Europe/4216802/story.html
Schema Magazine TEDxVancouver Presentation
