Richmond Multicultural Community Services

CBC Radio One – Migration Interview

sjohnston — Mon, 13 May 2013 18:39:13 +0000

Host of CBC Radio One, Rick Cluff, interviewed Tasha Nijjar on Thursday May 9th about migration. The recent Stats Canada report shows that 60 per cent of Richmond residents were born outside of Canada. With a growing number of richmond residents being immigrants, RMCS hosted a Diversity Dialogue Conference on migration to discuss why people choose to move and how Richmond can be more welcoming and inclusive.

To listen to the CBC Radio One interview – Click Here (fast forward to 31:20).

To view the Stats Canada Report Click Here

Culture Club 2013

sjohnston — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 18:49:32 +0000

The second annual Culture Club Diversity Talent Show was on Thursday February 28 2013. There were 3 workshops to explore diversity between November and January, 3 auditions to perform in January and February and the top 10 finalists performed at Gateway Theatre on Thursday February 28th 2013. Local reporter Yvonne Robertson wrote two articles on this project.

Culture Club Diversity Talent Show
March 13, Richmond News

Richmond youth Display Diverse Talent
February 22, Richmond News

Richmond Youth Display Diverse Talent

sjohnston — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 00:44:35 +0000

Yvonne Robertson, from The Province, attended the third audition and wrote a great article on how the finalists and the contestants auditioning for the diversity talent show are using thier voice and talents to talk about bullying, multiculturalism and inclusion. To view the full article, follow, the link below.
http://www.theprovince.com/news/Richmond+youth+display+diverse+talent+auditions/7998760/story.html

New Dynasty Television Covers A Journey To Action

sjohnston — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 00:15:19 +0000

News reporter, Coco Shi covered the official screening of A Journey To Action: an anti-bullying, anti-discrimination, anti-racism and documentary that showcases Richmond in 3D.

“A Journey To Action” News Clip
Part of this news clip is in Mandarin.
Kevin Liu – a member of the Richmond in 3D talks about how when he was in elementary and middle school, there was no body to talk to about bullying and how he felt there was no one there to help. But now, he has the opportunity and the strategies to help others deal with bullying.
A Journey To Action is a documentary that covers all the different community events, conferences and workshops that Richmond in 3D facilitate on bullying, discrimination, racism and diversity.
This documentary is part of a tool-kit and facilitator’s guide that is meant to be used as a resource for other teacher’s, youth workers and students to start their own projects.

A Journey To Action

sjohnston — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 21:09:50 +0000

On Wednesday November 21 2012 RMCS screened Richmond in 3D’s A Journey To Action. As part of this project, we want to know what strategies you have to create a more inclusive society.

1. What do you think you can do in your community to create a more inclusive environment, celebrate diversity or combat discrimination/bullying?

2. Tell us something that resonated with you from the documentary or something that you learnt from the documentary?

Richmond in 3D Tackles Bullying

sjohnston — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 19:04:43 +0000

Two articles were recently in the Richmond News highlighting the work of Richmond in 3D and their anti-bullying, anti-racism, diversity workshops.

Richmond in 3D Tackles diversity, bullying
Article by Yvonne Roberston

Richmond in 3D Tackles Bullying
Editorial by Balwant Sanghera

Omni News promotes Richmond in 3D

sjohnston — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 16:54:33 +0000

Omni News reporter Fiona Law interviews Mark Pawson and Richmond in 3D about thier anti-bullying, anti-discrimination and diversity workshops and promotes the A Journey To Action Screening on November 21, 2012.

Culture Days 2012 Discussion

sjohnston — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 23:08:46 +0000

On September 29th 2012, Richmond in 3D will be facilitating a workshop on balancing traditional values and new Canadian values as part of Culture Days. Please feel free to post comments on this page. Here are a few questions to get you started:

1. What cultural values or traditions are important for your family to maintain?

2. What would your ideal family dynamic be?

Diversity Education Series Summer 2012

sjohnston — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 18:10:49 +0000

RMCS hosted a 4 part Diversity Education Series during the month of August. I will post links to videos and websites that compliment the materials and topics to the workshops Diversity Basics, Cross-Cultural Conflict Resolution and Power and Privilege. Feel free to post comments and continue the discussion on this page. You can also email me stefanie@rmcs.bc.ca.

The first video link is the mockumentary Jaded. The film Jaded is part of a work for all series that the National Film Board of Canada put together. There are 11 films in the series that cover aspects of racism in the workplace.
http://www.nfb.ca/playlists/work-for-all/viewing/jaded/
This film was used during the diversity basic workshop and we asked participants to count how many discriminatory comments or actions were made. This film could also be viewed through power and privilege and how white privilege affects office dynamics.

The second clip is a skit done by This Hour has 22 minutes on racial profiling.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xT_DATTJVyY

Diversity Dialogue Conference March 30th

sjohnston — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 14:03:29 +0000

Today is the Richmond Multicultural Community Services’ 3rd Annual Diversity Dialogue Conference. The theme of the conference this year is how to stand up to discrimination? Feel free to post your comments on discrimination below. You can also comment on what you are seeing, feeling, hearing and learning about today. We want to hear your thoughts and stories on anti discrimination, diversity and inclusion.