The following recommendations were voted on by the delegates in Winnipeg and achieved the consensus of all the delegates. Due to the publishing deadline for this report, not all consensus recommendations could be included in this edition. To set aside a week for Asian culture awareness.
To offer course units in the Social Studies curriculum that teach about the issues and cultures of Asian countries. If curriculum changes are not feasible, then encourage schools themselves to implement programs to raise the level of awareness concerning the Asian Pacific region.
To integrate Asian life and culture into our lifestyle by interacting through the use of modern technology such as video-conferencing, internet resources, and multi-media.
To learn about cultures in Canada and have hands-on experience, by encouraging the "bringing of cultures" to our schools, through the establishment of clubs, holding cultural events, and/or beginning exchange programs.
To understand Asian countries, without false conclusions or assumptions based on one’s own values, through hands-on experience such as workshops, multicultural activities, travelling, and talking to people of other cultures. Hands-on experience will also teach people to deal with cultural differences, while maintaining their individual cultures, and not view these differences as better or worse.
To recruit a multicultural co-ordinator to help to establish programs that promote diversity in local communities; to encourage communities to host multicultural events (e.g. fashion shows, dinners, performances); and to develop relationships between local and international schools through twinning with schools overseas and developing cultural trips and exchanges.
© 1997 - TG Magazine / The Students Commission
© 1997 le magazine TG / la Commission des Ètudiants