Description

The activity “Let’s make up diversity” mainly consists in the twinning of a group of young people with a role model from a cultural community. Interested young people must form a committee and organize a conference during which the role model will talk about his or her career, social implications and accomplishments.
The team of the R.I.R.E 2000 Centre will support the youth committee and help it with the logistic side of conference planning. The Centre will also help establish communications between the committee and the role model.

The Issue

The face of Quebec’s society is evolving into a more multiethnic one. Unfortunately, immigrants are still seen as outcasts and associated with deprivation, even though Quebec and Canada count many people from cultural communities who have contributed in their own way to the social and political expansion of the country. 

It is important to keep in mind the fact that schools in which students from diverse origins experience discrimination and exclusion are suppose to be places where respect and tolerance are taught. That’s the reason why R.I.R.E 2000 is involved in activities pertaining to awareness and promotion of cultural diversity in schools. The cultural twinning will provide students with an opportunity to hear the testimony of a person from a cultural community who contributed to the furthering of a better Quebec.