Welcome to The Canadian Multicultural Education Foundation

Canadian Multicultural Education Foundation is a non-profit society founded in 1990 to promote public awareness of the opportunities and benefits of an evolving multicultural society in Canada.

We hope this website will assist Canadians to deepen and broaden their understanding of multiculturalism. Included are articles and events of interest to the multiculturalism education community and links to other organizations doing similar work.  Your suggestions and input are welcome.

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Teacher Resources  

The Canadian Multicultural Education Foundation together with the Alberta Teachers’ Association recently developed two teachers’ resource books. The resource books are designed to assist teachers working with students from immigrant families.

Each resource was developed by teachers and community resource people with the assistance of a professional development consultant. The two handbooks Teaching Somali Immigrant Children: Resources for Student Success and Working with South Sudanese Immigrant Students – Teacher Resources are now available online.

View the resources in HTML version or download the PDF copies of the resources below.

 

 

What's New

Student Exchange Grants to Schools

After successfully piloting a grants program to Promote Understanding through Student Exchange, funds are now available for the 2013 Program Year.  Grants are given to partnering schools that serve Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal students and that meet both the eligibility requirements and evaluation criteria. The program is offered in partnership with the Alberta Teachers’ Association. For more details, please visit the program page…

 

2013 Harmony Brunch

On 24 March 2013, CMEF hosted the 16th Annual Harmony Brunch. Over 260 people comprising of a rich cross-section of community leaders, dignitaries from all levels of government and youth ambassadors attended the event. 

CMEF was honoured to have Yasmeen Abu-Laban, Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Alberta, as the Keynote Speaker for the 2013 Harmony Brunch. She spoke on the Future of Multicultural Canada.

Dr. Abu-Laban has published widely on issues relating to the Canadian and comparative dimensions of gender and racialization processes, border and migration policies, and citizenship theory.  Her books include  Politics in North America: Redefining Continental Relations,  Gendering the Nation-State: Canadian and Comparative Perspectives, and Selling Diversity: Immigration, Multiculturalism, Employment Equity and Globalization.