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PHILIPPINE ASIAN NEWS TODAY November 1 - 15, 2016

ALBERTA / MANITOBA News
Outreach Program in Edmonton
Hon.Julius Torres,Consul General of PCG-Calgary and Staff with Benjie Lindo completed a total of 549 applicants for the 2 1/2 days
Outreach Program in Edmonton.
Special thanks to Duterte Volunteers who helped and shared food and drinks during the event.
(Photos from Benjie Lindo’s FB page)

Multicultural diversity for Sask. Multicultural Week
Multicultural superheroes is a social media
movement started by the
Multicultural Council of
Saskatchewan (MCoS)
aimed at recognizing
outstanding
contributions people have made
to combating racism,
preserving culture and
inspiring people through
their work.
“It’s a great antidote,” Justin Waldrop,
communications
and
marketing coordinator
for the MCoS, told CBC
Radio’s The Morning Edition on Tuesday. “It’s a
great way to counter the
fears and the negativity
and to show people that
there is a lot of hope and
there is so much diversity
in our province, not only
culturally but in general.”
The theme was chosen due to the influx of
superhero movies being
churned out by Hollywood

every year.
“Every time you turn,
there’s a superhero movie coming out,” Waldrop
said.
He took the prevalence
of the genre as a chance to
give recognition to people
inspiring others, whether it

be through activism, teaching, volunteering or any of
the multitude of ways people promote diversity, Waldrop said.
“Diversity brings about
innovation,” he said. “It
brings about better ways of
seeing things and knowing

things.”
Waldrop highlighted
five streams of work when
it comes to multiculturalism and how people promote it: celebrating diversity, preservation of culture
and cultural practices, doing anti-racism work, work-

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ing on intercultural
connections and helping people with cultural
integration.
“There are so
many different things
that a superhero could
be engaged in,” he
said.
People can share
and nominate their
own multicultural superhero on social media using the hashtag
#multiculturalsuperhero.
Waldrop said he
prefers Twitter and Instagram as those platforms feed directly into
the Multicultural Council of Saskatchewan’s
website.
“By talking about multicultural superheroes, that
is a very direct example
and mirror reflection of
multiculturalism in action.”
(cbc)