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Program - Tuesday, March 23rd, 2004

Kitchener, Ontario, Canada

March 23rd, 2004
9 am - 9 pm
Kitchener City Hall Rotunda & Upper Level
Kitchener, Ontario, Canada

Cross Cultures Magazine & The City of Kitchener join together to commemorate the UN International Day for Elimination of Racial Discrimination

9:00 am Native Elder Opening Prayer - Jean Becker
9:10 am O'Canada . . . and Opening Remarks
9:30 am Browse and Mingle
Meditation, Yoga & Sari Demonstration
- Prof. & Mrs. Dubey
10:00 am Holocaust Survivor Story - Mania Kay
11:00 am "They Lied To You In School" - film & discussion with Sparrow Rose & Jean Becker
noon "Piece of the Rock" and "Stand By Me"
      - Prof. Carol Ann Weaver
Bring Your Own Lunch/ Browse & Mingle
School Presentations
 
  • O'Siem (Susan Aglucark) - Sunnyside School
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  • Mandippal & Friends - Jacob Hespeler Secondary School
  • Meditation, Yoga & Sari Demonstration - Prof. & Mrs. Dubey
    1-3 pm Racial Profiling - Panel & Presentation
     
  • Prof. Augie Fleras - Race Relations U of W
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  • Const. Rob Davis - Waterloo Regional Police Services
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  • Ted Shaw - Ontario Human Rights Commission
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  • Shafiq Hudda - Islamic Humanitarian Services
  • 3:00 pm Islam on:
     
  • Hijab - Sarah Lawendy
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  • Racism & Human Values - Laila Bigelli
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  • Interfaith - Alaa El Sayed
  • Meditation, Yoga & Sari Demonstration - Prof. & Mrs. Dubey
    4-7 pm Palestinian - Israeli Issues - Panel & Public Dialogue
     
  • Edwin W.D. Laryea - Moderator:
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  • Dr. Randa Farah - UWO, Assistant Prof. of Anthropology,
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  • Professor John English - Centre for International Governance & Innovation
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  • Simon Adler - "What Should be the Canadian Perspective"
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  • Prof. Michael Lynk - UWO, formerly with UN Refugee and Human Rights in the Middle East
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  • Prof. Barry Kay - WLU, Political Science
  • 4:00 pm Falungong - Zhenhua He
    4:45 pm Racism, Steel Band Workshop - Joe Lovell
    5:30 pm Race, Scientific Racism & Racial Anti-Semitism - Prof. Jack Pasternak
    7-8 pm Equality of Employment Opportunity
     
  • Prof. Ken Westhues - Sociology, UW
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  • Neil Murray - Human Resources and Labour Relations, UW
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  • Marlene Kramer - New Canadian Program and a new Canadian sharing job search experience
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  • David Vickery - Working Centre
  • 8-9 pm Baha'is on:
     
  • "Is Elimination of Racial Prejudice Inevitable?"
          - Karen Ransom
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  • "Baha'i Youth Perspective on Racial Unity" - Ken Lum
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