Posted in CCCED events, Hate Crime, March 21st, Publications & Resources on Aug 16th, 2010
CCCED is pleased to release the report on our recent ‘Responding to Hate’ forum available here to download and viewable in our resource library.
Posted in All posts, CCCED events, Events, Hate Crime on May 6th, 2010
To open national Crime Prevention Week, Mayor Dave Bronconnier in Calgary and Mayor Stephen Mandel in Edmonton have declared May 10, 2010 as Hate Crime Awareness Day. The Hate Crime Awareness event in Calgary Monday May 10th will highlight how police and communities can report and respond to hate crime and incidents in our communities. [...]
Posted in All posts, Events, March 21st, News on Mar 20th, 2010
March 21st: International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination On March 21, 1960, around 7,000 anti-apartheid demonstrators assembled to march to the Sharpeville police station in South Africa. They gathered to peacefully protest the law that required all black Africans to carry a Pass Book, which enabled the government to restrict and monitor their [...]
Posted in All posts, Events, March 21st, Publications & Resources on Mar 17th, 2010
Organizations in Calgary and throughout Alberta are marking March 21st and their commitment to the Elimination of Racial Discrimination in many special ways. CCCED has compiled these event listings into our first virtual March 21st: Calendar of Events. If you have an event you would like added to our March 21st Calendar, please click here [...]
Posted in All posts, Events, Living Library, March 21st, Volunteer on Feb 23rd, 2010
Just a reminder, there is still an opportunity to volunteer for CCCED and the Calgary Public Library’s new series of Living Libraries – we are still looking for a few more ‘living books.’ Some sample and past titles include: Blended Cultures Buddhism East to West: Adapting to Canadian Culture Filipino Industrial Psychologist Immigrant Youth from [...]
Posted in All posts, Publications & Resources, immigration on Feb 22nd, 2010
CCCED and Black Powder Teachings have just released a new publication, ‘Bridging the Gap between New Canadians and Aboriginal Peoples,’ a teaching toolkit. ‘Bridging the Gap’ began as a grassroots project to develop an anti-racism curriculum for students and teachers at the Bow Valley College ESL program in Calgary, and this program was successfully piloted [...]
Posted in All posts, CCCED events, Events, Living Library, March 21st, Volunteer on Feb 5th, 2010
The Calgary Public Library, in partnership with CCCED, is presenting a new series of Living Libraries this March – and we are looking for your help! The Calgary Living Library works exactly like your local library with readers borrowing books — the difference being that “books” in the Living Library are human beings: “living books”, [...]
February is Black History Month — A time when we honour and remember the contributions that Canadians of African descent have made to our society, our history and our communities. Please join with CCCED in celebrating Black History Month 2010 with these events at the Calgary Public Library beginning February 3rd. *for more information please [...]
Posted in All posts, News, Publications & Resources on Oct 1st, 2009
CCCED will be presenting tomorrow at the Income Security for all Canadians Workshop in Ottawa, sponsored by BIEN (Basic Income Earth Network) Canada. As a board member of Canada Without Poverty, CCCED Executive Director Vilma Dawson will be speaking to issues of Ensuring Economic Inclusion for Newcomers to Canada at this workshop – issues which [...]
Posted in All posts, CCCED events, Events, News on Aug 31st, 2009