How to create better cultural awareness especially with rural areas expansion plan to promote integration and retention in rural communities
Questions
East-link role!
TV make a 1.5 hour to have featuring immigrants
CBC radio
Hoedown radio channel
Rural action development department -would there be a stream of cultural education - have funding available
Role of faith groups and churches?
Fundraising projects by various organizations
Actions
Stronger social media role
Eastlink TV & CBC radio & hoedown radio
Creating awareness that both newcomers and organizations such as lion slub - churches and etc.. ned to approach each other to connect
Better funding for settlement organizations in order to enhance their cultural awareness training
Community schools across the island to have a class for “cultures and faiths” in their program
Raising funding via various projects to have community working together and not relying on government's funding
Knowledge sharing Farmers could learn farmers of other countries “ in a day” tours.
The school system, grade 8 has the subject on social studies “Canadian identity and citizenship” to look at the curriculum and try to integrate cultural awareness into their program and here's Regional development funding for this project.