Abstract
Individuals, organizations, and communities across the globe have been working to respond to the impact of migration and movement of peoples across cultures, borders and countries. This movement has led to rich cross cultural learnings and exchanges, but also challenges when individuals and communities have not had opportunity to take stock of their own perceptions, biases, and assumptions. The aim of this study is to describe the work, lessons, and implications from an innovative community education project aimed at responding to these challenges. The project uses an online platform with diverse performing, dialogue, and presentation styles that are aligned with the rich multicultural, intercultural teaching and learning styles of new arrivals, diasporic, and host community members. Using qualitative research methods to evaluate the project, the organizers conclude that the diversity of creative presentations, presenters, storytellers, and performers in an online platform format offers lessons to educators and community practitioners to develop opportunities for learners to listen to diverse voices, stop and reflect on the relevance to their own life experiences, and participate in transformational learning journeys. In addition, the project organizers recognized the importance of systematically integrating a strong media and communications strategy into all work in order ensure impact beyond the networks that are already familiar to them.
Presenters
Anita OgurluCultural Bridging Facilitator, Cultural Bridging Unit, Saskatoon Open Door Society, Saskatchewan, Canada
Details
Presentation Type
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session
Theme
Education and Learning Worlds of Differences
KEYWORDS
Education, Community, Multicultural, Intercultural, Global
