Selection for these two awards will be based on the Multicultural Streams
MCoS has articulated five streams of multicultural work; they flow from multicultural values. They are not mutually exclusive; they often overlap and support one another, but understanding them as distinct helps to see how multiculturalism enriches Saskatchewan. Please describe the nominee’s contributions in each applicable stream. The Recognition Committee will give priority to candidates with contributions in multiple streams. Each stream will be evaluated out of five (5) points.
Cultural Continuity empowers ethnocultural organizations, individuals and communities to retain, maintain and evolve distinctive cultural practices and traditions in the Canadian context. MCoS supports members and schools to share deeply.
Celebration of Diversity includes education and festivals that showcase differences and similarities, most often through performance, cuisine and other arts. It includes an awareness that groups that welcome many perspectives, especially from different cultural world views, lead to greater creativity and innovation.
Anti-racism work looks at issues of power and privilege and how they impact individual and systemic discrimination; it usually includes active dialogue to build equity and justice in our institutions and communities.
Intercultural connections entails different cultural groups coming together over time to build bridges i.e. exchanges, cooperative work, creating safe spaces, dialogue, creative projects, pen pals, etc.
Integration in contrast to assimilation, is achieved when all members of a community are reflected, are seen and see themselves as belonging for all aspects of their identities, are valued for their contributions, and are able to appropriately access services.
