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Diversity Week
March 17-21, 2003

Everyone is welcome to attend. Share this
information with students. Bring your class,
but please register by calling 5440.

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Diversity Week at Douglas College is planned around the International Day to
Eliminate Racial Discrimination which is observed annually on March 21st. On
that day in 1960, police in Sharpeville, South Africa opened fire and killed 69 peo-
ple at a peaceful demonstration against the apartheid “pass laws.” Proclaiming the
Day in 1966, the United Nations’ General Assembly called on the international

community to redouble its efforts to eliminate all forms of racial discrimination.

This message is more important today than ever! The Douglas College Diversity
Committee invites all members of the College community to join us in marking
Diversity Week 2003. We hope you will join us at the interesting and stimulating
events described in this flyer. And, this year, we are calling on every member of the
College community to find a way to mark Diversity Week in your classroom, your
field base, your department or faculty meetings, and at your lunch table. Here are
some ways you can participate:

 

 

Diversity Discussion Question of the Day
Watch for a Diversity Question of the Day on tables in the cafeteria & on bulletin
boards.

Classroom Activities
Plan to set aside time during Diversity Week for a classroom activity or a discus-
sion about diversity.

Department/Faculty-wide Activities
Plan diversity-related activities for your field base and departmental meetings.

Watch for a Resource Folder of suggested activities
— coming to your Neighbourhood Copy Machine soon.

 

Diversity Week Highlight

Mary-Woo Sims—a guest lecture, March 19, Wed.,
12—2p.m., Boardroom (4920) NW

What are individual rights? What are collective rights? Is there a difference? Mary-
Woo Sims, former Chief BC Human Rights Commissioner, shares her personal and
professional reflections on these questions.

Remember, Diversity Week at Douglas College is March 17-March 21,
BUT Diversity Awareness at Douglas College is year-round!

Diversity Week is planned & directed by a committee of staff, faculty, and students.

 

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