Connecting the Dots
Cultural Diversity Series
In honour of World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development on May 21st, The Circle Education, talks with young people to celebrate different backgrounds.
A series of interviews will be published here and in the Driftwood throughout May and the beginning of June, accompanied by three blogs that fit within the theme.
Through our youth, we hope to offer a look at the world from different perspectives. In this way, we begin to open up horizons, providing our societies with connection and making them more inclusive.
Interviews by Marcia Jansen, Communication Leader at The Circle Education.
Welch Siblings See Multicultural Background as a Bonus
Keshua, Levi and Zyah Welch have a Grenadian dad and a Canadian mom with Dutch roots. They had a Canadian upbringing on Salt Spring Island, with the Grenadian humour of their dad and a touch of Dutch from their great-grandparents. Last year they had the chance to get...
Connecting the Dots
Leading up to World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development on May 21st, Janine Fernandes-Hayden kicks off with a blog about how her feelings changed about the question “Where are you from?” “Where are you from?” With brown skin and an "exotic"...