{"id":23276,"date":"2017-03-03T03:21:09","date_gmt":"2017-03-03T11:21:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/?p=23276"},"modified":"2017-02-28T14:57:46","modified_gmt":"2017-02-28T22:57:46","slug":"united-against-racism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/2017\/03\/03\/united-against-racism\/","title":{"rendered":"United against racism"},"content":{"rendered":"

Artur Wilczynski, Canada\u2019s ambassador to Norway, gave the keynote address at the Feb. 22 SUCCESS community forum. (photo from SUCCESS)<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

SUCCESS\u2019s Safeguarding Our Communities, Upholding Our Shared Values: A Community Forum on Immigration and Racial Discrimination was a full-house event at University of British Columbia Robson Square on Feb. 22.<\/p>\n

The keynote speaker, Artur Wilczynski, Canada\u2019s ambassador to Norway, shared his family\u2019s story about how they survived the Holocaust and came to Canada. \u201cI am a Polish, a Jewish, a Quebecois. Most important, I am a Canadian,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n

\u201cDiplomacy doesn\u2019t give you immunity from discrimination but gives you a platform to speak against it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is important for Canadians to speak out against various forms of discrimination and xenophobia. As an immigrant to this country and the son of Holocaust survivors, I have been privileged to serve my country as an ambassador and senior official. It is why I feel it is my obligation to work towards a more inclusive and respectful Canada.\u201d<\/p>\n

He thanked SUCCESS for allowing him to share his story at the forum.<\/p>\n

Wilczynski\u2019s keynote address was preceded by two panel discussions. Panelists included, among others, Dr. Robert Krell, Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre founding president and outreach speaker; Dr. Gurdeep Parhar, University of British Columbia faculty of medicine; Chief Dr. Robert Joseph, Reconciliation Canada ambassador; and Sarah Al-Qaysi, program assistant, SUCCESS. SUCCESS chief executive officer Queenie Choo welcomed the audience to the forum. Among the sponsoring organizations of the event were the Jewish Independent<\/em>, Jewish Federation of Greater Vancouver and the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs.<\/p>\n

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Young audience members hoped to take what they learned at the forum about the immigrant experience and share it with those who could not attend the event. (photo from SUCCESS)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

At the facilitated discussion for Call for Actions, a group of young audience members raised questions on how they could share the knowledge they learned at the forum with those who were not able to attend.<\/p>\n

SUCCESS will be launching a series of community roundtables across Metro Vancouver. These facilitated conversations will create a platform for community members to share and reflect on thoughts on diversity and inclusion, while engaging them in thought-provoking discussions regarding cultural integration in our community \u2013 to build safe, strong and enlightened neighbourhoods. Each session will be held at one of SUCCESS\u2019s local offices or another accessible community location.<\/p>\n

SUCCESS will also create a documentary video, featuring interviews with immigrants and community leaders, about the value and contributions of immigrants in Canada. The video will be distributed through multiple channels, including a special screening video launch, online and social media networks, and grassroots outreach through high schools and universities to help educate future generations about the stories of immigrants in Canada, who we are and where we are from.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Artur Wilczynski, Canada\u2019s ambassador to Norway, gave the keynote address at the Feb. 22 SUCCESS community forum. (photo from SUCCESS) SUCCESS\u2019s Safeguarding Our Communities, Upholding Our Shared Values: A Community Forum on Immigration and Racial Discrimination was a full-house event at University of British Columbia Robson Square on Feb. 22. The keynote speaker, Artur Wilczynski, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":23249,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[6807,356,5260,2427],"class_list":["post-23276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local","tag-artur-wilczynski","tag-immigration","tag-interfaith","tag-racism"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":8}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23276","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23276"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23276\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23249"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewishindependent.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}