Gloria Knott: Bridging Cultures
Gloria talks about how she thinks others see her - an Aboriginal person.
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Gloria talks about similarities she sees between Aboriginals and Africans.
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Bridging Cultures
Aaron Rae: Bridging Cultures
Aaron talks about growing up in a multi-cultural environment.
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Aaron talks about an encounter he had with someone during a plane ride from Edmonton to Winnipeg. For Aaron, being open to communication goes a long way in understanding new cultures.
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Thadius Leveque: Bridging Cultures
The first time Thadius met a person of African descent.
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Ricky Bittern: Bridging Cultures
Ricky talks about the first time he saw a person of African descent.
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Norma Monias: Bridging Cultures
Norma talks about her knowledge of the African culture.
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Paul Frobisher: Bridging Cultures
Paul talks about how he thinks others see Aboriginals and the fact that not many Africans come to where he works – Broadway Neighbourhood Centre, an Aboriginal organization in the city's West Broadway neighbourhood.
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Jonathan Owens: Bridging Cultures
The first time Jonathan met a person of African heritage, he noticed similarities with his own culture.
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Marcia Quill: Bridging Cultures
Marcia says she has had a lot of exposure to the African-American culture because she lived in the United States for a while.
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Maria Aksic: Bridging Cultures
Maria talks about how she thinks others see First Nation people.
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And what does she think of the African culture?
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Lindsay Sinclair: Bridging Cultures
Lindsay wants to make it clear to people that Aboriginal people are:
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Garry Fisher: Bridging Cultures
Garry talks about being exposed to people of African heritage when he was young.
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Zaid Aboud: Bridging Cultures
How does Zaid think other people view Middle-Easterners?
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And how does Zaid view the Aboriginal culture?
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There are certain difficulties for middle-easterners and newcomers in general when immigrating to Canada.
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Thomas Gerezghier: Bridging Cultures
How does Thomas think other people see Eritreans?
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What are Thomas’ impressions of the Aboriginal population and does he see any similarities between Aboriginals and Eritreans?
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Othello Wesee: Bridging Cultures
How does Othello think others see Africans?
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Othello talks about the similarities he sees between Africans and Aboriginals.
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Darios Ahmed: Bridging Cultures
Darios talks about the first time he met an Aboriginal person.
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Lacina Dembele: Bridging Cultures
Ivory Coast, like Canada, has an Aboriginal population.
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Lacina talks about his experiences with racism in Canada.
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Biya Joba: Bridging Cultures
Before arriving in Canada, Biya had never seen First Nations people. As he learns more about them he sees some similarities between his culture and theirs.
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Ben Oyat: Bridging Cultures
Ben sees many similarities between the Aboriginal and African cultures.
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He also thinks a difficult adjustment for new immigrants is communication, especially if they’re not fluent in English.
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Richie Diggs: Bridging Cultures
Richie talks about his knowledge of Aboriginals in North America before coming to Canada.
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