Cover image from left: Dr Hass Dellal OAM - Deakin University

CENTRE FOR CITIZENSHIP AND GLOBALISATION
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Reframing Multiculturalism for the 21st Century’s Realities
21-22 November 2011, University of Ottawa, Canada
Professor Mansouri speaking at the University of Ottawa, 2011.
Citizens of multicultural nations often struggle to realise and
establish an identity that bridges both their complex past with
the uniqueness of their multiple cultural connections as well as
their (trans)national belongings. Multiculturalism, as a political
structure based on institutionalising social justice and social
equality is being challenged, not merely because politics for
equality and social justice have failed to establish their main
objectives, but because the ideal of such politics must not
disregard the human capacity to resist, negotiate or embrace.
This international workshop on multiculturalism followed a
symposium that took place at Deakin University in November
2010. The focus of this edition was to outline the “challenges”
for and “reframing” of multiculturalism for the 21st Century’s
realities and global knowledge-economy.
Professor Kevin McDonald delivering his seminar, ‘Social Movements in the 21st Century: Reconfiguring Democracy and
Citizenship’, 2012.