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Diversity in BC Schools: A FrameworkSupporting ConceptsDiversity is an overarching concept that is supported by thefollowing concepts:• Multiculturalism• Human Rights• Employment Equity• Social JusticeImportant elements embedded in all of these concepts, andpurposes or goals common across them all form a foundationfor understanding and addressing diversity.Common elements include: equality, fair treatment, nondiscrimination,inclusion and access.Common purposes or goals include: full participation, eliminationof barriers to participation, fair and equitable treatment, systemschange and attitude change.In the following pages, some of the important elements ofmulticulturalism, human rights, employment equity andsocial justice are briefly described. Guiding legislation is alsoreferenced.Guiding LegislationSection Four provides more detailed excerpts from relevantlegislation. Readers should refer to this section for a morein-depth understanding.8 BC Ministry of Education
Diversity in BC SchoolsMulticulturalism encouragesunderstanding, acceptance,mutual respect and inclusion,in order to make society moreequitable for all people.Multiculturalism recognizes and values the ethno-cultural diversityof our society. It is an acknowledgement and valuing of diverseethnic heritages as well as an appreciation and incorporation ofdiverse approaches to learning and working environments.Aboriginal Peoples, as the original inhabitants of Canada,distinguish their cultural status from the broader definition ofCanada’s cultural mosaic acknowledged in the concept ofmulticulturalism.Goals or purposes both for Multiculturalism and for AboriginalPeoples include:• developing cross-cultural understanding to create sensitivity toand respect for difference• eliminating racism – addressing the effects of historic,organizational, systemic and attitudinal racism by:- working to create an awareness of racism- educating people about what they can do about racism- developing policies and strategies that take action againstracismThe Canadian constitutionrecognizes the rights ofAboriginal Peoples of Canada(which include Indian, Inuitand Métis groups) in order toprotect their culture, customs,traditions and languages.• eliminating systemic and attitudinal barriers that prevent fulland equitable participation in community services, employmentand education- systemic barriers such as policies and practices thatintentionally or unintentionally exclude, limit anddiscriminate against individuals and groups- attitudinal barriers that create an environment where peoplemay act out their prejudices, assumptions and biases• developing culturally responsive services to meet the changingneeds of the communities they are intended to serve, ratherthan expecting clients and consumers to adapt to prescribedservices as they existBC Ministry of Education 9
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