Readings

Polyphony: The Bulletin of the Multicultural History Society of Ontario
Selected issues are now online.

A rich collection of articles at the Magic Assembly site. The articles cover a range of topics, from the experiences of various ethnic groups in Canada, to issues of multicultural education and racism.

Special Issue of Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science on Ethnic Relations in a Multicultural Society, July 1996

International Perspectives

Multicultural and Multi-ethnic Societies
A discussion paper from UNESCO on the problems arising from diverse societies and approaches to solving them.

The Myth of the Melting Pot, by William Booth, Washington Post, Feb. 22, 1998

Standards: An International Journal of Multicultural Studies

Multicultuarl Book Review Homepage

Multicultural and History Resources on the Web

Sites in Canada

• Integration-Net, a bilingual Web site developed by Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) as a communications and research tool to meet the needs of the settlement community. The Research Resource Division for Refugees (RRDR) is responsible for
  maintaining and updating the site.

Canadian Cultural Resources

• Canadian Heritage - Main Menu
• Links to Canadian Cultural Sites, including links to Government agencies, Museums and Art Galleries, and Native sites, provided by the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Canada.
• Assembly of First Nations
• Canada's Native People
• CultureNet , a good starting point for locating Canadian cultural information on the Internet.

Canadian History Resources

• The National Archives of Canada
• Index to Federal Royal Commissions
• Digitization Activities of the National Library of Canada
• SchoolNet Digital Collections
• Canada Speaks
• Canadian Heritage Learning Resources Project
• Canadian Heritage Information Network (CHIN) - Main Menu
• Index to Canadian Equality-Seeking Groups
• Internet Nova Scotia: The African Presence
• Mennonite Central Committee
• B'nai Brith Canada
• Canadian Centre for Multicutural Development and Documentation
• The Cross Cultural Group
• Central Vancouver Island Multicultural Society
• Canadian Centre on Minority Affairs
• Canadian Ethnocultural Council
• Multicultural Council of Nova Scotia
• Multicultural Council of Saskatchewan
• Northwest Territories Social Studies Links
• The Burnaby Multicultural Society
• The Kitchener-Waterloo Multicultural Centre
• The Magic Assembly: Metropolitan Toronto Storefronts and Street Scenes
• Terra Nova Initiative
• Association for Canadian Studies/Association d'*tudes
• CANADISK
• Canadiana -- The Canadian Resource Page
• U of S Archives: Canadian Archival Resources
• Canadian Archival Resources on the Internet - Alphabetical
• Welcome to NewsOntario
• Canadian Education on the Web. Developed and maintained by Marian Press, OISE, University of Toronto. This is a very comprehensive site with links to a wide range of educational institutions across Canada as well as links to a rich vareity of educational resources.
• Education in Ontario

Other Multicultural Education Resources on the Net

• The Multicultural Pavilion . A rich site, located at the University of Virginia, that explore various aspects of multicultural education and provides links to various resouces.
• Multicultural Alliance
• The United Nations CyberSchoolBus: Educational Resources for Students and Teachers
• For Teachers, Provided by The United Nations High Commisioner for Refugees, this site provides some lesson plans and ideas on how refugee issues can be taught within various subjects. The value of "Refugee Studies" is that refugee themes can help children understand fundamental issues in history, geography or education for citizenship; and they can bring an unexpectedly poignant and imaginative approach to teaching of language, literature or art."
• Seeds of Change Garden . This site provides a set of interesting activities for children centered on food crops from around the world.
• PBS ONLINE Celebrates Black History Month - Related Sites
• History/Social Studies Web Site for K-12 Teachers
• Resources for Diversity
• The WWW V-Lib: Migration and Ethnic Relations / Complete List of Resources
• AskAsia A K-12 Asian and Asian American studies resource for students and teachers.This informative site has cultural information, games, lesson plans and activities, links to relevant people, places, and institutions.
• Smithsonian Center for Folklife Program and Cultural Studies (CFPCS): Educational Offerings
  Information on upcoming and current materials that can be ordered. Generally several offerings on different cultures.
• Celebrating Our Nation's Diversity From the U.S. Census Bureau, a teaching aid with materials and lesson plans; elementary and junior/senior high editions.
• Interracial Voice, a networking newsjournal serving the mixed-race/interracial community in cyberspace

Anti-Racism Resources

Canadian Human Rights Commission

International Day for The Elimination of Racial Discrimination - Canada's commitment on March 21, 1996.

Report on Racism
Final Report of the Commission on Systemic Racism in the Ontario Criminal Justice System, December 1995.

Canadian organizations to consult on race relations.

Community organizations in Toronto to consult on cultural and anti-racist issues.

Urban Alliance on Race Relations, located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Artists against Racism

Ethnicity, Racism and the Media Programme
A global forum using e-mail for discussion, information dissemination and research collaboration on issues of racism, ethnicity and the media. Located at the University of Bradford (UK) Department of Social and Economic Studies.

Race, Law and Justice: the Rehnquist Court and the American Dilemma.Conference transcript from the American University Law Review.

Diversity of Cultures around the world

International and Multicultural Links

Ethnologue: Languages of the World