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Multicultural Education
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Cards of kindness
August 16, 2018Federation was proud to deliver $1400 worth of Opal and gift cards to the Asylum Seekers Centre in Newtown on behalf of members across NSW who collected them following a request from the union.
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Language learning fundamental to social cohesion, Annual Conference hears
July 13, 2018Improvements need to be made to language education provision in NSW public schools, Federation’s Multicultural Officer/Organiser Amber Flohm said at Annual Conference earlier this week.
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Wear red on 20 June to support Refugee Week action
June 07, 2018Refugee Week is Australia’s peak annual activity to raise awareness about issues affecting refugees and to celebrate positive contributions made by refugees to Australian society.
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International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination – Harmony Day
March 21, 2018The 21st March takes its rise from the Sharpeville massacre that took place during Apartheid South Africa which occurred on this date in 1960. This saw a military response to a civil rights movement and since that date has been acknowledged as the day that freedom from racial discrimination is maintained as a human right.
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Cultural diversity in schools, anti-racism and EAL/D pedagogy explored during CPL multicultural conference
July 21, 2017Confronting ethnic stereotypes and the challenges of teaching in a multicultural society were key concerns put to educators at a Centre for Professional Learning conference in Sydney today.
