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TORONTO, Oct. 24, 2016 /CNW/ – Issues of racism, diversity and Canadian values continue to challenge and divide Canadians. As the country prepares to celebrate its 150th anniversary in 2017, what will the future of Canada look like?

Although mass migration has been happening for decades, in recent years the flight of refugees from conflict zones in Africa and the Middle East has produced striking images of desperate people searching for a safe place to land.

TORONTO, Sept. 23, 2016 /CNW/ – The Canadian Race Relations Foundation (CRRF) is inviting the public to celebrate best practices in race relations of organizations across Canada at its 2016 Awards of Excellence on Oct. 27.

“The Awards of Excellence is a national program that places positive race relations and excellence in combatting racism and discrimination in the spotlight,” said Anita Bromberg, Executive Director, CRRF.

In 2014, the Alberta Human Rights Commission (the Commission), in partnership with the Alberta Urban Municipalities Association (AUMA), was honoured to receive a Best Practice Award for our Welcoming and Inclusive Communities (WIC) Initiative.

Since receiving the award, the Commission has strengthened its...

Receiving the CRRF Best Youth Practice Award helped make the 2015/2016 Compassionate Leaders Project our most successful year to date. Our grant applications were strengthened by the national recognition and we were fully funded for the first time. As a result, we were able to double our youth participant intake sending more students to the leadership camp.

FAST won the Canadian Race Relations Foundation Award of Excellence in 2010. Being recognized in the fight against racism and discrimination acknowledged that our best practices for distribution were successful. An image of the CRRF award was included in the printed Teachers Guide. To date Choose Your Voice has reached over 2.3 million Canadian students and we’ve received feedback about the impact it has made within classrooms. It continues to be in demand by elementary and middle school educators.