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Sir Wilfred Laurier"For here in Canada, I want the marble to remain the marble; the granite to remain the granite; the oak to remain the oak; and out of these elements, I would build a nation great among the nations of the world.".. Sir Wilfred Laurier

UBC - Laurier Institution Multiculturalism Lecture – 2006

Dr. Leonie SandercockMongrel Cities of the 21st Century: "Is Multiculturalism the Solution or the Problem?"

Guest lecturer: Dr. Leonie Sandercock

About the speaker:
Dr. Leonie Sandercock  is an Australian academic who is currently serving as Director of the School of Community & Regional Planning at University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
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UBC - Laurier Institution Multiculturalism Lecture – 2005

Dr. Roy MikiRedress: "Dealing with Past Injustices"

Guest lecturer: Dr. Roy Miki

About the speaker:
Dr. Roy Miki  was born just six months after his second-generation Japanese-Canadian parents were uprooted from their B.C. home and sent to work on a sugar beet farm in Manitoba, Miki has faced injustices first hand.
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UBC - Laurier Institution Multiculturalism Lecture – 2004

Mina ShumRedress: "Journey of a Hyphenated Girl"

Guest lecturer: Film maker Mina Shum

About the speaker:
At age 30, and with freshly dyed blonde hair, I went to Mainland China for the first time, to see relatives I’d never met before. When I returned, my very traditional father asked, “What did you learn? I said, I’m not Chinese” and his face flushed red with anger, looking like he was about to disown me for good this time, and I continued, “I'm Chinese-Canadian.”
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UBC Lectures

LaurierLogoThe UBC – Laurier Institution Multiculturalism Lectures are signature events hosted by The Laurier Institution in partnership with the University of British Columbia and CBC Radio One. Since 2004, these annual lectures have featured guest speakers who are leading thinkers and visionaries in the field of multiculturalism.

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