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20101 LAKEHEAD PUBLIC SCHOOLS YEDE CONFERENCE (Youth Embracing Diversity in Education - YEDE)
Tuesday, June 8, 2010 Airlane Travelodge Hotel
The Regional Multicultural Youth Council facilitated a workshop on Racism and Bullying at the Lakehead Public Schools Youth Embracing Diversity in Education Conference at the Airlane Travelodge Hotel. A total of 61 students completed the questionnaires handed out during the session. However, some participants did not answer all the questions. Do you feel any of the following can help to reduce discrimination among students? YES
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. Presentations in class about discrimination? Diversity and Multicultural Days at school Encouraging students to mix in the classroom School uniforms Hiring teachers and staff from different races Displaying Posters against discrimination Guest speakers from different backgrounds Assemblies, drama, music, skits on diversity Teaching courses about diversity Lessons on Aboriginal people and pow wows Suspending students who discriminate others Asking students who discriminate to do assignments on Diversity 49 50 40 10 48 39 54 55 48 42 25 41
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DISCRIMINATION IN SCHOOLS
1. What kind of discrimination have you seen at school?
Racial Racial jokes Culture Fights Appearance Bullying / physical bullying Homophobia Sexual Gender Religion Money Class Intelligence against native students Clothes Verbal Gossip Cyber bullying Weakness
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-3 Interact with more students Students should definitely report any discrimination that they see, and they should think about how they would feel if it were them We should be careful about what we say and be respectful Stop stereotypes and prejudicial statements
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What should the school board do? Set up more workshops for students / Workshops on equality
Keep working with the students like organizing these conferences Things like YEDE Make presentations that can help students to learn about racism Continue providing information Promote presentations and support schools to do the presentations Same thing they are doing now, this conference Should hire special people to deal with these issues Have more conferences like this open to more students Do more presentations to tell kids how it is wrong Hold multicultural days and presentations Support the teachers Raise more awareness Create more programs concerning culture, race and religion Set up more workshops that more people can go to Put more races in the classes Teach it