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A great family-friendly event you won't want to miss.
Multiculturalism Day Picnic is a place to learn, celebrate, and share as we bring all cultures together for a fun day in Halton
Welcome
HMC Connections welcome you to our annual Multiculturalism Day!
Today celebrates the rich cultural diversity that exists within our region. It is
an opportunity to promote awareness of cultural differences, to learn about
other cultures, and to encourage everyone to celebrate their own heritage.
The event aims to bring together annually the community to promote
multiculturalism and openness between cultures. HMC’s goal is to put on an
event that not only celebrates Halton’s diversity but creates an opportunity
for community members to come together – interactively – across our
diverse identities, to learn, listen, share, and grow.
We would like to thank Federal, Provincial, Regional and Local governments,
RBC Bank, MapleLodge Farms, Halton Newcomers Strategy, Oakville Fire
Department, Halton Region Police Services, Oakville Soccer Club, the Oakville
Lion’s Club and all of our staff and volunteers for helping make this day
special.
On behalf of the Halton Multicultural Council we would like to say a special
Thank You to our hard working staff members and friends who give of
themselves tirelessly the many hours it takes to make Multiculturalism Day
picnic the social success that it is. To our Volunteers who work year after year
and to the new ones who are here for 2017 we say to all of you, Thank You,
we could not do it without you.
HMC Connections welcomes you all to our Multiculturalism Day Picnic; we
wish you a most enjoyable experience and hope to see you again next year.
In the spirit of unity, diversity and respect,
Ross Bragdon Kim Jenkinson
Board President Executive Director
Would you like to become a Cultural Presenter to showcase your culture? We are always seeking people to participate in our future cultural booths exhibition. Showcase your culture by volunteering at a booth to be sure your culture is represented at different community events throughout Halton. Team up with your friends and spotlight your culture by signing up as “booth presenter”. Bring food samples, music, flags, maps, games, and souvenirs – anything that can proudly showcase your culture! Creativity is the key and sharing your culture with everyone is fun and rewarding.
This entails setting up an exhibit to display the culture and heritage of your country or origin. We are looking for uniqueness and creativity to visually show the richness of the culture.
The goal is to have everyone who visits a booth learn something new about the country/culture that is represented.
Booths are made possible only if volunteers like you step up.
To become a volunteer and for more information please contact our
Community Connections team:
905-842-2486 [email protected] www.hmcconnections.com
MC DAY Program
Timing Description Representative
4:50pm Canadian National Anthem
Angela Chaves
4.55pm Welcome/ Open-ing Ceremonies
Kim Jenkinson –Executive Director
Greetings MP Oakville North-Burlington Pam Damoff
Greetings MPP Oakville and Minister of Labour Kevin Flynn
Greetings Regional Chair Gary Carr
Greetings MP Karina Gould
Greetings MP Elanor Mcmahon
Greetings MP John Oliver
Greetings RBC
5:15pm First Nations White Pine Dancers
5:30pm Chinese Dance Kaleidoscope Chinese Performing Arts (KCPA)
6:00pm Ukrainian dance and instrument
Tyrsa Ukranian Dance Group
6:15pm Filipino International Youth Ministry
6:30pm Arabic Dance
Zaytouna Dabke Inc.
6:45pm Sri Lankan Dance Rangara Performing Arts
7:00pm Classical Indian Dance
Bharatham Academy of Indian Dance
7:15pm Chinese Dance Mississauga Chinese Arts Association
7:30pm Latin Dance Tonatiuh
7:45pm Closing Ceremony Angela Chaves
Cultural Booth is a place to learn, celebrate, and
share knowledge
Please visit each cultural booth to increase your knowledge and experience
of other cultures and participate in the interactive activities.
Face Paining
Art Activities
Bouncy Castle
Much more...
India
Sri Lanka
Pakistan
China
Philippines
Middle East
Latin America
Romania
Africa
Korea
Children Area Attractions
Community Booth Sponsors
Centre for Education & Training Milton Beaty Branch Library Interfaith ICCN Oakville Sports SAVIS New Mummy Company Life Hearing Solutions Spiritual Assembly of the Baha’is of Oakville
Sponsors and Supporters
Awesome stage entertainment and representation
by different cultures
First Nations Performance
Chinese Caiwei Dance: A trinational folk dance
Ukrainian Hutsul Dance: This dance comes from the mountainous
Hutsul region of Ukraine
Ukrainian Hopak Dance: Hopak developed initially as a Kozak social
dance
Filipino Tinikling and Tiklos Dances: A Visayan fold dance
Latin Tonatiuh Dance: Mexican folklore and traditional dance
Sri Lankan Ruja Dance: A traditional kamdyan welcoming dance
Classical Indian Dance: Bharatanatyam is a popular classical dance
Middle Eastern Dabke dance: It is a line dancing and is the most
popular folk dance in Middle East
Everyone interested in participating, would sign-up at the Welcome Booth and then receive the Scavenger Hunt list/rules.
The participants can choose anything off the list to take pictures of. Then either using Twitter or Instagram they will post it with the #hmcconnections or they can also tag us @HaltonMC on Twitter and @hmcconnections on Instagram. From there, the pictures we get, we will rank them from 1-5 with 5 being the highest to 1 being the lowest. Then all the numbers will be added from the pictures received and whoever has the highest points, will win.
Main Event Sponsor
The Halton Newcomer Strategy (HNS)
The HNS is a local immigration partnership that facili-tates community-level planning and supports newcomer integration in the region of Halton. The HNS has developed these tools to support newcomers:
Newcomer Portal:
For newcomer and refugee settlement information and resources, visit: http://welcometohalton.ca
E-Mentoring Program:
The E-Mentoring connects newcomers and international students with established professionals in their field. Participants gain insight and access to labour market information and occupation specific resources and guidance.
For more information, please contact: [email protected]
Major Sponsor
Community Sponsor