{"id":1419,"date":"2019-04-17T18:29:51","date_gmt":"2019-04-17T18:29:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/?p=1419"},"modified":"2019-04-17T18:29:51","modified_gmt":"2019-04-17T18:29:51","slug":"canadians-are-tired-of-footing-the-bill-for-racist-anti-white-propaganda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/?p=1419","title":{"rendered":"Canadians Are Tired Of Footing the Bill For Racist Anti-White Propaganda"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Canadians Are Tired Of Footing the Bill For Racist Anti-White Propaganda<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><i><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #0000ff; font-size: large;\"><i><b>[Why don&#8217;t rich Chinese or Arabs dip into their wallets to fund the anti-White, guilt mongering, mind bending propaganda, instead of expecting the beleaguered White taxpayer to do so? &#8212; Paul Fromm]<\/b><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: large;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: large;\">April 15, 2019<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: large;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: large;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Cry me a river.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: large;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: large;\">So the Left is in a tizzy because the Ford government has cut off funding to &#8220;Harmony&#8221;, one of hundreds of &#8220;anti-racist&#8221; organizations putatively dedicated to &#8220;equity&#8221;, diversity and inclusion, and a range of other goals whose benefits they assume to be self-evident.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: large;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: large;\">But, as one can easily discern from the comments that follow articles that trumpet the dubious merits of increasing cultural and ethnic fragmentation and new found sexual identities, a lot of taxpayers don\u2019t buy into the scam.\u00a0They\u00a0pay for it but it is a classic case of \u2018taxation without representation\u201d . Many if not most Canadians have a dim view of organizations who flock to the inexhaustible bird feeder which is the government grants. And they have a dimmer view of the politicians who provide them.\u00a0First in line at the trough are a consortium of Ethnocultural and Immigration lobbies who together with government patrons form a Canadian version of Orwell\u2019s Minitrue (Ministry of Propaganda).<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: large;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Whenever ordinary people are given the mic, one gains the impression that organizations like \u201cHarmony\u201d only succeed in creating \u201cacrimony\u201d.\u00a0What\u00a0Minitrue regards as \u201cequity\u201d, the silenced majority regards as inequity or reverse discrimination. And what they call diversity \u201cawareness\u201d programs are seen by many\u00a0as mandatory mis-education workshops designed to make students or employees less aware of the politically incorrect facts of Canadian history.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: large;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Grievance mongering in Canada is a lucrative business.\u00a0In fact, it is an industry. If you want to get a sense of the monstrous scale of this millstone, just visit government sites like this\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001WnzK7MPLkygwIwE5B4lW2lT-HJObRF-MRsdVoVTD7WVGtu1t_w5zSp0Hjt5fb0114CpkAZ_MOPC58Rpp-k3z2uh_w67LHtWPIdskAeUAEUkODIw8s2OjJI35nliC_7ienQhQTU5o5Ok76smW8FKOH3PlorsoGWB0iHiyQ0MKsjdl74mstXlSN3cAyWiwhbBzmXdY5XlNVzUtEEdPgPrTx5kGo3vCmbDxYY5t_racy1PCq-fyjUDh4Q==&amp;c=CPNZEHAuFeH3mxbS7pWGhd0AX-qF6iei-0-1GSxlXV_PAaIKIvuzPw==&amp;ch=W-IAtihHrZ7JiYknoiMYriIvFIYc7X2Hc_Ag-vaZhX3a-HLeKOlpxQ==\" target=\"_blank\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f%3D001WnzK7MPLkygwIwE5B4lW2lT-HJObRF-MRsdVoVTD7WVGtu1t_w5zSp0Hjt5fb0114CpkAZ_MOPC58Rpp-k3z2uh_w67LHtWPIdskAeUAEUkODIw8s2OjJI35nliC_7ienQhQTU5o5Ok76smW8FKOH3PlorsoGWB0iHiyQ0MKsjdl74mstXlSN3cAyWiwhbBzmXdY5XlNVzUtEEdPgPrTx5kGo3vCmbDxYY5t_racy1PCq-fyjUDh4Q%3D%3D%26c%3DCPNZEHAuFeH3mxbS7pWGhd0AX-qF6iei-0-1GSxlXV_PAaIKIvuzPw%3D%3D%26ch%3DW-IAtihHrZ7JiYknoiMYriIvFIYc7X2Hc_Ag-vaZhX3a-HLeKOlpxQ%3D%3D&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1555610883910000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGBbHt1iJofl4zk1zE39cI381WgAQ\">Click here for anti-racism article<\/a>\u00a0or this.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001WnzK7MPLkygwIwE5B4lW2lT-HJObRF-MRsdVoVTD7WVGtu1t_w5zSp0Hjt5fb011xt4yKfJLpCuvI1OXHh48TlPGrnWdJSyaN5Szg5jjt8ze9uLz5YE-I9EsE6_MpVmWJz5G9ybbmNLxR_buN1Gbp-Yf_v2Ny3TpyVpfdOa1C6hniGz7DICW2e-h2eWsaz9xWbedgjYsThBUH1SA-KAfzjUgTd2hmQvcsCWosb-z9wI=&amp;c=CPNZEHAuFeH3mxbS7pWGhd0AX-qF6iei-0-1GSxlXV_PAaIKIvuzPw==&amp;ch=W-IAtihHrZ7JiYknoiMYriIvFIYc7X2Hc_Ag-vaZhX3a-HLeKOlpxQ==\" target=\"_blank\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f%3D001WnzK7MPLkygwIwE5B4lW2lT-HJObRF-MRsdVoVTD7WVGtu1t_w5zSp0Hjt5fb011xt4yKfJLpCuvI1OXHh48TlPGrnWdJSyaN5Szg5jjt8ze9uLz5YE-I9EsE6_MpVmWJz5G9ybbmNLxR_buN1Gbp-Yf_v2Ny3TpyVpfdOa1C6hniGz7DICW2e-h2eWsaz9xWbedgjYsThBUH1SA-KAfzjUgTd2hmQvcsCWosb-z9wI%3D%26c%3DCPNZEHAuFeH3mxbS7pWGhd0AX-qF6iei-0-1GSxlXV_PAaIKIvuzPw%3D%3D%26ch%3DW-IAtihHrZ7JiYknoiMYriIvFIYc7X2Hc_Ag-vaZhX3a-HLeKOlpxQ%3D%3D&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1555610883910000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHdLRe4smEt93AdTE5SLIPnwNIl4w\">Click here for Ontario anti-racism plan\u00a0<\/a>or this\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001WnzK7MPLkygwIwE5B4lW2lT-HJObRF-MRsdVoVTD7WVGtu1t_w5zSp0Hjt5fb011ylJ8tLBX0VqqLou9d1_yrcBCR5pNmcrwJwL43QkjlUXJqZO0TjwAPGvpE7fi4sRVReORFbOoam7dA2sR7z9CRP0NMXHiRCaH7sulMBgqHTgcbnukkixz4HhlSKOlmBkeyJQ8fjHH-bQ=&amp;c=CPNZEHAuFeH3mxbS7pWGhd0AX-qF6iei-0-1GSxlXV_PAaIKIvuzPw==&amp;ch=W-IAtihHrZ7JiYknoiMYriIvFIYc7X2Hc_Ag-vaZhX3a-HLeKOlpxQ==\" target=\"_blank\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f%3D001WnzK7MPLkygwIwE5B4lW2lT-HJObRF-MRsdVoVTD7WVGtu1t_w5zSp0Hjt5fb011ylJ8tLBX0VqqLou9d1_yrcBCR5pNmcrwJwL43QkjlUXJqZO0TjwAPGvpE7fi4sRVReORFbOoam7dA2sR7z9CRP0NMXHiRCaH7sulMBgqHTgcbnukkixz4HhlSKOlmBkeyJQ8fjHH-bQ%3D%26c%3DCPNZEHAuFeH3mxbS7pWGhd0AX-qF6iei-0-1GSxlXV_PAaIKIvuzPw%3D%3D%26ch%3DW-IAtihHrZ7JiYknoiMYriIvFIYc7X2Hc_Ag-vaZhX3a-HLeKOlpxQ%3D%3D&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1555610883910000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHWXqGtZxvSeWm5qtBOmW1324ieVA\">Click for Alberta article\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0The latter site, which outlines the Alberta government\u2019s anti-racism community grant program, targeting small advocacy groups,\u00a0informs supplicants that they may receive up to $25,000 of government funding, plus an additional $5,000 in some cases. Multiply that by a hundred and pretty soon you are talking \u201creal money\u201d. Keep in mind that these are only three examples of the scam. Grievance mongering in Canada is a lucrative business.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: large;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: large;\">We talk about the outrageous scale of corporate welfare, but we can only imagine how much public money is spent on this vast propaganda apparatus when we look at the books of just one of its constituent parts.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: large;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: large;\">&#8220;Since 2011, Harmony Movement received between $200,000 and $300,000 annually \u2014 funds tied to the former Liberal government&#8217;s inclusive education (sic) strategy. It funded interactive workshops covering topics such as Islamophobia, LGBTQ issues and anti-Indigenous racism.&#8221;<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: large;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: large;\">$200,000-$300,000!\u00a0That\u2019s a lot of money to train kids how to employ Alinsky tactics in the service of a mission founded on falsehood and treason.\u00a0Imagine what we could do with that money. We could deprogram the victims of these &#8220;interactive workshops&#8221; for a fraction of that kind of money.\u00a0All we would need do is give them 30 minutes of the truth and hand them a copy of &#8220;Canada in Decay&#8221; on their way out.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: large;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: large;\">But \u201cHarmony\u201d is but one star in a galaxy of social justice panhandlers with begging bowls at the threshold of every government, provincial or federal, in the land.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: large;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: large;\">\u00a0A year ago, when the Trudeau cabinet wet its pants over the growth\u00a0of what Public Safety Canada called \u201cright wing extremism\u201d,\u00a0it earmarked $23 million over two years for \u201cmulticultural programs\u201d and national consultations on racism, that is, consultations with grievance identity groups.\u00a0Whenever a progressive government calls for a national conversation on race, they mean a monologue on race, where they do the talking and Joe Taxpayer does the listening. The 2018 Budget document stated that diversity was a cornerstone of Canadian identity which is threatened by the rise of \u201cultranationalist movements and, protests against immigration, visible and religious minorities. \u201c\u00a0But this year\u2019s 2019 Budget upped the ante by assigning $45 million to the noble cause, including $17 million this year and next for an \u201cAnti-Racism Strategy\u201d that will underwrite community projects to fight racial discrimination.\u00a0And if that doesn\u2019t take your breath away,\u00a0the budget also sets aside $25 million over five years for projects to celebrate \u201cBlack Canadian\u201d communities, which of course have withstood decades of withering white racism.\u00a0All of this adds up to what, almost $100 million in two years?<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: large;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: large;\">That\u2019s a stiff price to counter a movement which, according to \u201cfar right specialist\u201d Barbara Perry of the Ontario Institute of Technology\u00a0consists of\u00a0only around 125 groups.\u00a0Forgive me if I get the feeling that if there was no \u201cfar right\u201d extremist movement in Canada, the government would have to create one. Otherwise a lot of useless bureaucrats and crusaders would be out of a job. Perhaps the government should consider funding us as well.\u00a0I mean, we have to eat too.\u00a0They could frame it as a public works program to prime the pump of a flagging economy.\u00a0Maybe they are already doing that by employing moles and informants in our ranks.\u00a0As Lenin said, the best way to fight the opposition is to lead it.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: large;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Keep in mind that all of the aforementioned grants are not inclusive of the grants given to ethno-cultural organizations in the name of multiculturalism which in English Canada totaled an estimated $1 billion per year in the two fiscal years of 2012\/2013 and 2014\/2015, and over $920 million in 2013\/2014. In 2014\/2015 it was $720 million. In 2015, Quebec received $340.6 million under the Canada-Quebec Accord on Immigration.\u00a0There are more than 65 organizations on this gravy\u00a0train which is picking up steam (and dollars) as the years go by.\u00a0One of them, \u201cS.U.C.C. E. S. S. , a\u00a0Chinese immigration advocacy group, has received so much government money that it operates 20+ offices in Metro Vancouver.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001WnzK7MPLkygwIwE5B4lW2lT-HJObRF-MRsdVoVTD7WVGtu1t_w5zSp0Hjt5fb011Ib-U6g6_izMn1i9u16v4Oh2Wqcr0t1i_swASNQ9qLJKGGmlAMxAakB7rk8D0iwD4uAxb8fwYPnaGMKnJgfnbjg2qbCMxkmuyiDzFYuBeGOYJhkluMrHz_JkqkGPTM9QAYXf5Nap65GlbcjS1AwgtsuYvyG3ue3A__mGs_TFov3o=&amp;c=CPNZEHAuFeH3mxbS7pWGhd0AX-qF6iei-0-1GSxlXV_PAaIKIvuzPw==&amp;ch=W-IAtihHrZ7JiYknoiMYriIvFIYc7X2Hc_Ag-vaZhX3a-HLeKOlpxQ==\" target=\"_blank\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f%3D001WnzK7MPLkygwIwE5B4lW2lT-HJObRF-MRsdVoVTD7WVGtu1t_w5zSp0Hjt5fb011Ib-U6g6_izMn1i9u16v4Oh2Wqcr0t1i_swASNQ9qLJKGGmlAMxAakB7rk8D0iwD4uAxb8fwYPnaGMKnJgfnbjg2qbCMxkmuyiDzFYuBeGOYJhkluMrHz_JkqkGPTM9QAYXf5Nap65GlbcjS1AwgtsuYvyG3ue3A__mGs_TFov3o%3D%26c%3DCPNZEHAuFeH3mxbS7pWGhd0AX-qF6iei-0-1GSxlXV_PAaIKIvuzPw%3D%3D%26ch%3DW-IAtihHrZ7JiYknoiMYriIvFIYc7X2Hc_Ag-vaZhX3a-HLeKOlpxQ%3D%3D&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1555610883910000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFiacOWYxWY7ZMks0tnCg7L1xIDIw\">Click for article\u00a0<\/a>No wonder there are so many organizations, including post-secondary schools and churches that are grasping for hand-outs. As immigration analyst Dan Murray observed, \u201cMost Canadians do not have a million to a billion dollars to throw around, but Ottawa does.\u201d\u00a0No kidding.\u00a0And Doug Ford is channelling the anger of Canadians.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: large;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: large;\">In reporting Ford\u2019s cuts, HuffPost scribe Mohamed Omar\u00a0laments that this news &#8220;comes as the spectre of extremism haunts communities in Canada and around the world.&#8221;\u00a0But the extremism that Mr. Omar refers to is the extremism of those who are attempting to oppose his brand of extremism, aka globalism, the most extremist agenda that any totalitarian movement ever conceived.\u00a0\u00a0Nothing in modern\u00a0human history can match the extremely rapid and profound demographic transformation of Canadian, American and European societies wrought by globalism in the past quarter century &#8212;aided and abetted by globalist politicians and media hacks who now soil their trousers as they behold the &#8216;extremism&#8217; of\u00a0a broad swathe of ordinary people who won&#8217;t get with the program.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: large;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Omar notes that &#8221; Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland told the UN Security Council that neo-Nazis, white supremacists and &#8220;incels, nativists, and radical anti-globalists&#8221; threaten the stability of the country.&#8221;\u00a0Seriously? Nothing has been more destabilizing than globalism. Globalism took a wrecking ball to this country.\u00a0Globalism destroyed our manufacturing sector and out-sourced a million jobs. Globalism imposed an annual net fiscal burden on Canadian taxpayers of $20-35 billion, the difference between the taxes paid by low-skilled immigrants and the cost of social services provided to them. Globalism eroded our national sovereignty and cut the nation from its traditional ethno-cultural moorings. Many would maintain that we are not even a nation anymore, but a &#8216;post-national&#8217; state, as Justin Trudeau once boasted.\u00a0Telling us that the people who fight this most transformative and destabilizing process are destabilizing the country is like blaming firefighters for the water damage they caused in trying to save the building while letting the arsonist off the hook. It is like comparing the harm caused by\u00a0the violent actions of deranged individuals inspired by an ideology you don&#8217;t like to a KT asteroid event.\u00a0Get real Freeland! The problem is not \u201cradical\u201d anti-globalists but radical globalism!<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: large;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: large;\">\u00a0The extremism of hyper immigration is not a &#8220;spectre&#8221; but an ongoing event of mind-blowing scale, and the Great Replacement is not an optical illusion or a conspiracy &#8220;theory&#8221; but a reality. No &#8220;anti-racist&#8221; workshop can disguise it.\u00a0No infusion of taxpayer funding can hide it. Despite their most determined efforts to make people disbelieve what they see, despite a thousand hours of classroom indoctrination, and the subliminal messaging of TV commercials, movies and popular music, the political elite cannot keep the blinders on us forever.\u00a0Eventually reality breaks through like a battering ram, and scales fall from more and more\u00a0eyes. Reality is making converts every day.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: large;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: large;\">The truth is that the archipelago of organizations which form the &#8220;progressive&#8221; alliance&#8211; the political parties, the environmental NGOs, the SJW advocacy groups, the CBC, the molly-coddled arts community, liberal arts academia&#8212;all feed off the taxpayer tit in one way or another. These instruments of Cultural Marxist subversion can therefore be regarded as hot air balloons kept aloft only by the injection of conscripted money from the very people they wish to marginalize, displace or punish.\u00a0Without this money, without subsidies and\/or tax deductions, the Canadian &#8220;Left&#8221; would be a paper tiger, and the political class exposed for what it is, a fringe group. The tail that wags the dog.\u00a0Take the fledgling \u201cCanadian Anti-Hate Network\u201d (please).\u00a0Or is it \u201cThe Anti-Canadian Hate Network?\u00a0They needed a start-up grant from the (U.S.) Southern Poverty Law (Lie) Center just to get online resource set up.\u00a0Any race-baiting smear group worth its salt in Canada needs our tax dollars to survive.\u00a0Soros and the SPLC have deep pockets but they can\u2019t support every quisling Tom, Dick or Harry\u00a0who comes along wanting to undermine Western civilization.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: large;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Good riddance &#8220;Harmony&#8221;. Let you be the first of a hundred other anti-Canadian\u00a0parasites to feel the blade on your neck.\u00a0Good luck in finding a real job.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: large;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Tim Murray<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: large;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: large;\">BTW, Thank you Doug Ford!<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<div id=\"m_-4461017952849402285gmail-masthead\" class=\"m_-4461017952849402285gmail-header__content m_-4461017952849402285gmail-yr-masthead\">\n<div class=\"m_-4461017952849402285gmail-header__item m_-4461017952849402285gmail-header__editions\">\n<div class=\"m_-4461017952849402285editions m_-4461017952849402285gmail-js-edition-button m_-4461017952849402285gmail-yr-edition-links\">\n<div class=\"m_-4461017952849402285editions__current-edition m_-4461017952849402285gmail-js-current-edition\"><span class=\"m_-4461017952849402285editions__current-edition__label\">N<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"m_-4461017952849402285editions__current-edition__edition m_-4461017952849402285gmail-us m_-4461017952849402285gmail-icon-Globe_USA\">CA<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"m_-4461017952849402285gmail-dropdown m_-4461017952849402285gmail-dropdown--edition\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"m_-4461017952849402285gmail-header__item m_-4461017952849402285gmail-header__logo\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"m_-4461017952849402285gmail-inner-container m_-4461017952849402285gmail-row\">\n<div class=\"m_-4461017952849402285gmail-body-splash\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"m_-4461017952849402285gmail-page__content\"><span class=\"m_-4461017952849402285entry-eyebrow\">NEWS<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"m_-4461017952849402285gmail-timestamp\"><span class=\"m_-4461017952849402285gmail-timestamp__date m_-4461017952849402285gmail-timestamp__date--published\">04\/09\/2019 15:13 EDT\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"m_-4461017952849402285gmail-timestamp__separator\">|<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"m_-4461017952849402285gmail-timestamp__date m_-4461017952849402285gmail-timestamp__date--modified\">Updated\u00a004\/10\/2019 09:48 EDT<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"m_-4461017952849402285gmail-headline\">\n<h1 class=\"m_-4461017952849402285gmail-headline__title\">Harmony Movement, Anti-Racism Group In Ontario, Shutting Down After 25 Years Due To Funding Cuts<\/h1>\n<h2 class=\"m_-4461017952849402285gmail-headline__subtitle\">But the provincial government claims it never applied for funding.<\/h2>\n<div class=\"m_-4461017952849402285gmail-headline__stroke\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"m_-4461017952849402285gmail-share-bar m_-4461017952849402285gmail-share-bar--sticky m_-4461017952849402285gmail-desktop-only m_-4461017952849402285gmail-yr-share\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"m_-4461017952849402285gmail-author-byline m_-4461017952849402285gmail-yr-byline\">\n<ul class=\"m_-4461017952849402285gmail-author-list\">\n<li class=\"m_-4461017952849402285gmail-author-card m_-4461017952849402285gmail-yr-author-card\">\n<div class=\"m_-4461017952849402285gmail-author-card__headshot\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"m_-4461017952849402285gmail-author-card__details\"><span class=\"m_-4461017952849402285gmail-author-card__details-container\"><a class=\"m_-4461017952849402285gmail-author-card__details__name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.ca\/author\/mohamed-omar\" target=\"_blank\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.ca\/author\/mohamed-omar&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1555610883915000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHW8xov4-2JcY69jVo1-lEUKnFBrg\"><span class=\"m_-4461017952849402285gmail-author-card__details__name\">By Mohamed Omar<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"m_-4461017952849402285gmail-page__content__row m_-4461017952849402285gmail-row--no-border\">\n<div class=\"m_-4461017952849402285gmail-col m_-4461017952849402285gmail-col--body-center\">\n<div class=\"m_-4461017952849402285entry__below-entry\">\n<div class=\"m_-4461017952849402285entry__content m_-4461017952849402285gmail-js-entry-content\">\n<div class=\"m_-4461017952849402285gmail-top-media m_-4461017952849402285gmail-yr-top-media\">\n<div class=\"m_-4461017952849402285gmail-top-media__image m_-4461017952849402285gmail-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"m_-4461017952849402285gmail-image__src\" src=\"https:\/\/ci3.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/Err-QFFo2OXs5MTFa4Z4zfBERTQfyg-fV7_c8opXSb5rG9nd9Qs0ogRdO36dNiU6cQzsBNBT4peNzNsHsNDew1T0AA1aHvcOKc6GGpUxliQPVq-8f7CdBw8iGYL6LKRg64YHPAO_MT7EUTlUk8EXN8UToqT2MTOwCWngjq0Rtc-aRZTJZEcrA8mVc2dvkrG4OCqsijmetYkNNO6eBxwFsqm-0q78aUX3kl6U89P_GoKOjQB4_333VChDC5kI5qgEx5uklQA0OAZVUzufgKkcQMbgGMBort-4yFvPR3ls1Q49IsV7_WLFUkCXC4SniQ=s0-d-e1-ft#https:\/\/o.aolcdn.com\/images\/dims3\/GLOB\/crop\/1803x901+0+0\/resize\/630x315!\/format\/jpg\/quality\/85\/https%3A%2F%2Fmedia-mbst-pub-ue1.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fcreatr-uploaded-images%2F2019-04%2Febffebb0-5ae1-11e9-97fd-bd284419333a\" alt=\"Harmony Movement, an Ontario-based organization that facilitates equity and anti-racism workshops across the province, says provincial funding cuts are forcing it to shut down.\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"m_-4461017952849402285gmail-image__credit\">COURTESY HARMONY MOVEMENT<\/div>\n<div class=\"m_-4461017952849402285gmail-image__caption\">Harmony Movement, an Ontario-based organization that facilitates equity and anti-racism workshops across the province, says provincial funding cuts are forcing it to shut down.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"m_-4461017952849402285entry__body\">\n<div id=\"m_-4461017952849402285entry-text\" class=\"m_-4461017952849402285gmail-post-contents m_-4461017952849402285gmail-yr-entry-text m_-4461017952849402285entry-embed\">\n<p>TORONTO \u2014 An Ontario organization that has been providing anti-racism education programs to teachers and students across the province says funding cuts are forcing it to shut down its operations.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.harmony.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.harmony.ca\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1555610883915000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGnD15R1gXh-IH1ugiEJxY3rM6wBQ\">Toronto-based Harmony Movement<\/a>\u00a0will have to lay off 11 full-time staff, Cheuk Kwan, the group&#8217;s executive director, told HuffPost Canada. Founded in 1994, the organization facilitated equity-focused, anti-racism workshops for 59 out of 60 English school boards in the province.<\/p>\n<p>The Ontario government informed the group last December that it would no longer be receiving provincial funding, Kwan said.<\/p>\n<p>The news comes as the spectre of extremism haunts communities in Canada and around the world. Last month, a terrorist attack on two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand killed 50 people, many gunned down while in silent prayer. The shooter posted a manifesto online before the attack claiming he wanted to create\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2019\/mar\/15\/christchurch-shooting-new-zealand-suspect-white-supremacist-symbols-weapons\" target=\"_blank\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2019\/mar\/15\/christchurch-shooting-new-zealand-suspect-white-supremacist-symbols-weapons&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1555610883916000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFU-rDlzgIkMq2MfFJYfLPTquDbbg\">&#8220;an atmosphere of fear&#8221;\u00a0<\/a>against Muslims, according to The Guardian.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"m_-4461017952849402285gmail-share-bar-image-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"m_-4461017952849402285gmail-image__src\" src=\"https:\/\/ci3.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/lMyMbarYF4Pq6fb7E1Bf_P6xcnQRqvRUI-epcLnk53y0owLMxhjNnvV1fcN6X3nUpq248IKvkQQQVtuuOuR76PgYG2KW6DC_d3jMqXkrTD5q4RYFPwDDAbzKQ71Bn2LE91jfvKXPANpufjeheyFlIgfAW9UX67bjW7YvPiYjJIk4sP5ilVIFJbL6atI_y7-DfGqd4wWPOE9fGlMttWMBrcKx7jf0nJLRXu_snDjF1NzrbA32dj_n-qrmw23-tU91UJbwAT8lX3rIOGPlBlf2zJ5FJJiMjOxZsSdZHCcJVmPTwkRAb6hAvenzUVtZoY8JWS3AQ2W_zR1rUHHSzomwXIEhy647VLDZ9PYbL97AwiE4Nh8vpQTQIyakxdrvZHR5n5K9VGDflX6xwHDlgDRHP9FQSluNNQan=s0-d-e1-ft#https:\/\/o.aolcdn.com\/images\/dims?crop=1389%2C1409%2C10%2C151&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;resize=630%2C639&amp;image_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fs.yimg.com%2Fos%2Fcreatr-uploaded-images%2F2019-04%2F6d860b70-5ae6-11e9-b95c-571dc5a0e101&amp;client=a1acac3e1b3290917d92&amp;signature=cddaeed90c77d5bd37bf07f8294ebfc1b8e46e3a\" alt=\"Cheuk Kwan, the executive director of Harmony Movement, says his group was told to hold off on applying...\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"m_-4461017952849402285gmail-image__meta-wrapper\"><span class=\"m_-4461017952849402285gmail-image__credit\">COURTESY HARMONY MOVEMENT<\/span>Cheuk Kwan, the executive director of Harmony Movement, says his group was told to hold off on applying for provincial funding last year and wait until after the provincial election.<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;This is unfortunate, because if you look at the [2017]\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.ca\/news\/quebec-city-mosque-shooting\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.ca\/news\/quebec-city-mosque-shooting\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1555610883916000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHCCUaMA-CrcOIXZevtKRTNA7viVg\">Quebec mosque shooting<\/a>and then now you look at [Christchurch], more and more &#8230; we are under the threat of white supremacy. We need to deal more with this kind of threat beyond the three Rs and getting your math and English right,&#8221; Kwan said.<\/p>\n<p>According to Statistics Canada data released last November, hate crimes in 2017 were up 47 per cent compared to the year prior, with most of the incidents targeting Muslim, Jewish, and black populations. Most of that jump was seen in Ontario and Quebec. Before that, StatCan data pointed to a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/3523535\/hate-crimes-canada-muslim\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/3523535\/hate-crimes-canada-muslim\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1555610883916000&amp;usg=AFQjCNE0r6FPnZL21xqy9t7q7lClCDFZEg\">253 per cent increase<\/a>\u00a0in police-reported hate crimes against Muslims between 2012 and 2015, according to Global News.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland told the UN Security Council that neo-Nazis, white supremacists and &#8220;incels, nativists, and radical anti-globalists&#8221;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalobserver.com\/2019\/03\/28\/news\/violent-white-supremacists-threaten-canadas-stability-says-freeland\" target=\"_blank\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.nationalobserver.com\/2019\/03\/28\/news\/violent-white-supremacists-threaten-canadas-stability-says-freeland&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1555610883916000&amp;usg=AFQjCNH4gwBPrqQCY21ipCKwFGkDWpq-xA\">threaten the stability<\/a>\u00a0of the country, according to the National Observer.<\/p>\n<h2>Regular funding process wasn&#8217;t followed: Kwan<\/h2>\n<p>Since 2011, Harmony Movement received between $200,000 and $300,000 annually \u2014 funds tied to the former Liberal government inclusive education strategy. It funded interactive workshops covering topics such as Islamophobia, LGBTQ issues and anti-Indigenous racism.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond standard lectures, program manager Rima Dib said some were two-day long events that gave students and educators tools and practical advice, rather than just raising awareness about discrimination or oppression.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Everything from how to respond [to discrimination,] how to interrupt, how to challenge stereotypes to how to lead an initiative in your school that challenges an injustice,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"m_-4461017952849402285gmail-share-bar-image-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"m_-4461017952849402285gmail-image__src\" src=\"https:\/\/ci4.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/WZDhyTaGF9cEyIiBbNNokxzy2_CV8mPXhCyfygdZO_5LCRYZ2Zh5zd2qaKt2npXp0QBQjtRaj9-epJu_1UrOi6_Mi0N9mi9ZIBZTok2rd-ZRb1Q5nVMyqz1knqIBILpfALVVrCxvy1cKmBs37OHDPqx_uvQc60JqzZufHKzpj9LKACEWxnfwfQ_rjrdPvd-zsw4p7X0MQn8FeNRQbAXyO6MxS_zvZrfiZ72rrehWMTa5h_2qcMWUK_RlCUyzZagE-mspaGXz1URK2bGuevWozmrE2up30GwXLp3xhAjQHE10yiZ3OhHbhh3u9jOKFpzhXYviu7Qb-Es0mt_2DWrEvqM6vSdBg6IuxFBtufHnJuSbpkReS3iiOtHSLezd8m6hnyjWxnVWyTtMkuOHhs9tCz-Ay30O=s0-d-e1-ft#https:\/\/o.aolcdn.com\/images\/dims?crop=4032%2C3024%2C0%2C0&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;resize=630%2C473&amp;image_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fs.yimg.com%2Fos%2Fcreatr-uploaded-images%2F2019-04%2Ff5868b30-5afa-11e9-abba-87cd7866e493&amp;client=a1acac3e1b3290917d92&amp;signature=b9ba50a837a8696620a67b0a2bc79c8bcfb72d15\" alt=\"Youth participants are photographed at a week-long equity camp organized by Harmony Movement in partnership...\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"m_-4461017952849402285gmail-image__meta-wrapper\"><span class=\"m_-4461017952849402285gmail-image__credit\">COURTESY HARMONY MOVEMENT<\/span>Youth participants are photographed at a week-long equity camp organized by Harmony Movement in partnership with the York Catholic District School Board.<\/div>\n<p>The funding process generally started in the spring when the government would ask Harmony Movement and other groups providing similar programs to apply for funding.<\/p>\n<p>That didn&#8217;t happen last year.<\/p>\n<p>Kwan said the group was told to hold off applying because no funding decisions could be made until after the provincial election and budget priorities were set.<\/p>\n<p>But in December, the group received a letter that said because the province&#8217;s $14.5 billion deficit is &#8220;a significant concern,&#8221; the government had to make &#8220;necessary decisions to reduce spending wherever possible&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"m_-4461017952849402285gmail-share-bar-image-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"m_-4461017952849402285gmail-image__src\" src=\"https:\/\/ci6.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/Ai3UOrWjVCAgYTAq0gyozgLkNXK75J898V3jLQCRWdb-FxjnpYlLfKLFsjzI7lTldfGt2sNu0TKxzZZX2kBAPR8_uTr4FdLaOier2wA5MhR4kxJLk--YDtIKs4U_YHpaZcK0RljQXx0cHgVPhDFm5mHFgSTwhpI18bMiSJO8aX95n10WFxQqCsdxMfYP7gqGD8v_ndXQmJPq1l0WQMzKhQ9B1QHuyJHbWhmB9gPxAiC4SstBa5sWnljKlS1cV_ptLl0IAl9LN1Okx7CR-18Idp-fBv9HLFWnpZpLbhr0qDwL6gwbGdAfSdY7rXYd2CFCRdOvRLLZs-41j_yBzWOU_qNNzb8uKf0Yph_YvD4oZdPiyNytFu6FGlDjouRWjJ8VqAf1QpQQdcRI553ISUm0rsylb_Bf29s=s0-d-e1-ft#https:\/\/o.aolcdn.com\/images\/dims?crop=1378%2C1085%2C0%2C146&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;resize=630%2C496&amp;image_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fs.yimg.com%2Fos%2Fcreatr-uploaded-images%2F2019-04%2F02b769a0-5af6-11e9-9f54-f46dc9f5f889&amp;client=a1acac3e1b3290917d92&amp;signature=ca50110e1e4f6b0532e96667c2060b882f05933e\" alt=\"Rima Dib, a program manager at Harmony Movement, said some of the group's anti-racism workshops are intensive,...\" \/><\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"m_-4461017952849402285gmail-image__meta-wrapper\"><span class=\"m_-4461017952849402285gmail-image__credit\">COURTESY HARMONY MOVEMENT<\/span>Rima Dib, a program manager at Harmony Movement, said some of the group&#8217;s anti-racism workshops are intensive, two-day events that go beyond standard lectures on discrimination.<\/div>\n<p>A spokesperson for the Ontario education ministry told HuffPost in an email that the group did not &#8220;submit a proposal for funding to the ministry for 2018-19 or 2019-2020.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That&#8217;s their narrative. They said &#8216;well, they didn&#8217;t apply for funding.&#8217; That&#8217;s a &#8230; hypocritical way of saying it,&#8221; Kwan said. &#8220;That we didn&#8217;t get it because we didn&#8217;t apply.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>While the ministry did not clarify if it would fund any workshops like Harmony Movement&#8217;s in the future, it said that &#8220;inclusive education connections&#8221; are already baked into several parts of its curriculum.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s strong demand from schools for these types of workshops, especially after incidents like the Christchurch mosque attacks, according to Toronto-based writer and activist Sidrah Ahmad.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"m_-4461017952849402285gmail-pull-quote\"><p><span class=\"m_-4461017952849402285gmail-quote\">It&#8217;s almost like people don&#8217;t believe [Islamophobia] or want to think about it or address it unless there&#8217;s some horrific massacre.<\/span><span class=\"m_-4461017952849402285gmail-attribution\">Toronto writer and activist Sidrah Ahmad<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>This increase in hate crimes and a more &#8220;in-your-face form of Islamophobia&#8221; led her to develop a toolkit for educators and students called Rivers of Hope. It contains definitions and research on Islamophobia and anti-black racism, as well as stories and poetry from survivors of anti-Muslim violence.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, Ahmad and other activists\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.riversofhopetoolkit.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.riversofhopetoolkit.ca\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1555610883916000&amp;usg=AFQjCNF2CyhwkhmwhURg7z8yCF9KtxlEtw\">launched a collective<\/a>\u00a0to develop and facilitate free, interactive anti-Islamophobia workshops for high school students.<\/p>\n<p>But Ahmad said she doesn&#8217;t want to see demand for anti-Islamophobia education spike only after a tragedy.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That&#8217;s what we&#8217;re trying to show people at these workshops, the everyday nature of [Islamophobia] and how this stuff is happening every day. People are being harassed, bullied in school &#8230; this is all happening on a regular basis, but it&#8217;s almost like people don&#8217;t believe it or want to think about it or address it unless there&#8217;s some horrific massacre.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"m_-4461017952849402285gmail-share-bar-image-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"m_-4461017952849402285gmail-image__src\" src=\"https:\/\/ci3.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/RyRJn4YXdSoHXKhqEtHPyocdU0nUGJE_hGPLGoorxzMgs_hcDqvhcw8mW77lJuusiFjfkfhz1ENhitzRPpKxlFNKLs0j6tTlcygYt9pdDGWdWuYa64xB7H79Ba_z52y_dVg-kBLX80t5G8yobJSzsALyDO3T8ix2-TT-0ST7DPA-1b7j4EfOGwD8g8kc4iMbhidvxIqeYVIb2S1LcqA-jLFixg-NIS3AK2qW9c423a5HoIuAU8p_5JYEtUQuiKMhuVC4t9dXQETcaD2c-Kr0Ew-uJZ-zhgWHPnRQ1ft5SffeUC6TVndg2WJJ0-aJh73egWQ6OSqyL6rhG3G9IgH7BLzUgkGaeZ8sXK39ZGV5YMk_URqsXTiZo8RXXf6Yq7wZNZQJZT5io_ZfVNmoJaPbR_G8V3Q=s0-d-e1-ft#https:\/\/o.aolcdn.com\/images\/dims?crop=1200%2C842%2C0%2C0&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;resize=630%2C442&amp;image_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fs.yimg.com%2Fos%2Fcreatr-uploaded-images%2F2019-04%2F9b9c9820-5af1-11e9-bf86-48aa2827aea3&amp;client=a1acac3e1b3290917d92&amp;signature=7e554970746a6da7e313e659ef6985cd2cd85fb2\" alt=\"Members of the Rivers of Hope collective develop and facilitate anti-Islamophobia workshops for high...\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"m_-4461017952849402285gmail-image__meta-wrapper\"><span class=\"m_-4461017952849402285gmail-image__credit\">COURTESY RIVERS OF HOPE<\/span>Members of the Rivers of Hope collective develop and facilitate anti-Islamophobia workshops for high school students in the Greater Toronto Area.<\/div>\n<p>Aima Warriach, a Muslim student who wears the niqab and hijab, helps facilitate the interactive workshops. She says Muslim students can experience &#8220;constant emotional labour&#8221; in schools and at times might feel pressured to justify or explain if any violence incidents happen to be carried out by a Muslim.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What the Rivers of Hope kind of does is alleviate that type of labour from students and puts the responsibility on teachers educating themselves and other students educating themselves.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Rivers of Hope received a one-time grant last year from a non-profit to help develop its workshops and pay its facilitators an honourarium, Ahmad said.<\/p>\n<p>The group is\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.launchgood.com\/project\/rivers_of_hope_antiislamophobia_workshops?src=372390&amp;fbclid=IwAR1zdeDWjH51kASvNVFkVCs-I-7v_LrvpDr9Gl_BXmPdI7v31yOoqV-a5zU#!\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.launchgood.com\/project\/rivers_of_hope_antiislamophobia_workshops?src%3D372390%26fbclid%3DIwAR1zdeDWjH51kASvNVFkVCs-I-7v_LrvpDr9Gl_BXmPdI7v31yOoqV-a5zU%23!\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1555610883917000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEbEKAro3NM7Ly7kvyeoHugfnLRMg\">now fundraising<\/a>\u00a0to develop a new program aimed at elementary school students, but Ahmad said she wants to see the province take a more active role in funding anti-racism education programs.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Ideally we shouldn&#8217;t need to exist,&#8221; Ahmad said. &#8220;All of this should be taken care of within the school. We&#8217;re kind of like a Band-Aid coming in and being put on because there&#8217;s a problem..&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"m_-4461017952849402285gmail-share-bar-image-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"m_-4461017952849402285gmail-image__src\" src=\"https:\/\/ci5.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/mP3NTIJMiM-OT3KT6BUt2D4gw8UGm55LtR-g7SX2PyltpF0ITNaZVVDdI13NRTfp3ilbOuKcrLETrckACnUSchXWr2MYy49yTVHLPlqs23q9SKgnljuO-95hBryRQW9-CtpdooIrooxRPTHEZorlH-M_Ezb5gUyujENy2JOqE3RHmapfjtfX1VEDez3x-mimV9L6hayZL8I7AqGtR90rfTEPchtAUChM0F8L1wYdInBQFuyTPEH3KXbDEGCkvmQR1O0GmgOVC1TkVPXmcDZv-kRVKqIhZhJyg8MpErS5Wdgb_YnrJYgI1-p5POTGWXRRATiV01P28Se_b1w2hSr326jbzv078ivakuv6c3aVpdR2CYfgxqlg6K6VAqkmkbXnsZprHO5qmg-_saK_fOv9w3iYRW-w=s0-d-e1-ft#https:\/\/o.aolcdn.com\/images\/dims?crop=4032%2C3024%2C0%2C0&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;resize=630%2C473&amp;image_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fs.yimg.com%2Fos%2Fcreatr-uploaded-images%2F2019-04%2F2025ff10-5af1-11e9-9fdf-ef97a7c51847&amp;client=a1acac3e1b3290917d92&amp;signature=01320a4449d1106b21ab4e4d629e7db6be1acdd9\" alt=\"Students from Maple High School in the York Region District School Board plan ways to make their school...\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"m_-4461017952849402285gmail-image__meta-wrapper\"><span class=\"m_-4461017952849402285gmail-image__credit\">COURTESY HARMONY MOVEMENT<\/span>Students from Maple High School in the York Region District School Board plan ways to make their school more inclusive at a workshop organized by Harmony Movement.<\/div>\n<p>For Dib, Harmony Movement&#8217;s work is essential because it can work as a proactive measure to fight against the &#8220;alienation&#8221; that led to the Christchurch shooting.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We talk about [tragedies like Christchurch] and wish there&#8217;s something [to do], and in fact there really is. We&#8217;ve been doing it. Our organization has been around 25 years. Last year alone we worked with 5,800 students and there&#8217;s a real connection between education and attitude and behaviour,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What our programs are based on is [that] our ideas inform our attitudes and our attitudes inform our actions. If our ideas are based on stereotypes and biases, our attitudes are prejudiced and are our behaviours are discriminatory.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Harmony Movement is set to close on June 30.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Canadians Are Tired Of Footing the Bill For Racist Anti-White Propaganda \u00a0 [Why don&#8217;t rich Chinese or Arabs dip into their wallets to fund the anti-White, guilt mongering, mind bending propaganda, instead of expecting the beleaguered White taxpayer to do so? &#8212; Paul Fromm] \u00a0 April 15, 2019 \u00a0 \u00a0 Cry me a river. \u00a0 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1107,1105,1106,127,99],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1419"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1419"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1419\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1421,"href":"https:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1419\/revisions\/1421"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadafirst.nfshost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}