{"id":2455,"date":"2016-03-21T15:57:50","date_gmt":"2016-03-21T15:57:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saskhumanrightsbeta.f9uxqf1h-liquidwebsites.com\/?p=2455"},"modified":"2020-04-15T06:02:08","modified_gmt":"2020-04-15T06:02:08","slug":"living-in-harmony-award-recipients-demonstrate-good-citizenship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saskatchewanhumanrights.ca\/living-in-harmony-award-recipients-demonstrate-good-citizenship\/","title":{"rendered":"Living in Harmony Award Recipients Demonstrate Good Citizenship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.3.3&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||0px||false|false&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.3.3&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||0px||false|false&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.3.3&#8243;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Detail Text&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.3.3&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>On March 21, 2016, the City of Saskatoon recognized students, individuals, and organizations that help make the city a welcoming and inclusive community for all people. Timed to coincide with the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/en\/events\/racialdiscriminationday\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination<\/a>, the City of Saskatoon\u2019s Cultural Diversity and Race Relations gave awards for art and literary works that promote multiculturalism and harmony.<\/p>\n<p>Award recipients included the St. Edward School EcoJustice program, Ms. Alex Mulenga, Ms. Alice Deng, Ms. Chelsea Lund, Mr. Bob Zhao, and Ms. Gaylene Klatt and St. Marguerite School for community service recognition.<\/p>\n<p>Ms. Gaylene Klatt and students from St. Marguerite School.<\/p>\n<p><em>Ms. Gaylene Klatt and students from St. Marguerite School perform at the &#8220;Livining in Harmony&#8221; awards ceremony.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s \u201cLiving in Harmony\u201d awards ceremony highlighted the importance of reconciliation. Mr. Eugene Arcand, a residential school survivor and an advisor to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.trc.ca\/websites\/trcinstitution\/index.php?p=905\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada<\/a> spoke about the importance of education and understanding.\u00a0 He reminded the students that the Truth and Reconciliation Commission \u201cdid not make recommendations\u201d but rather \u201ccalls to action\u201d that are intended to foster healing and create harmony.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on behalf of the Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission, Commissioner Heather Kuttai also acknowledged that Saskatoon continues to be strengthened by the contributions of Indigenous people. Citing the need to take action, she commended the award recipients for being, \u201ccitizens who know their rights, respect others, and demonstrate a sense of responsibility to our community and a willingness to work together.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On March 21, 2016, the City of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":365,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_wp_stack_schedule":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/saskatchewanhumanrights.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2455"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/saskatchewanhumanrights.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/saskatchewanhumanrights.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saskatchewanhumanrights.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saskatchewanhumanrights.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2455"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/saskatchewanhumanrights.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2455\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2806,"href":"https:\/\/saskatchewanhumanrights.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2455\/revisions\/2806"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saskatchewanhumanrights.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/365"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/saskatchewanhumanrights.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2455"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saskatchewanhumanrights.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2455"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saskatchewanhumanrights.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}