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Culture Kind: Multicultural and Canadian Culture

culture kind: It was all for the Saskatchewan Writers' Guild event called, Little Stories on the Prairie, organized in celebration of Canadian Multicultural Day, according to CBC. It's really important to hear the voices of those that come from different places, because I think it's one of the best ways to learn about somebody else and where they're from, said event organizer Oin Nicholson. Writers and artists were gathered to perform storytelling, poetry and music. Multicultural Council begins community-bridging Canada 150 project As our Canadian culture gets more and more multicultural, I think it's important that every culture kind of gets representation, a voice. Rivera read some of her poetry about her life as a political exile of Chile. The event featured performances by writers Jennifer Graham and Martine No l-Maw, rapper Brad Bellegarde, also known as Info Red, and poet Mirtha Rivera. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.