Barry Cole: Cole and Canadian Multiculturalism

barry cole: President of the Cole Foundation, Barry Cole, said while the commission was in session it became clear that the Anglophone and Francophone communities in the province weren't as welcoming to immigrants as they should be, according to CBC. Canadian style' multiculturalism a menace to Quebec, commission hears This meant the immigrants were becoming 'ghettoized,' Cole said. The foundation started giving out its Intercultural Interculturelles IC-CI grants in 2008 after the release of the commission's recommendations, which included promoting intercultural dialogue in the province. I thought this was an interesting question to examine, and we could use theatre as a vehicle to address that question. There was only one problem Montreal theatre companies weren't very interested in someone telling them what to do. While the Bouchard-Taylor commission was in session Cole decided he wanted to encourage local theatre companies to tell stories from Quebec's multicultural communities. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.