On December 13th, the Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture launched the 2018-2019 British Columbia Multiculturalism Grant Program. The grants are open to registered non-profit and charitable organizations and offer up to $5,000 in funding for activities, programs and events in communities across the province to engage public participation in building cross-cultural and intercultural interaction, trust and understanding, or challenge racism, hate and systemic barriers.

The grants will be available for community projects in two streams:

• International Interaction Stream: Projects that build cross-cultural and intercultural interaction, trust and understanding between people of different ethno-cultural, racial, religious and other backgrounds through a range of activities, programs, events and approaches.
• Anti-Racism and Systems Change Stream: Projects that challenge racism, hate and/or reduce systemic or institutional barriers for under-represented, radicalized and/or other minority groups, especially those that use a collaborative community approach.

The deadline to apply is January 10th, 2019. Please feel free to share the poster promoting the awards.

The 90^th British Columbia Youth Parliament will hold its parliamentary session in Victoria at the Provincial Legislative Chambers from December 27 to 31, 2018. The Youth Parliament is a province-wide non-partisan organization for young people ages 16 to 21. It teaches citizenship skills through participation in the December parliamentary session and in community service activities throughout the year. Youth Parliament is a one year commitment.

The BC Youth Parliament is non-partisan and applicants need only be interested in learning more about the parliamentary process and in serving their community.

The application is available here, along with an informational brochure and poster.

All applications must be received by October 23, 2018. Selected applicants will be notified in early November.