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Is the diversity trade publication providing the business case and career centres for women, multicultural and minority employees.
Brought to you by Cultural Diversity at Work, publishes on diversity and cross-cultural management. The collection of articles that now exists chronicle corporate diversity efforts over the past 11 years in the United States, Canada, Australia and several other countries.
Is part of a larger communications initiative entitled Diversity Works. This initiative is designed to create new pathways for diversity collaboration and connection, via the World Wide Web and more traditional forms of print communication.
American Institute for Managing Diversity, Inc. (AIMD)
Helps organizations understand managing diversity, provides insights into the implementation of diversity, identifies and categorizes trends in diversity management, and suggests new research critical to successful application.
National Association of Gender Diversity Training
Provides business conferences on gender issues in the workplace, and Professional Certificate Programs on gender diversity program development, diversity awareness, and change management.
National MultiCultural Institute
Focuses on Organizational Training and Consulting; diversity training and skills-building; and Leading Edge Projects that promote the creation of a professional association for diversity practitioners, and partnerships with government and private organizations.
This web site is an on-line environment that enables visitors from widely different backgrounds to have a productive exchange, thoughtful dialogue, and encourage meaningful action in neighborhoods, schools, and workplaces.
Contains campus, local, national, and international academic material relating to the following areas of diversity as defined by the Office of Human Relations Programs at the University of Maryland: age, class, disability, ethnicity, gender, national origin, race, religion & sexual orientation.
Georgian College - Diversity Centre Home
The Georgian College Initiative is a tri campus endeavor devoted to enhancing and promoting diversity at the three Georgian College campuses of Barrie, Orillia and Owen Sound, via the development and implementation of campus-wide programs related to diversity.
A learning community of diversity professionals who come from a variety of work sectors to explore emerging questions of workplace diversity and inclusion.
Global Diversity @ Work Calendar
An inclusive calendar that incorporates all religious, multicultural and diversity related holidays and observances all in one resource.
Valuing Our Differences Diversity Calendar
From the University of Kansas Medical Centre
MOTIVATIONAL QUOTES
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"Improvement makes straight roads; but the crooked roads without improvement are roads of genius." William Blake
"The diversity of physical arguments and opinions embraces all sorts of methods." Michel Eyquem, seigneur de Montaigne (1533–1592)
"...two opinions alike, no more than two hairs or two grains; the most universal quality is diversity." Michel Eyquem, seigneur de Montaigne (1533–1592)
"There never was in the world two opinions alike, no more than two hairs or two grains; the most universal quality is diversity." Montaigne, Of the Resemblance of Children to Their Fathers
"The ae half of the world thinks thither daft." Scott, Red gauntlet
"If we are to achieve a richer culture, rich in contrasting values, we must recognize the whole gamut of human potentialities, and so weave a less arbitrary social fabric, one in which each diverse human gift will find a fitting place." MARGARET MEAD
"A man's feet should be planted in his country, but his eyes should survey the world." George Santayana
"Differences are something you live with, not something you fight about." John Hume
"I am glad I stayed in my seat on a Montgomery, Alabama, bus, Dec. 1, 1955." Rosa Parks
"I have never told my own religion nor scrutinized that of another. I never attempted to make a convert, nor wished to change another's creed. I am satisfied that yours must be an excellent religion to have produced a life of such exemplary virtue and correctness. For it is on our lives, and not from our words, that our religion must be judged." Thomas Jefferson, letter to Mrs. H. Harrison
"Information is power. Diversity is strength." Curtis Sittenfeld
"It's just a noun unless you do something about it. The thought of a more diverse tomorrow is just that unless it is put into action. Many talk the talk, few back it up." DaimlerChrysler ad
"Nobody has found a way to get diversity right. It's just something you struggle with." Ruth Simmons
"This is so much bigger than me." Halle Berry accepting Academy Award
"We are all human beings. We are all normal." Xolani Nkosi Johnson
"We may have come here on different ships, but we're all in the same boat." Martin Luther King, Jr.
"We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools." Martin Luther King, Jr.
CULTURAL TRIVIA
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How much you know about the various cultures in the Asia-Pacific Middle East region? Test your knowledge and play this quiz now!
1. The 'Moro' is the Muslim sector of what country's population?
a. Malaysia
b. Albania
c. Spain
d. Philippines
2. In Thai, what is the name for a masked play or dance drama?
a. khon
b. khoisan
c. khoja
d. klong
3. Which Hindu festival is the 'festival of nine nights'?
a. Lakshmi-Puja
b. Navaratri
c. Diwali
d. Holi
4. Which of the following is not included in the Vietnamese 'tam giao' or 'three religions'?
a. Buddhism
b. Taoism
c. Confucianism
d. Hinduism
5. Which is not a major ethnic group of Singapore?
a. Chinese
b. Thai
c. Indian
d. Malay
6. What does an Australian mean when he says "To have a 'Captain Cook at the Opera House'
a. See the statue of Captain Cook at the Opera House
b. See the plaque Captain Cook laid at the steps of the Opera House
c. To have a look at the Opera House
d. To take a photo of the Opera House
7. The Maori people are the indigenous people of New Zealand. What does the name 'Maori' literally mean?
a. people
b. earth
c. kiwi birds
d. normal
8. Most of the indigenous people in Borneo live in communal structures known as .........?
a. longhouses
b. stilted houses
c. goatskin tents
d. treehouses
9. In which country do they celebrate 'Tomb Sweeping Day'?
a. China
b. Egypt
c. India
d. Germany
10. Mekes are a tradition in Fiji - but what are they?
a. Dances
b. Body Paintings
c. Ceremonies
d. Bonfires
ANSWERS:
1. Philippines - The word 'Moro' is derived from 'Moor'...the name for the Muslims in Spain from years past.
2. khon
3. Navaratri
4. Hinduism - The Vietnamese received the 'tam giao' from their northern neighbor China. Hinduism really never
made a deep impression on traditional Vietnamese culture.
5. Thai
6. To have a look at the Opera House - Captain Cook' is rhyming slang, and means 'look'.
7. normal - Maori is also the name of the native language.
8. longhouses - A Longhouse can be up to 300 yards in length and houses many individual families who live in
separate apartments. It has a corridor which can be used as a gallery for hanging various artifacts.
9. China - During Tomb Sweeping Day people go to their ancestors tombs and clean them up as a show of respect.
10. Dances
LANGUAGE TRIVIA
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How much you know about the various languages in the Asia-Pacific Middle East region. Test your knowledge and play these quiz now.
1. What is Bauan?
a. House
b. River
c. Important Port City
d. Indigenous Fijian language
2. Which one of these is a Malay phrase for 'How are you'?
a. Selamat pagi?
b. Apa khabar?
c. Selamat datang?
d. Apa nama awak?
3. Three of the following are 'Thank you' in North East Asian languages. Which one is 'Thank you' in a South East Asian language?
a. Xie xie
b. Khawp khun
c. Arigato gozaimasu
d. Kam-sa ham-ni-da
4. How would you reply to 'Apa Kabar?' in Indonesian?
a. Waduh!
b. Tidak!
c. Baik, terima kasih!
d. Selamat pagi!
5. In Japan, what does the suffix '-San' mean?
a. It's used to show respect
b. It's used to show friendship
c. It's used to show royalty
d. It's used to show ownership
6. Vietnamese is most closely related to which of the following languages?
a. Thai
b. Cambodian
c. Chinese
d. Hindi
7. What is the Tagalog for "no"?
a. oo
b. hindi
c. ano
d. sino
8. When not talking on the phone, how do you say hello in Japanese?
a. Moshi-Moshi
b. Watashi
c. Konichiwa
d. Zuno
9. What does 'haere ra' mean in Maori Language?
a. be careful!
b. goodbye
c. my friend
d. thank you
10. Which of the following words has not been transliterated into Chinese?
a. Motor 'Mo Tuo'
b. Sofa 'Sha fa'
c. Basketball 'Ba Si Ke Bo'
d. Coffee 'Ka Fei'
ANSWERS
1. Indigenous Fijian language - Though many dialects of the Fijian language is spoken in Fiji, the country's
language, due to British influence, is English.
2. Apa khabar?
3. Khawp khun - 'Xie xie' is Chinese, 'Kamsa hamnida' is Korean, 'Arigato gozaimasu' is Japanese, and 'Khawp khun'
is Thai.
4. Baik, terima kasih! - Apa kabar?' means 'How are you?' 'Baik, terima kasih' means 'Good, thanks!'
5. It's used to show respect
6. Cambodian - The Vietnamese and Cambodian languages both belong to the very small language family called
Austro-Asiatic. Vietnamese has many loan words from Chinese, but only shares its roots with Cambodian
amongst the languages listed.
7. hindi - Oo is yes, ano is what and sino is who.
8. Konichiwa - Moshi-moshi' is for telephone only.
9. goodbye - You will see this painted on roadsigns around New Zealand as you drive out of various cities and
provinces, also next to the Auckland Airport.
10. Basketball 'Ba Si Ke Bo' - Basketball is actually 'Lan Qiu' in Chinese.