Whitchurch-Stouffville Newspaper Index

Stouffville Tribune (Stouffville, ON), February 7, 1987, p. 21

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weekender february 7 1987 p2i inventory clearance at fyinters in stock wallpaper v2 price or better above left leon manner discusses stereotyping in competitive sports with ottawa roughrider football star robert reid as students in the work shop go through role playing skits immediately above teachers david nimmo back and judith ryan talk with joan walker event organizer and students who attended the hate propagan da everyones problem session sjoerd witteveen bursting racial barriers by bruce etheridge local educators are taking new and innovative steps to combat racism about 250 grade 7 and 8 stu dents from public and separate schools in york region attended the first annual know no boundaries conference at un- ionville high school last thursday the conference is designed to inform and enlighten students about canadas multicultural society in an effort to break down barriers between diffe rent races joan walker organizer of the event and a guidance counsellor at milliken mills public school said she got the idea at a track meet two years ago after over- book orders save 30 mr t samples only i prapaints the best selling finish 10 off 4 l can ahother buy a 4 l can at our regular low price get a roller for v2 price with this coupon quality decorating service available when was the lasttimeyou looked at your movies slides or photos fymters markville shopping centre upper level across from f a7 fl 9 the bank of commerce ht i f v jo see them now with your vcr give something completely different this valentines day transfer those memories of your loved ones onto vhs or beta cassettes call advanced video transfer 4717517 hearing milliken students wondering about these black kids who were winning all the trophies selected for leadership the 12- and 13yearold stu dents selected for their lead ership abilities attended va rious workshop sessions on such topics as racial slurs stereotyp ing in sports and living in a mul tiracial society during the first part of the day students were shown through role playing that while customs may be different peo ple are basically the same sparked ideas jason watson a 13yearold student at ej sand public school said he hoped to pick up lots of good stuff from the con ference to take back to his school one idea he already had was to encourage his school to hold a multicultural day by the time were 27 well be in charge said fellow student geoff rose if were bigots how are we suppose to come together in the community at the end of the day students got together with others from their respective schools to dis cuss and share their experi ences mrs walker said that rather than putting a bandage on the problem she hoped by edu cating kids racism might be eliminated altogether joan walker organized the multiracial conference shes a guidance counsellor at mil liken mills public school

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