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Walk a Mile: The Immigrant Experience in Canada - Episode 3 - Discrimination

1999 27 min
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Canada espouses the concept of a cultural mosaic, where ethnic and cultural diversity is respected. In episode 3, immigrant Canadians share their experience of this mosaic, presenting realities that do not always coincide with official policy. Many newcomers, especially visible minorities, encounter discrimination in imployment, housing and social acceptance. This film also addresses the experiences of refugees seeking asylum in Canada. Walk a Mile: The Immigrant Experience in Canada is a 4-part series that reveals the challenges faced by immigrants who leave all they know to make a new home in Canada. The aim of this series, as the title …

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Canada espouses the concept of a cultural mosaic, where ethnic and cultural diversity is respected. In episode 3, immigrant Canadians share their experience of this mosaic, presenting realities that do not always coincide with official policy. Many newcomers, especially visible minorities, encounter discrimination in imployment, housing and social acceptance. This film also addresses the experiences of refugees seeking asylum in Canada. Walk a Mile: The Immigrant Experience in Canada is a 4-part series that reveals the challenges faced by immigrants who leave all they know to make a new home in Canada. The aim of this series, as the title suggests, is for viewers to walk that symbolic mile in the others' shoes and to more readily show understanding and tolerance of the immigrant experience in Canada.
  • producer
    Dan Moscrip
  • director
    Dan Moscrip
  • project manager
    Dini Steyn
  • production assistant
    Kim Irvine
    Marie Hacault
  • writer
    Colin Yardley
  • project development
    Neale Adams
    Anne Kemp
  • researcher
    Catherine Ateyo
  • camera
    Roger McGrath
    George Colmer
  • audio
    Dave Curle
    Lez Morrison
    Stewart Lake
    Peter Wong
  • teleprompter
    Gord Woods
  • grip
    Gord Woods
  • makeup
    Sandy Dennis
    Cori Ohirko
  • graphics
    Tim Johnson
  • off-line editor
    Tyronne L'Hirondelle
  • online editor
    Tony Hrkac
  • audio post
    Gerry Hughes
  • composer
    Lesley Sutherland
  • narrator
    Hal Wake
  • actor
    Carol Alexander
    Steve Amazzal
    Tosca Baggoo
    Lisa Bunting
    Ron Chartier
    Ted Cole
    Arthur Corber
    Tory Dixon
    Ross Douglas
    Sam Ellis
    Frances Flanigan
    Ajit Gill
    Dan Joffre
    Villy Azuune Joffre
    Balinder Johal
    P. Lynn Johnson
    Joanne Jurimae
    Gurcharan Kainth
    Victor Khong
    Brett Kwan
    Celia Lam
    Dolly Madsen
    Breanne Milne
    Tyler Milne
    Kelly Nielson
    Jay Ono
    Ted Paxton
    Sharon Reiner
    Laara Sadiq
    Edris Safi
    Siluck Saysanasy
    Ahmad Sharmrou
    Howard Siegel
    Té Simms
    Katie Smith
    Sheri Stenson
    Dini Steyn
    Brandon Suen
    Elizabeth Thai
    Imelda Villalon
    David Winfield
    Anna Wong
    Randy Wong
    Robin Wong
  • closed captioning
    Line 21 Media Services Inc.

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