The Canadian Council for Multicultural / Intercultural Education,
a national voice for multicultural / intercultural education presented
the first annual Exemplary Multicultural Educator's Award to Dr. R. Patrick
Solomon for his work in the Faculty of Education's Urban Diversity Teacher
Education Initiative.
Dr. Solomon (with the initial support of Dr Gary Bunch) has developed,
implemented and co-ordinated the Urban Diversity Teacher Education Initiative
at York University since its inception in 1994. This unique initiative
was designed as a response to the Ontario Ministry of Education's challenge
to teacher education institutions to make teacher education more relevant
to the population it serves, and to integrate issues of equity, diversity
and social justice into the schooling process. York's Faculty of Education
accepted this challenge by providing the structure and support for the
development of the initiative which to date has graduated over 520 teachers.
Who We Are
OMAMO is a non-political, non-religious, non-profit service organization. Founded in 1981 and incorporated in1983, it is affiliated with other provincial multicultural organizations and with the Canadian Council on Multicultural and Intercultural Education (CCMIE).
OMAMO's Focus
We are an association of highly motivated educators and community leaders committed to developing Ontarians for responsible citizenship in a culturally and racially diverse Canadian society.
We believe that:
- Ontario and Canadian society is fundamentally multicultural, multiracial, multi-faith and multilingual.
- Unity and equity in diversity is the ideal image of the evolving Canadian society. The elimination of racism and ethnic discrimination is crucial to achieving unity and equity.
- Responsible citizenship means that each individual contributes to the maintenance and enhancement of a tolerant community.
- All individuals share equitably in the responsibilities and benefits of the community.
We are a bilingual organization, but cannot function in French at present. We are seeking the resources to do so.
