Multicultural Expo returning to MacDonald Island Park for first time since 2020

The Multicultural Affiliation of Wooden Buffalo (MCA) is internet hosting its annual Multicultural Expo subsequent month. This would be the first time the celebration of Fort McMurray Wooden Buffalo’s multiculturalism has been held in-person since February 2020.

The expo will embrace meals, performances and actions from greater than 40 nations and cultures from each continent. A Welcome Truthful portion for newcomers may even present newcomers to the area with details about native non-profits, instructional alternatives, housing and authorities providers obtainable in Fort McMurray Wooden Buffalo.

“Expo is an efficient introduction for newcomers to see all of the cultures obtainable in Fort McMurray. They’ll meet individuals from their very own tradition and meet new individuals from totally different ones,” stated MCA occasions supervisor Rasha Hassan. “Expo hosts all of those cultures in a single place.”

The occasion coincides with the discharge of the 2021 RMWB census, which exhibits the Fort McMurray Wooden Buffalo area is turning into more and more various.

About 60 per cent of individuals dwelling within the area are white, down from 64 per cent within the 2018 census. The second largest ethnic group within the area is South East Asian at 7.2 per cent and South Asian is the third largest at 6.7 per cent.

About 3.2 per cent of individuals recognized as African, adopted by combined ethnicities (2.44 per cent), Black or African Canadian (two per cent), European (1.73 per cent), Arab (1.41 per cent), Hispanic or Latin American (1.08 per cent), Caribbean (0.67 per cent) and Oceanic (0.13 per cent).

First Nation reserves weren’t included within the census as a result of they fall below federal jurisdiction. However the census discovered seven per cent of individuals dwelling within the municipality are Indigenous.

“We’ve been doing the expo just about for the final two years due to the restrictions, however many issues can’t be achieved just about,” stated Hassan. “You’ll be able to’t strive the totally different meals, you possibly can’t speak with the individuals there, the performances are restricted in what they will do. It’s not a full appreciation of all of the cultures which might be present in Fort McMurray.”

The expo can be held at MacDonald Island Park on Feb. 11 from 11 a.m. to six p.m. Tickets, volunteer varieties and data may be discovered at mcawb.org.

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