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12/95/
ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED319452 AUTHOR: Ward, Barbara
TITLE: Report on George Brown College Multicultural
Demonstration Project.
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1990
NOTE: 77 p.
ABSTRACT: This five-part report describes George Brown
College's Multicultural Demonstration Project (MDP), which
was developed to: (1) increase awareness of issues of
multicultural change among senior managers at the college;
(2) assist two departments to implement aspects of the
college's Race and Ethnic Relations Policy and the
recommendations of the Multicultural Task Force; (3)
develop an effective model for multicultural organizational
change; and (4) pilot the model in two departments to
improve responses to the increasing racial and cultural
diversity of the staff and student population. Section I
provides an introduction to recent demographic changes in
Ontario which have changed a predominantly homogeneous
student population to an increasingly diverse one. This
section includes information on the MDP, funding,
objectives, and the selection of personnel, departments,
and projects. Section II describes the diversity workshops
that were held for senior managers to orientate them to the
project and to help them explore the possibilities for
multicultural organizational change within the college.
Sections III and IV examine needs assessment and plan
implementation within the college's Human Resources
Department (HRD) and Academic Skills Development Department
(ASDD). Responses to surveys and interviews conducted in
the departments are detailed, indicating that the main
issues for HRD staff were general climate, departmental
communication, personal skills, and organizational
commitment, while the ASDD identified as key
issues the general departmental climate, students' written
and oral communication skills, intercultural issues, race
relations, curriculum and evaluation, the Race and Ethnic
Relations Policy, and strategies for improving
communication, relations, and learning in the classroom.
Section V contains a summary of successful outcomes.
Appendixes include needs assessment questionnaires,
participant profile sheet, and training session objectives
and agendas for both departments. (WJT)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: Cultural-Differences; Cultural-Pluralism;
Organizational-Communication; Organizational-Development;
Questionnaires-; Racial-Composition; Racial-Discrimination;
School-Surveys; Two-Year-Colleges
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *Community-Colleges; *Cross-Cultural
Training; *Ethnic-Relations; *Racial-Relations; *Staff
Development
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