Sentences with phrase «by cultural minorities»

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Big losers will include our cultural institutions, including the CBC and the Canada Council who will likely face further devastating cuts, as well as human rights, international development and arts organizations who were funded historically by the Canadian government (some of whom had already lost funding under the minority Conservative government).

But replacing our cultural heritage may only cause irritation, especially if you do this not only in museums visited by a minority of people, but affecting everybody.

The worldviews held by these minorities are steeped in their religious and cultural life, which in turn reflect their collective identity.

Exclusion of young fathers in some ethnic minority families may be reinforced by cultural practices when female family members play a particularly substantial role in providing support to the mother during pregnancy and birth (Pollock et al, 2005)

By 1990, the cultural diversity began to change slightly as shown by census reports of 94.8 % Caucasian residents and 5.2 % minority residents, with the largest minority group being Asian (3.7 %By 1990, the cultural diversity began to change slightly as shown by census reports of 94.8 % Caucasian residents and 5.2 % minority residents, with the largest minority group being Asian (3.7 %by census reports of 94.8 % Caucasian residents and 5.2 % minority residents, with the largest minority group being Asian (3.7 %).

• Assumptions about different cultural groups and how they impact breastfeeding support • Shoshone and Arapaho tribal breastfeeding traditions shared through oral folklore • Barriers to decreasing health disparities in infant mortality for African Americans • Effects of inflammation and trauma on health disparities that result in higher rates of infant mortality among minority populations • Barriers to breastfeeding experienced by Black mothers and how lactation consultants can support them more effectively • Social support and breastfeeding self - efficacy among Black mothers • Decreasing pregnancy, birth, and lactation health disparities in the urban core • Positive changes in breastfeeding rates within the African American community • Grassroots breastfeeding organizations serving African American mothers

So we know when you celebrated the millennium then; though I think you were in a (mathematically correct) minority, but overruled by common (cultural) usage.

Multiculturalists are concerned about the domination of cultural or religious minorities by their majoritarian counterparts.

«Minority teachers may be perceived more favorably by minority students because they can serve as role models and are particularly sensitive to the cultural needs of their students,» said study author Hua - Yu Sebastian Cherng, assistant professor of international education at NYU SteMinority teachers may be perceived more favorably by minority students because they can serve as role models and are particularly sensitive to the cultural needs of their students,» said study author Hua - Yu Sebastian Cherng, assistant professor of international education at NYU Steminority students because they can serve as role models and are particularly sensitive to the cultural needs of their students,» said study author Hua - Yu Sebastian Cherng, assistant professor of international education at NYU Steinhardt.

Cultural appropriation is defined as «the use by cultural outsiders of a minority, oppressed culture's symbols or other cultural elementsCultural appropriation is defined as «the use by cultural outsiders of a minority, oppressed culture's symbols or other cultural elementscultural outsiders of a minority, oppressed culture's symbols or other cultural elementscultural elements».

China has some strong programs when it comes to using the native languages of minority groups for school instruction, according to a report published in 2005 and released online in July by the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, or UNESCO.

One faculty member teaches about issues of power in society (gender and minority status, for example) by asking students to analyze their own cultural perspectives (such as their cultural history, language, and literacy).

Many educators, policymakers, and other stakeholders worry that increasing selectivity may lead to a less racially diverse teacher workforce, as minority candidates generally score lower on many of the current selectivity metrics used by teacher preparation programs.14 Others maintain that the diversity gap will only continue to grow in the decades to come, even with a focus on the recruitment and retention of the current generation of prospective teachers.15 Instead, those skeptical of the United States» ability to attain both goals offer solutions such as increased cultural competency among the existing teacher workforce to inspire and encourage a more diverse generation of future educators.16

Or, as education professors Richard Ingersoll and Henry May have argued, «minority students benefit from being taught by minority teachers, because minority teachers are likely to have «insider knowledge» due to similar life experiences and cultural backgrounds.»

In the United States, it is often customary to capitalize «Deaf» when referring to any self - identified member of the large cultural minority, united by common language and traditions, of people who can not hear.

A couple of weeks ago opened A Major Minority, an amazing group show featuring the work of contemporary urban artists from around the world curated by graffiti artist and curator Poesia, who is also the editor of Graffuturism.com and the cultural instigator at the center of the growing interest in abstract, progressive and hybrid Graffiti art forms.

Oppenheim speaks of growing up in Washington and California, his father's Russian ancestry and education in China, his father's career in engineering, his mother's background and education in English, living in Richmond El Cerrito, his mother's love of the arts, his father's feelings toward Russia, standing out in the community, his relationship with his older sister, attending Richmond High School, demographics of El Cerrito, his interest in athletics during high school, fitting in with the minority class in Richmond, prejudice and cultural dynamics of the 1950s, a lack of art education and philosophy classes during high school, Rebel Without a Cause, Richmond Trojans, hotrod clubs, the persona of a good student, playing by the rules of the art world, friendship with Jimmy De Maria and his relationship to Walter DeMaria, early skills as an artist, art and teachers in high school, attending California College of Arts and Crafts, homosexuality in the 1950s and 1960s, working and attending art school, professors at art school, attending Stanford, early sculptural work, depression, quitting school, getting married, and moving to Hawaii, becoming an entrepreneur, attending the University of Hawaii, going back to art school, radical art, painting, drawing, sculpture, the beats and the 1960s, motivations, studio work, theory and exposure to art, self - doubts, education in art history, Oakland Wedge, earth works, context and possession, Ground Systems, Directed Seeding, Cancelled Crop, studio art, documentation, use of science and disciplines in art, conceptual art, theoretical positions, sentiments and useful rage, Robert Smithson and earth works, Gerry Shum, Peter Hutchinson, ocean work and red dye, breaking patterns and attempting growth, body works, drug use and hippies, focusing on theory, turmoil, Max Kozloff's «Pygmalion Reversed,» artist as shaman and Jack Burnham, sync and acceptance of the art world, machine works, interrogating art and one's self, Vito Acconci, public art, artisans and architects, Fireworks, dysfunction in art, periods of fragmentation, bad art and autobiographical self - exposure, discovery, being judgmental of one's own work, critical dissent, impact of the 1950s and modernism, concern about placement in the art world, Gypsum Gypsies, mutations of objects, reading and writing, form and content, and phases of development.

15 months after its creation by the Quebec government, and after extensive public hearings in all regions of the province on the issue of how far society should go to accommodate requests for religious and cultural adjustments from individuals from minority groups, the Consultation Commission on Accommodation Practices Related to Cultural Differences finally released its report and recommencultural adjustments from individuals from minority groups, the Consultation Commission on Accommodation Practices Related to Cultural Differences finally released its report and recommenCultural Differences finally released its report and recommendations.

The Consultation Commission on Accommodation Practices Related to Cultural Differences was created by the provincial government last spring after a number of incidents involving clashes or controversies between members of minority groups, in particular religious minorities, and the members of the highly secularized French - speaking majority that overthrew the restraints of... [more]

The Human Rights Committee confirms that specific cultural rights held by a certain group are «conferred on individuals belonging to minority groups and [are]... distinct from, and additional to, all the other rights which, as individuals in common with everyone else, they are already entitled to enjoy under the Covenant [of Civil and Political Rights]», General Comment 23 The rights of minorities (8 April 1994) paragraph 1.

Two categories of non-discriminatory differentiation protected within a human rights framework are the right to express one's cultural identity, referred to variously as minority rights or cultural rights [109], and the provision of measures by governments to facilitate the advancement of members of certain racial groups who historically have been disadvantaged by discriminatory policies.

Social support is particularly important when researching sexual minority couples, as they experience minority stress, which is derived from breaking the cultural norms, but mediated by social network support (Meyer, 2003).

ITCT - A especially focuses on social and cultural issues, and has been used in a variety of inner city and socially marginalized contexts, and with a range of cultural and sexual minority youth, as well as unaccompanied minors from Mexico and southward and those exploited by the sex industry.

By reframing the identity development of gender and sexual minorities as a normative and healthy expression of humanity; we begin with the premise that LGBTQ individuals and families emerge within a cultural context that has long sought to pathologize and erase them.

In order to increase cultural competency, the scripts for both video clips were reviewed and tailored for appropriate language, communication style, and content by a pediatric health behavior researcher with expertise in developing interventions for urban, minority adolescents, specifically African American adolescents.