CROSS CULTURAL CONNECTIONS DIRECTORY 2017 visit calgary.ca/CulturalDirectory 2017 Cross Cultural Connections 1 Index DEDICATION TO LOUELLA MAY CHANNELL ............................................................................. 6 INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................................. 7 CROSS CULTURAL CONNECTIONS – UPDATE FORM ............................................................. 8 IMPORTANT TELEPHONE NUMBERS TO REMEMBER ............................................................. 9 ALBERTA HEALTH SERVICES (AHS) ........................................................................................10 DIVERSITY LIAISONS TEAM .......................................................................................... 10 811 HEALTH LINK ............................................................................................................ 10 CITY OF CALGARY PARTNERS ................................................................................................. 10 TELUS SPARK SCIENCE CENTRE CALGARY ..............................................................10 CALGARY ZOO – Botanical Garden and Prehistoric Park ..............................................11 FORT CALGARY NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK ......................................................... 11 HERITAGE PARK HISTORICAL VILLAGE ......................................................................11 REPSOL CENTRE ............................................................................................................ 12 COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS ....................................................................................................12 CONSULAR OFFICES ..................................................................................................................24 INTERPRETERS AND TRANSLATORS ......................................................................................29 CULTURALLY DIVERSE MEDIA ................................................................................................. 36 CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS ....................................................................................................45 ARGENTINIAN ................................................................................................................. 45 AFRICAN .......................................................................................................................... 45 ARAB ................................................................................................................................ 53 AUSTRIAN ........................................................................................................................ 53 AZERBAIJAN .................................................................................................................... 54 BELIZE .............................................................................................................................. 54 BRAZIL .............................................................................................................................. 54 BRITISH ............................................................................................................................ 55 BRUNEIAN........................................................................................................................ 55 BULGARIA ........................................................................................................................ 56 BURMESE (MYANMAR) .................................................................................................. 56 CAMBODIAN (KHMER) .................................................................................................... 57 CAMEROON ..................................................................................................................... 57 CARIBBEAN ..................................................................................................................... 58 2017 Cross Cultural Connections 2 CHINESE .......................................................................................................................... 60 COLOMBIA ....................................................................................................................... 68 CROATIAN........................................................................................................................ 68 CZECH .............................................................................................................................. 69 DANISH ............................................................................................................................. 69 DUTCH .............................................................................................................................. 70 EAST INDIAN.................................................................................................................... 71 EGYPTIAN ........................................................................................................................ 75 FIJIAN ............................................................................................................................... 75 FILIPINO (also under “Philippines”).................................................................................. 75 FINNISH ............................................................................................................................ 76 FRENCH ........................................................................................................................... 77 GERMAN .......................................................................................................................... 82 GREEK .............................................................................................................................. 84 GUINEA ............................................................................................................................ 84 HAITI ................................................................................................................................. 85 HUNGARIAN..................................................................................................................... 86 ICELAND ........................................................................................................................... 87 INDIGENOUS ...................................................................................................................88 IRANIAN ............................................................................................................................ 97 IRISH ................................................................................................................................. 97 ISMAILI ............................................................................................................................. 98 ITALIAN ............................................................................................................................. 98 IVORY COAST ................................................................................................................. 99 JAPANESE ..................................................................................................................... 100 JEWISH ........................................................................................................................... 101 KHMER (Cambodian) ..................................................................................................... 103 KOREAN ......................................................................................................................... 104 LAOTIAN ......................................................................................................................... 105 LATIN AMERICAN .......................................................................................................... 105 LEBANESE ..................................................................................................................... 107 LITHUANIAN ................................................................................................................... 108 LUXEMBOURG .............................................................................................................. 108 MADAGASCAR .............................................................................................................. 108 MALAYSIAN.................................................................................................................... 109 MALI ................................................................................................................................ 109 MAURITIUS .................................................................................................................... 109 MEXICAN ........................................................................................................................ 109 2017 Cross Cultural Connections 3 MUSLIM .......................................................................................................................... 110 NEPALESE ..................................................................................................................... 112 NORWEGIAN.................................................................................................................. 112 PAKISTANI ....................................................................................................................