Index DEDICATION TO LOUELLA MAY CHANNELL ............................................................................. 5 INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................................. 6 CROSS CULTURAL CONNECTIONS – UPDATE FORM ............................................................. 7 IMPORTANT TELEPHONE NUMBERS TO REMEMBER ............................................................. 8 ALBERTA HEALTH SERVICES ..................................................................................................... 8 HEALTHY DIVERSE POPULATIONS ................................................................................ 8 HEALTH LINK ALBERTA.................................................................................................... 9 CALGARY COMMUNITIES AGAINST SEXUAL ABUSE ................................................... 9 CITY OF CALGARY PARTNERS ................................................................................................... 9 TELUS SPARK SCIENCE CENTRE CALGARY ................................................................ 9 CALGARY ZOO – Botanical Garden and Prehistoric Park ............................................... 10 FORT CALGARY NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK ......................................................... 10 HERITAGE PARK HISTORICAL VILLAGE ...................................................................... 10 TALISMAN CENTRE ........................................................................................................ 11 COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS .................................................................................................... 11 CONSULAR OFFICES .................................................................................................................. 17 INTERPRETERS AND TRANSLATORS ...................................................................................... 21 CULTURALLY DIVERSE MEDIA (Newspapers, Radio, TV) ...................................................... 27 CULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS .................................................................................................... 37 ABORIGINAL .................................................................................................................... 37 AFRICAN .......................................................................................................................... 46 ARAB................................................................................................................................. 53 AUSTRIAN ........................................................................................................................ 53 AZERBAIJAN .................................................................................................................... 54 BELIZE .............................................................................................................................. 54 BRAZIL .............................................................................................................................. 54 BRITISH ............................................................................................................................ 54 BRUNEIAN ........................................................................................................................ 55 BULGARIA ........................................................................................................................ 55 BURMESE (MYANMAR)................................................................................................... 56 CAMBODIAN_(KHMER) ................................................................................................... 56 CARIBBEAN ..................................................................................................................... 56 i CHINESE .......................................................................................................................... 59 CROATIAN ........................................................................................................................ 67 CZECH .............................................................................................................................. 68 DANISH ............................................................................................................................. 68 DUTCH .............................................................................................................................. 69 EAST INDIAN .................................................................................................................... 69 EGYPTIAN ........................................................................................................................ 74 FIJIAN ............................................................................................................................... 74 FILIPINO (also under “Philippines”) .................................................................................. 74 FINNISH ............................................................................................................................ 75 FRENCH ........................................................................................................................... 75 GERMAN .......................................................................................................................... 80 GREEK .............................................................................................................................. 81 GUINEA ............................................................................................................................ 82 HAITI ................................................................................................................................. 82 HUNGARIAN ..................................................................................................................... 83 ICELAND ........................................................................................................................... 84 IRANIAN ............................................................................................................................ 84 IRISH ................................................................................................................................. 85 ISMAILI.............................................................................................................................. 85 ITALIAN ............................................................................................................................. 86 IVORY COAST .................................................................................................................. 87 JAPANESE ....................................................................................................................... 87 JEWISH ............................................................................................................................. 88 KHMER (Cambodian) ....................................................................................................... 91 KOREAN ........................................................................................................................... 91 LAOTIAN ........................................................................................................................... 92 LATIN AMERICAN ............................................................................................................ 92 LEBANESE ....................................................................................................................... 94 LITHUANIAN ..................................................................................................................... 95 LUXEMBOURG AND MADAGASCAR ............................................................................. 95 MADAGASCAR AND LUXEMBOURG ............................................................................. 95 MALAYSIAN ...................................................................................................................... 96 MALI .................................................................................................................................. 96 MUSLIM ............................................................................................................................ 96 NORWEGIAN .................................................................................................................... 99 PAKISTANI ....................................................................................................................... 99 PHILIPPINES (also under “Filipino”) ............................................................................... 100 ii POLISH ........................................................................................................................... 101 PORTUGUESE ............................................................................................................... 103 ROMANIAN ..................................................................................................................... 104 RUSSIAN ........................................................................................................................ 104 SCANDINAVIAN ............................................................................................................. 105 SCOTTISH