Multicultural Youth Sports and Diversity Training

Recently, our Multicultural Youth program delivered a sports and diversity training workshop to AFL Tasmania. The two hour workshop explored the barriers that young people from migrant and refugee backgrounds face while trying to access sports and recreation activities. Tasmanians come from 177 different countries, with 159 identified languages spoken in Tasmanian homes. As this continues to increase, there is ...

Bicultural Workers

Providing culturally appropriate support to MRC Tas clients Across Tasmania, MRC Tas is working with a diverse and incredibly unique population. Given this diversity, specialised support is often required to ensure services can effectively engage with culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities. This is where bicultural workers come in. At MRC Tas, bicultural workers are employed to facilitate cross-cultural communication and ...

Meet our new PICAC Officer!

Last week, Migrant Resource Centre Tasmania (MRC Tas) shared a post in celebration of Seniors Week and the services being provided by the EnCOMPASS program to enhance the support offered to CALD community members. But Seniors Week does not stop here, and there is more important work being done in this space. The Partners in Culturally Appropriate Care (PICAC) program ...

International Day of Peace

​​On the 21st of September each year, nations and people around the world come together to celebrate International Day of Peace. Initiated by the United Nations, the aim of the day is to “honour a cessation of hostilities” and encourage “education and public awareness on issues related to peace.” It presents an opportunity to reflect on the importance of global ...

International Friendship Day

July 30th is International Friendship Day. It’s a day that speaks to the importance of fostering strong friendships and building bridges between peoples and cultures. Although the United Nations only declared July 30th as the official International Friendship Day eleven years ago, the history of celebrating connections between individuals and communities from around the globe stretches further back. The progression ...