{"id":762,"date":"2018-12-18T19:07:47","date_gmt":"2018-12-19T03:07:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/victoriamultifaith.com\/?p=762"},"modified":"2018-12-18T19:07:47","modified_gmt":"2018-12-19T03:07:47","slug":"celebrating-the-25th-anniversary-of-b-c-multiculturalism-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/victoriamultifaith.com\/?p=762","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of B.C. Multiculturalism Act"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/victoriamultifaith.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_20181121_122822-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-764\" srcset=\"https:\/\/victoriamultifaith.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_20181121_122822-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/victoriamultifaith.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_20181121_122822-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/victoriamultifaith.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_20181121_122822-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/victoriamultifaith.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_20181121_122822-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis milestone is an excellent opportunity to recognize and celebrate the benefits that come with living in one of the most culturally diverse places in the world,\u201d said Lisa Beare, Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture. \u201cToday, our government reaffirms our commitment to the principles of equality and respect for all British Columbians.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/victoriamultifaith.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_20181121_123111-e1545188164470-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-763\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s important to reach out\u00a0to each other, learn each other\u2019s stories and histories, and stand together against racism and hate,\u201d said Ravi Kahlon, Parliamentary Secretary for Sport and Multiculturalism. \u201cTolerance is not good enough. In our beautifully diverse society, we need to strive for equity, acceptance and inclusion for all British Columbians.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>VMS Board members Parminder Virk and Sri Devi Ganti attended the event, held at the Legislature in November.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThis milestone is an excellent opportunity to recognize and celebrate the benefits that come with living in one of the most culturally diverse places in the world,\u201d said Lisa Beare, Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture. \u201cToday, our government reaffirms &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/victoriamultifaith.com\/?p=762\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-762","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/victoriamultifaith.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/762","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/victoriamultifaith.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/victoriamultifaith.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/victoriamultifaith.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/victoriamultifaith.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=762"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/victoriamultifaith.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/762\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":766,"href":"https:\/\/victoriamultifaith.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/762\/revisions\/766"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/victoriamultifaith.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=762"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/victoriamultifaith.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=762"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/victoriamultifaith.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=762"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}