Migrants in the UK are winning hearts and minds among the general population because of their high level of representation among health workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. A new study shows that attitudes towards are becoming more positive and the…

The Black Lives Matter movement has shone a spotlight on a lack of diversity in Australia’s media sector. And recent research by Deakin University academics found that mainstream media often reflected negative views of minority communities. The study analysed 1,366…

Arts groups across Australia are set to launch a Creative Equity Toolkit in a bid to create a more racially diverse arts sector. Led by Diversity Arts Australia, the initiative will link together key stakeholders to establish a set of…

A new study has found that refugees, like everyone else, want meaningful work that makes a difference and not just jobs that simply pass their time. Researchers at the UK’s Teeside University looked at how the asylum process impacted on…

A Google search of ‘Multiculturalism’ from an Australian location yields the words ‘bad’, ‘a disaster’ and ‘cancer’ as the top three associated suggestions. These disturbing revelations come from the work of researchers looking at the activities of white supremacist groups…

Businessman and health services professional George Savvides AM has been appointed as the new Chair of the board of multicultural broadcaster SBS. Mr Savvides was appointed as Deputy Chair in February 2017. He has extensive management and board experience working in business,…

Australia’s multicultural communities may be at greater risk from the COVID-19 pandemic because health data is not collected on the basis of cultural background, ethnicity or language, according to leading sociologist Professor Andrew Jakubowicz.  Prof Jakubowicz says that the rising…

Werribee Mansion’s historic parterre garden has been turned into a vegetable patch during the COVID-19 crisis to help feed needy families in Wyndham. The flower beds, famous among gardeners across the world, is being used to grow silver beet that…

For Iraqi artist and refugee Bashar Yousif paint and canvas is a form of storytelling. His work is informed by the trauma and displacement he has suffered at the hands of Islamic State and the other extremists groups that brought…

For more than 25 years Johnny Abo worked as a journalist for the local and international media trying to explain the workings of Syria’s government and society to the outside world. But as conflict and corruption engulfed his homeland, his…

Iraqi refugee Alaa Rafo Alasguir was tortured by ISIS and lost the business and wealth he had built up with his own hands over 27 years to the brutal, fundamentalist militant group. He also almost lost his wife Rana during…

Refugee client supported into work and study Syrian refugee Raed Hamoud Alshaar is leaving no stone unturned in his determination to establish a new life in Australia. Since fleeing the horrors of the conflict in his homeland, the 23 year…