Edmonton Intercultural Centre

Edmonton Intercultural Centre
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In Intercultural Communities, there is comprehensive mutuality, reciprocity, and equality.

The Edmonton Intercultural Centre (EIC) came into existence in December of 2014. Located in the heart of the McCauley Community, in the old McCauley School building, the EIC is home to twelve (12) non-profit organizations, who share a similar mandate or vision of antiracism, inclusion, and intercultural sharing and learning. The EIC also has common rental spaces, utilized by numerous smaller community groups, who have needs both for space and for a welcoming, safe, and diverse environment.

The vision of the Edmonton Intercultural Centre is to transform the McCauley School into a centre for learning, research, recreation and the arts that reflects and capitalizes on the rich diversity in the McCauley community and the City of Edmonton.

Our social structure and everyday interactions are defined by justice, mutuality, respect, equality, understanding, acceptance, freedom, diversity, peace-making, and celebration. Intercultural Community hopes to take us deeper than Multicultural or Cross-Cultural models of Community.

  • There are mutually reciprocal relationships among and between cultures.
  • People from different cultural groups interact with one another, learn and grow together; build relationships and become transformed, shaped, and moulded from each other’s experiences.
  • “Intercultural” is not a substitute for “ethnic”!
  • The focus is on relationship building (not survival), deep connections, interactions, mutual giving, respect, and learning from one another.
  • No one is left unchanged in the intercultural process: some examine their own culture more deeply, some are changed through the interaction with others, many learn more about what it means to be in Community together.
  • Racial and cultural power imbalances are addressed; people are enabled to learn from each other and lead toward the transformation of all peoples.

Message From Board President

We believe in the power of Edmonton’s diversity.

We believe Edmonton is one of Canada’s most progressive and innovative municipalities.

It’s leaders and citizens value diveersity and are committed to action that creates a vibrant and intercultural society.

We believe that by fostering deep connections between diverse voices, experiences, and wisdom we create a transformative space. In this space – the Edmonton Intercultural Centre Space – race and cultural power imbalances melt, equity and opportunity thrive, no one is left unchanged. Across our city, we all reap the benefits.