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Apple QuickTime movie  |  2002-08-18  |  4.7 MB  |  320x240  |  15fps  |  56 seconds
Transcription: When I was living in Guelph, Ontario, it was very, very homogeneous. I did not have a lot of friends who were from a vastly different culture. So I may have somebody who was a good friend from England or Ireland or Australia, but they were every bit as white as I am. And when we moved to British Columbia, it was a very ethnic community that we moved to. And at first I found that to be a little bit challenging and probably ten minutes later I found it to be enthusing. I just found so much energy from being with people who weren't exactly like me, who had world views that challenged mine. Those ...