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Some people say that Vancouver is a retirement city or Vancouver is boring to live. Why can't we make it fun and dynamic through multicultural experiences. There are so much to enjoy. I think if I give them good reasons and directions to experience other cultures in creative ways it will motivate people to give it a try and gain something: at least an experience.

The most important step is to cultivate a mindset of openness. You cannot move forward unless you make a daily, conscious effort to open your heart to all other cultures.
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-daily/conscious effort

lack of experience
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superiority

1. a diary:
we cannot live a day without any cultural experience in Vancouver. Describe one's observations, questions, findings, and thoughts through writing and images. This diary help people to pay more attention to the small part of their life; something they did not notice or ignore before.

2.cooking multiculturalism:
I assume that multiculturalism is a food. The ingredients are the different ethnic cultures we have in BC. In order to make a healthy and delicious multiculturalism, we need to understand each ingredient well, put effort to make the ingredients harmonious with each other, and finally enjoy having it.

3.daily drawing cards:
Design cards that the audience can draw randomly everyday or whenever they
feel like to. The random msg will ask the audience to do something specifically that relates to
cultural experiences. ex) go to a Korean supermarket and find a product that you don't know
where/how to use. Ask the staff or customers to find out.

4.recipe
Through food, you can learn a lot about the culture. Nowadays, we are becoming increasingly aware of healthy eating. Introduce healthy ingredients that are good for your body from around the world. Introduce how to use/cook. This recipe help reader to understand the variety and also learn that accepting other culture can benefit your life.

5.treasure hunt game
It is an outdoor activity that can have several players with different backgrounds who try to find hidden articles, locations or places by using a series of clues. While understanding the clues, the player can gain cultural knowledge/experience and realize the value of it at the end when he/she finds the treasure.

6.menu design
design a cultural menu that stimulate one's appetite/interest. make them want to try something new, know more about the culture. The menu can be separated into appetizer, main, and dessert sections.
-Appetizer section : introduction to cultures. light information
-main : deeper meaning (maybe religiously or politically)
-dessert : entertaining

7.call for postcards/art work
inspired by "A Lifetime of Secrets" by Frank Warren (For the past three years Frank Warren has invited people of all backgrounds and nationalities to send him creatively decorated postcards bearing secrets they have never before revealed.)
Instead of "secrets," cultural experiences will be the inspiration for their creative work.
It can be negative or positive experiences; the goal is to understand the up and down of multiculturalism in Vancouver and motivate people to solve the problems.

8.branding neighbourhood using food
-logo
-brochure : explain culture through food
-promotion : inviting to experience the culture

9.fear of the unknown (illustrative story book)
a story of someone who has fear of the unknown culture but tries to discover the unknown. funny + mysterious way

10. cultural friendship system(buddy program)
the system help two individuals to meet to learn about each other's culture. The program matches two people according to their interest, gender, age, religion, etc. By helping building friendship specifically for cultural learning, I can create interaction between cultures.