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Covid 19 is Affecting Human Rights and the Swedish Community
Covid 19 had such a huge impact on our world in the last year. People are losing jobs because they can't work or got laid off because of Covid. Were limiting our interactions with our friends and family. We were a custom to seeing them at least once a week to now staying 6 feet away from one another. It gave people the thought of separating from one and another. With Covid-19 still having a huge effect in our world to this day, we are forgetting about human rights.
In Winnipeg, there are many different cultures. We focus only on the cultures that we grow up with but never learn or try other cultures that Winnipeg has to offer. Every year we have Folkorama that runs 2 weeks in Winnipeg. Folkorama is an event where people get to explore many different cultures that Winnipeg has to offer. But after the event, people forgot about them.
On January 19, 2021, the Canadian Museum for Human Rights hosted a free online event to explore how the global pandemic has put human rights at risk. Ambassadors to Canada from the Nordic countries of Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden participated in this event. They discussed the Nordic experiences and then needed for global vigilance and cooperation to combat the effects of COVID-19.
In Focus by U Multicutural, hosted by Mark Aaron, got a chance to interview Ambassador of Sweden to Canada Urban Ahlin. Ahlin previously served as a politician representing the Swedish Social Democratic Party. He was a member of Parliament from 1994 to 2018. Mark talks to him about how Covid 19 is affecting our human rights and as well as how to grow more Swedish cultural awareness in our Winnipeg community.
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