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A combination of fun and educational activities, the Multicultural Health Fair is a free community event that takes place each February / March. The first Multicultural Health Fair took place in 2005 and last year it became the largest multicultural health fair in Canada. This year’s theme is: *Promoting Multicultural Health*
 The Fair will include:
- A grand opening ceremony;
- Guest speakers;
- Health information, education workshops in multiple languages;
- Healthy multicultural cooking demonstrations;
- Live entertainment;
- Medical screenings and fitness demonstrations;
- A children’s activities corner;
- Raffles and prizes.
Over 50 health services, resources and organizations staffing their own tables are at the Fair. See our 2006 Exhibitors for a list of last year’s exhibitors.
Goals of the Fair
- To promote healthy living and initiatives to BC’s multi-ethnic, multi-linguistic communities.
- To support and empower people to make changes in the way they eat and live
- To provide health organizations with an opportunity to demonstrate to immigrant-serving agencies and the culturally diverse public the programs they have in place which promote access to their health services
- Enable Health Organizations and Community Service Agencies to meet one another and establish linkages to inform & promote current and future health care initiatives and needs.
To find out about Multicultural Health Fair 2006 click here.
To view images from the Multicultural Health Fair 2006 click here.
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