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1. Horticulture students hit the catwalk at ACPET member college
2. Managing Cultural Diversity Training Program

1. Horticulture students hit the catwalk at ACPET member college

More than 50 Imperial College of Trades students put their best foot forward last week as the ACPET member held its Mr. and Miss Imperial College of Trades Pageant last week.

The contest saw students hit the catwalk in western and traditional Indian clothing, and impressed the judges with their talent. Throughout the three-hour long contest, the judges were entertained by other students with bhangra (Punjabi folk dance) and poetry.

After an exciting afternoon of entertainment and awards in a range of fun categories Mr. Sukhdeep Dhaliwal and Miss Jasmine were crowned Mr. and Miss Imperial College.

The judging panel included honorable Ret. Major General Vikram Madan (President of Indian Australian Association of South Australia), Mr. Mintu Brar (famous writer) and Mr. Sumit Tandon (prominent senior journalist for The Daily, Australia and foreign correspondent for Rozana Spokesman, India).


Front line L to R: Komal, Namrita, Jasmine, Jatinder, Yogita, Gursimran
Rear line L to R: Maj Gen Retd, Vikram Madan, Lt. Col Retd, Bikkar Brar, Ramanpreet, Kanwaljit, Jagdeep. Parminder, Parminder, Summit, Mintoo Brar and Navtej Bal

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2. Managing Cultural Diversity Training Program

The Australian Multicultural Foundation and Robert Bean Consulting have developed the Managing Cultural Diversity Training Program (MCD Training) to enable small and medium enterprises to better understand cultural diversity and how to manage it effectively to improve workplace relationships, teamwork, productivity, market knowledge, community relationships, customer service and competitiveness. 

The Managing Cultural Diversity Training Program may be downloaded and used to help your staff :

• Learn about cultural diversity in the workforce and the business case for managing cultural diversity
• Identify and consider the actual and potential impacts and benefits of cultural diversity
• Increase understanding of culture and cross-cultural interactions
• Develop cultural awareness and cross-cultural communication skills
• Develop an action plan for managing cultural diversity in your organisation
• Learn about available resources and support services.

• Program development advice to adapt the materials to your business
• Experienced training facilitators to conduct an initial in-house workshop for you
• Assistance to train your trainers in delivering the workshop
• Help in organising a public workshop for multiple businesses in your industry
• Referrals to specialists and other agencies and resources

Ms Lynn Cain, Training and Project Manager at the AMF on (03) 9347 6622 or lynn [dot] cain [at] amf [dot] net [dot] au (by email)

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