Unity in Diversity

Children’s
Art Competition
2006
Held on 16th September, 2006

Organized by

CROSS CURRENTS
Indo Canadian International Arts
Supported by

Celebrating Unity in Diversity with children to spark their creative powers

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Photos Courtesy:
Ben Girn 416-624-4476
Design: Gurpreet Sidhu
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Pictures from “Unity in Diversity” Children’s Art Competition 2006

held at Civic Centre Mississauga on 16th September

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This year we have celebrated the essence of life and that is ‘Unity in Diversity Children’s
Art Competion 2006’. Children from the vibrant community of GTA gathered at Civic
centre in Mississauga for this ‘On the Spot’ Art Competition. Hopefully we will have this
event every year.

All of us have a rainbow of attributes within ourselves and this colourful rainbow unites
us in our personalities to create that one shining flame of everlasting sunshine, one spirit
that we all seek. That is how we want to see a blossoming Canada under the one sunshine
of Unity in Diversity, always celebrating the light and the rainbow at the same time and
with the same spirit.

This event has come up with the support of many. Mississauga Arts Council under the
leadership of Ms. Linda Thomas has been a backbone to us in organizing this event. Art
Unit of City of Mississauga has been behind us and encouraged us at every step. Learna
Education Inc. as our main sponsor helped us in organising this event. We received a lot
of support and congratulatory messages from many including community leaders, our
sponsors and volunteers. I extend my thanks to everybody.

Meena Chopra
President
CROSS CURRENTS Indo Canadian International Arts
(Also Director Learna Education Centre, Heartland, Mississauga)
71 Glenn Hawthorne Blvd. Mississauga, ON L5R 2K4
Ph: 905 507 2579 Email: crosscurrents.ca@gmail.com

Mission Statement: CROSS CURRENTS Indo Canadian International

Arts: Aims to promote, encourage and be instrumental in the advancement,
understanding and development of multicultural arts. Purposefully bringing diverse
cultures and origins to one common platform through all arts, art forms, different visual,
media and performing arts, poetry and literature in search of a unifying factor which
ultimately could be a synergized focal point for laying a foundation for the growth of an
emerging, strong and richer society of the future .
Vision statement: CROSS CURRENTS' vision is to see a culturally rich,
evolved, unified and integrated Canada in the future embracing its unique
multiculturalism.
Slogan: Art beyond boundaries

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I am honoured to have been invited to be a part of this exciting event. I

want to thank Meena Chopra and to acknowledge the Arts Council's
support of the work of Cross Currents.

We at the Arts Council strongly believe in the concept of promoting,

encouraging the bringing together the diverse cultures of our
community through the various forms of art. Cross Currents has made
this their vision; the search for a unifying factor which can be a
synergized focal point for laying a foundation for the growth of an
emerging strong and rich society of the future. As the umbrella
organization for the arts in Mississauga, the Arts Council processes the
grant dollars on behalf of the city of Mississauga. We promote,
educate, advocate and honour the excellence in our city. We are proud
of our artists and the talent within our community.

We live in a world filled with a wondrous diversity of experiences,

opinions, physical appearance, cultures, religion, etc. One of the
challenges of this age is not only to find a way to live in harmony with
people who differ from us, but to celebrate the diversity and learn from
it. We can only learn a limited amount from those who are like us but
there is a fortune of new knowledge to be gained from those who have a
different perspective to our own. The richness of cultural backgrounds
and experiences provides us with tremendous opportunities for a
wealth of cultural expression in the community.

Congratulations!

Linda Thomas
Executive Director
Mississauga Arts Council

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Winners
LEVEL 1- 6 years to 8 years

Name: Kristina Silvester Name: Kimberly Dimello Name: Abinav Kargupta

Grade: 4 Grade: 3 Grade: 2
FIRST SECOND THIRD

LEVEL 2- 9 years to 12 years

Name: Sreya Ghosh Name: Kristen deSouza Name: Osheen Chibber

Grade: 7 Grade: 6 Grade: 7
FIRST SECOND THIRD

LEVEL 3- 13 years to 15 years

Name: Kynan deSouza Name: Marinie Kanagasooriar Name: Tushar Goel

Grade:10 Grade 8: Grade: 8
FIRST SECOND THIRD

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Judges

From Left to Right: Mr. Colin Gibson (Sculptor) & his wife,
Ms. Linda Thomas (Executive Director, MAC) &
Mr. Fred G.Troughton (Executive Director, AGM)

HON’ MENTION

Name: Shruti Kumar Name: Tashana Poblete Name: Kyle Blanchette

HON’ MENTION Grade: 6 Grade: 5
HON’ MENTION HON’ MENTION

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Glimpses of the event

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Glimpses of the event

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