Coming to Canada: The Courage to be Multicultural | Truepayna Moo | TEDxLangleyED

Multiculturalism in Canada is important and valued, and yet immigrant and refugee youth still feel lonely, isolated and misunderstood. They want to be known, and for Canadians to understand where they came from and who they are. Diversity and multiculturalism is much more than food and clothes. To make multiculturalism work, we must move towards living in community together; building personal connections, appreciating our differences, and being truly known. Though Truepayna has faced many challenges in her life as a refugee, as she has listened to the stories of her peers, she has realized that she is not the only one that has had a difficult life. We all have struggles even though we pretend like we are okay - life is sugar coated. This has led Truepayna to believe that it is not just newcomers that feel isolated, but all of us. To make multiculturalism work, we must learn from a young age to ask better questions, to listen, and to be okay when the answers are not what we're used to.
Truepayna Moo arrived in Canada when she was 9 years old with her family in 2007. They were resettled in Langley with a large group of other Government Assisted Refugees. She was born in a refugee camp in Thailand, after her parents fled violence in Karen state in the mid-1990s. She has many memories of growing up in the refugee camp. Truepayna is graduated from Grade 12 at Langley Secondary school. In school Truepayna is exploring issues of social justice and considering her options for post-secondary school. Her dream is to pursue education related to international development and continue to help refugees and other in need.
This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at ted.com/tedx

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  • @Super-om8cm
    @Super-om8cm6 жыл бұрын

    I think Canadians respect personal space.

  • @VinceIsDatBitch
    @VinceIsDatBitch5 жыл бұрын

    Purposive communication ✋

  • @jessejon5891
    @jessejon58914 жыл бұрын

    R.I.P 🇨🇦

  • @FeedScrn

    @FeedScrn

    3 жыл бұрын

    Being immigrated by people who h)ate their own countries..... If they loved them, they wouldn't leave them.

  • @bdmenne

    @bdmenne

    Жыл бұрын

    @@FeedScrn Bbbbboooommmmmm. Mic drop. They come here and want us to love the country They Left and hate. Ffs.

  • @CanadaMath
    @CanadaMath22 күн бұрын

    In 2004 I wrote a somewhat famous article called 'Top 8 reasons not to immigrate to Canada'. In short, the Canadian authorities tried to destroy my life. They made it so that I could not be employable in Canada. So I moved to the U.S. in 2005 and then some years later I moved permanently to the Philippines. I am happy that so many years later videos like yours are saying essentially the same things that I did. I was ahead of my time. I will never go back to Canada. Not to live, not to visit, not even a connecting flight. Too cold, too expensive, taxes are astronomical, no culture, no freedom, no jobs, no opportunities, only modern slavery, worst healthcare system, unbearable political correctness, crime infested/drug infested, xenophobic people, too depressing. It has become a North Korea style dictatorship in the western world. There are many reasons why Canada has fallen apart. But the number one reason is ‘multiculturalism’. My friends, multiculturalism simply does not work. Different cultures do not come together and mix, different cultures come together and clash. The world is divided into different countries for a reason: because people hate each other and only want to be with their own kind. The number two reason for Canada’s demise is ‘socialism’. In this modern era of aging populations, it is mathematically impossible for socialism to continue. The government does not have the money to take care of old people and provide healthcare, pensions, welfare, unemployment benefits, disability benefits and the numerous other programs, even with the astronomical taxation that burdens hard working Canucks. Well Canada, you had a good run. Time for Canucks to move to an emerging country. We welcome you here in Southeast Asia. Multiculturalism destroys the fabric and identity of a country. Socialism bankrupts a country.

  • @vickycr516
    @vickycr5166 жыл бұрын

    Wow...great speaker I wish I can also one day That's really good you share your experience in the karen refugee camp. I really appreciate that and proud of you.. Thanks..good luck💪💪💪

  • @kawplerdesjardins6775
    @kawplerdesjardins67753 жыл бұрын

    good job thank for sharing..

  • @sawpoesky4876
    @sawpoesky48766 жыл бұрын

    beautiful speak

  • @ehthaw8177
    @ehthaw81776 жыл бұрын

    great talk

  • @muthenthenblehdah6063
    @muthenthenblehdah60636 жыл бұрын

    Thanks God

  • @MuhammadKhan-oj8et
    @MuhammadKhan-oj8et5 жыл бұрын

    If you work more then your capacity, you can survive, if you know the loops hole and you can used it you were successful person

  • @rowenabillones4257
    @rowenabillones4257 Жыл бұрын

    Wow, good speaker, she rose from ranks from the time she came to Canada and bravely survived up to where she is now.

  • @saymoo2025
    @saymoo20256 жыл бұрын

    good story telling ..keep going ..

  • @khai8155
    @khai81557 жыл бұрын

    Great Talk

  • @nawdaynyarpawehdoh6970

    @nawdaynyarpawehdoh6970

    6 жыл бұрын

    i am so exited, so impressed n so proud of my karen lady who can make such excellent talk like a native speaker.

  • @mehsodpaw4063
    @mehsodpaw40637 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for sharing your story. It takes courage! You did a great job!

  • @kersay8077

    @kersay8077

    6 жыл бұрын

    Aren’t you the one who talked on the TED talk show?

  • @mutha1392

    @mutha1392

    4 жыл бұрын

    Hi

  • @keahililia8208
    @keahililia82086 жыл бұрын

    Well multiculturalism won't work if we have ethnic groups staying with their own, rather than going out and learning other cultures and languages. But that's needless to say multiculturalism never works. Some people love learning new languages and other cultures. Only "Some" Unfortunately.

  • @8270361507

    @8270361507

    6 жыл бұрын

    Agreed and they become very open minded, become better people who contribute to all, along with their ethnic community and get the utmost respect, unlike most.

  • @roye6961

    @roye6961

    4 жыл бұрын

    times change

  • @krkchan

    @krkchan

    4 жыл бұрын

    Multiculturalism also means in a ‘top down’ fashion: if you look at the western countries, all of them have all or almost all anglo or white leaders in the government & their industries... in other for true multiculturalism these leaderships MUST include sufficient numbers of other ethnic or ‘minority ‘ groups instead of just the ‘boring, predictable ‘ ‘whites or anglo’ folks in all industries & all levels in leadership & management... no use just having multiculturalism in retail shops or markets....

  • @christianb8228

    @christianb8228

    3 жыл бұрын

    So true...but it’s weird coming from you...Lucifer...

  • @bdmenne

    @bdmenne

    Жыл бұрын

    Those “some” climb their way to power and tyrannically rule with corporate investment cause stressed populations CONSUME MUCH MORE. Until we stress out and die.

  • @MuhammadKhan-oj8et
    @MuhammadKhan-oj8et5 жыл бұрын

    hi

  • @Lilly-wd9de
    @Lilly-wd9de6 жыл бұрын

    Wow! You are so great! I used to live with Karen's...

  • @margaretcampbell2681
    @margaretcampbell26816 жыл бұрын

    You need to learn the language and to integrate, I agree we need to get to know each other. But most ethnic groups want to stay with their own communities, multiculturalism does not work

  • @8270361507

    @8270361507

    6 жыл бұрын

    Just the very basics of language, they don't need to be completely fluent. Even those who know English well still won't integrate. Ethnocentrism at its finest.

  • @denepride2910

    @denepride2910

    6 жыл бұрын

    Margaret Campbell yeah it works....if Natives and Inuits can learn English and French so can immigrants who come to Canada.... Remember English and French are not the first languages Natives and Inuits learn first....

  • @k.m.ashrafulashik7136

    @k.m.ashrafulashik7136

    5 жыл бұрын

    It takes time, usually a generation or two

  • @jameshudibyo483

    @jameshudibyo483

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@denepride2910 nope ur wrong- thats exactly y it doesnt work ur being idealistic

  • @TCWG87

    @TCWG87

    3 жыл бұрын

    k.m.ashraful ashik well in my case it happened within 1.5 years. Came to settled in Quebec when I was 12. First French and then mastered English a few year later. I'm now perfectly trilingual. Please don't put everyone in the same basket. The length of the pathway to integration varies from one individual to another. It could be a very short process for people who come here as kids.

  • @sawsay5207
    @sawsay52074 жыл бұрын

    Karen girls are always I really proud of you

  • @lucasp1813
    @lucasp18134 жыл бұрын

    Multiculturalism is not bad. It is either implemented properly or in a divisive way. In the west, it has not been implemented properly. The far Left uses it as a tool to segregate and keep favours. The far Right sees it as a tool against nationalism and their dominance. Integration is needed and the people yearn for it, but their "representatives" will not say so and only focus on the bogus issues to increase the divide instead of bridging the cultures. I hope this lady never gets into politics or she will be brainwashed into their dogma/doctrine. Treat people as people and a person as a person and be considerate.

  • @daddynedyah
    @daddynedyah3 жыл бұрын

    pov: your here for geography class…

  • @sawhtoo844
    @sawhtoo8443 жыл бұрын

    😘😘😘

  • @Tetawnga6974
    @Tetawnga69744 жыл бұрын

    God bless you.God is with you.Jesus Christ is king of king

  • @redreaper5876

    @redreaper5876

    3 жыл бұрын

    God doesn't exist

  • @nugen7458
    @nugen74586 жыл бұрын

    I don't believe in multiculturalism but this is still a good talk.

  • @purplekissy

    @purplekissy

    2 жыл бұрын

    What do you mean? Like you don't think it's real or you don't thinks achievable.

  • @bdmenne

    @bdmenne

    Жыл бұрын

    @@purplekissy both. It’s dystopic Commie idealism that will murder people like Pol Pot, Mao & Stalin to force, but never working. It is unnatural and therefore cruel.

  • @zohrafatimah4033
    @zohrafatimah40333 жыл бұрын

    Can anybody help me? I wanted to move to Canada...

  • @arjungharial1268
    @arjungharial12683 жыл бұрын

    online school stinks

  • @maudecoulombe1640
    @maudecoulombe1640 Жыл бұрын

    Multiculturalism is another name for anglo colonialism. Canada is not a nation. It's only juridicaly a country. People in Canada are not citizens, they are consumers and producers only. Canada is owned by big corporations from USA and UK. France, Italy, Germany, USA were founded by the citizens after a revolution. Canada was founded to beneficial of Scottish and Britannics to permit them to make money and expand their capitalism to Wst of Canada. Federal govenment has killed the metis in Manitoba to replace them with anglophones. He also has put first nations members into reserves with the indians law and try to wipe out first nations. They also try to eradicate francophones from Canada by voting laws to forbid teaching french. Canada welcome immigrants from all over the world as long as they ssuit the needs of big corporations and produce and consume goods and services and keep quiet. Immigrants have all their ghettos and can live as they were living in their country of origin.

  • @cnn8420
    @cnn84204 жыл бұрын

    As the son of immigrants to Canada this is nonsense.

  • @danjam4539
    @danjam45394 жыл бұрын

    "Leaving Canada the courage of true white canadians restored"

  • @akumasin9067
    @akumasin90675 жыл бұрын

    multicultural Canada best coutry god

  • @bdmenne

    @bdmenne

    Жыл бұрын

    Because we are forced to allow you in. You don’t care about anyone but yourself so naturally you like multiculturalism. Will get ready, it’s not going to love you back

  • @catsaresocute650
    @catsaresocute6503 жыл бұрын

    This is so sickening to me but I See that apprently she thinks that's something ...good?

  • @catsaresocute650

    @catsaresocute650

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yeah I *gurantee* you my schools did almost everything they could, my family, my societiy to make my peers and me like it. The rates in sucess are rather absmymal but people feel properly horrible about feeling that way, especially If they share a friendship to somone of another group.

  • @catsaresocute650

    @catsaresocute650

    3 жыл бұрын

    I mean I, do you actually like Like that?

  • @FaDeNitroz
    @FaDeNitroz6 жыл бұрын

    Go home

  • @asdkjh4370
    @asdkjh43704 жыл бұрын

    GO HOME!!!!

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