EAL/D News

Are you an active member of your community and love to share your culture with the wider community?  You may be interested in applying for a voluntary position with the City of Canning. 

Please refer to the City of Canning website or read through the information below.

The City of Canning wants to recruit new Cultural Ambassadors

The City of Canning is once again calling out for its next cohort of Ambassadors. If you are passionate about connecting with the City of Canning to share opportunities and resources with your community group/groups. Please consider applying to be a Cultural Ambassador.

The Canning Cultural Ambassadors program connects Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CaLD) communities and the City.

Cultural Ambassadors are recruited to play an engagement role with their communities. They help with information flow and feedback between their community and the City.

Cultural Ambassadors are individuals who have:

• bilingual skills
• live locally and/or
• are embedded within a migrant community.

The program objectives are to:

• increase the community's awareness of and access to City services
• identify opportunities for the City to improve services and activities to better meet community needs
• encourage dialogue on how to reduce barriers and increase participation
• build intercultural understanding and relationships.

During the program, participants attend workshops to enhance their skills. The workshops align with their work as community leaders/connectors. They cover the development of project skills and upskilling in community engagement.

This program is run in partnership with Curtin University and Multicultural Futures. The program has also received support through Lotterywest.

Download the Canning Cultural Ambassador Program presentation (PDF 8MB) to learn more.