Welcome to Ethno-Cultural Council of Calgary website!

The Ethno-Cultural Council of Calgary (ECCC) is an incorporated non-profit entity in The City of Calgary and in the province of

Alberta Canada and it was formed on December 16, 2002 . ECCC is a community-based organization and its mission is to facilitate the collective voice of Calgary’s visible minority communities to influence and effect social, economic and political change through collaborative action. It will seek to achieve full civic engagement of visible minorities in the social, economic, and political affairs of the society and the development of responsive public institutions through the mobilization of ethno-cultural communities and its allies.

ECCC is bound to collaborate with broad community organizations, public institutions, the academic community and business organizations in Calgary primarily, Alberta, and Canada at large as needed by its work. ECCC shall focus on issues of importance to visible minorities through public dialogue, awareness and education that will build leadership capacity of Ethno-cultural organizations so that they can fully participate in civic affairs and others.

ECCC gets its tremendous support from various visible minorities community organizations as well as individuals who supports its mission from the mainstream society. Due to this large support, ECCC is therefore applies its stragetiges and abilities by providing common platform for action and presentations through this link or network.

Objectives of the Council

• Enhance public awareness and education on key issues with emphasis on our immediate stakeholders
• Influence policies, practice of public institutions and programs by providing a platform to visibl minorities ethno-cultural communities
• Build the capacity of ECCC organizations for civic participation
• Develop organization effectiveness and issue analysis and response compentency capacity of ECCC
• Collaborate with other organizations and individuals to achieve common purposes
• Promote interests and meaningful participation of members of visible minority communities in all aspects of Canadian life.
• Promote greater cooperation among Calgary’ visible minority communities
  
• To conduct research on subjects and issues of importance and relevance to visible minority communities.

Racial Profiling Survey

The Ethno-Cultural Council of Calgary (ECCC) is conducting research on the definitions and experiences of racial profiling with visible minorities in Calgary. The data from this study will be used to define racial profiling in Calgary and explore how visible minorities in Calgary experience racial profiling. In order to collect this information, we will be conducting a survey and focus groups with participants who must be a visible minority and who are over 18 years of age.

The survey can be accessed online through the following link: Racial Profiling Survey You can contact ECCC for assistance filling out the survey or to obtain a hard copy of the survey if you do not have access to a computer or the internet. The focus groups will take place on February 27, 2009 and March 6, 2009 from 8:30am to 3:30pm. Please contact Kulwant Neote (cell 403-615-9352) or Marichu Antonio (403-263-9900) for further information about the survey or selection process for focus group participants