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Alden E. Habacon is an accomplished diversity and inclusion specialist, public intellectual, consultant and speaker in the area of multiculturalism in Canada, and diversity in media and the workplace. He coined “Multiculturalism 2.0” in 2007 and currently speaks on “Multiculturalism 3.0”.

In 2010, Alden was appointed Director, Intercultural Understanding Strategy Development for the University of British Columbia (UBC).

Between 2004 and 2010, he was the Manager of Diversity Initiatives for CBC Television. He has also been publishing Schema Magazine (SchemaMag.ca) since 2004, and is the co-founder of the Asian Canadian Journalists Association (ACJA) of Vancouver.

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Yellowface In 'Cloud Atlas' Continues Hollywood Tradition of Racism

(98) Comments | Posted November 2, 2012 | 1:47 PM

As the big budget film adaptation of David Mitchell's novel Cloud Atlas opened in Canada and U.S. over the weekend, it joins the ranks as one of the most epic displays of "yellowface" in film in a decade.

Directed by Tom Twyker and Lana and Andy Wachowski, the film's trailers,...

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