Ethnic Scouting Grows in Canada

From an article in the Ottowa Sun:

"Actively welcoming youth and volunteers of all different ethno-cultural backgrounds has become a major focus for our organization," says Glenn Armstrong, chief commissioner of Scouts Canada. "It's exciting to think that this major growth area for our organization is also simply allowing us to better reflect the cultural makeup of Canada."

But it's not just in Canada. In other western countries, including the U.S. and the U.K., the image traditionally pictured on the handbook no longer automatically mirrors the young people studying it. There are at least 47 scout groups across Canada -- with 3,177 members -- that are specifically designated as Chinese, and others who identify themselves as Greek, Portuguese, Estonian, Lithuanian, Syrian and Slovenian. Asjad's group is one of five in Canada classed as distinctly Muslim.

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