Traduction de «Professeur de restauration » (Français → Anglais) :

22. Condemns the campaign of dismissals of prominent university professors on political grounds as an intolerable attack on their human rights and academic freedom; believes that these policies will further politicise and debase Iranian universities, long a source of national pride and an object of admiration for scholars around the world; calls on the Iranian authorities to take immediate steps to restore academic freedom in the country;

There are many examples: in many parts of Russia ordinary citizens walked the streets bearing yellow stars with the words ‘I am Georgian’; in Moscow, some high school directors threatened to fire any teacher who handed over lists of students with Georgian names to the police, at the risk of they themselves being fired on the spot for such acts; in St Petersburg, taxi drivers instructed by the city council to refuse lifts to passengers who even looked Georgian, and to refuse to take passengers to some of the numerous Georgian restaurants in the city, refused to obey those orders and threatened to go on strike if pushed.

The recipients were: Surya Acharya, research scientist, President of the Southern Alberta Ethnic Association; Ed Bayly, outstanding actor, director, playwright, singer, theatre manager; John Boras, lawyer, civic politician and community activist; Gordon Campbell, educator, leader in public affairs; Van Christou, brilliant photographer, promoter of the University of Lethbridge; Dr. E. Lisabeth Donaldson, professor and producer of a centennial book on educational advancement of Alberta women; Alister Gilchrist, long-time leading piper and loyal member, Royal Canadian Legi ...[+++]on, General Stewart Branch No. 4; Frank Gnandt, 26 years as a music teacher and leader of award-winning Lethbridge Collegiate Institute High School choirs; Dr. Robert Hironaka, renowned animal scientist and promoter of the Japanese-Canadian culture; Dianne King, educational leader and the first woman school board president; Gerri Manyfingers, advocate for social justice on the Blood Reserve and urban centres for abused women in Calgary; Marie Smallface Marule, President of Red Crow College on the Blood Reserve and winner of the 1995 National Aboriginal Achievement Award for Education; Trevor Panczak, award-winning young Magrath country singer and supporter of numerous health and social causes; Joanne Perlich, founder and first President of the Lethbridge Handicapped Riding Association; Ernie Patterson, over 40 years of service on Claresholm Council, politician and vigorous supporter of rural communities; Dave Poulsen, outstanding rodeo announcer, author of 17 books, and promoter of childhood education; Ric Swihart, for over 35 years a highly respected agriculture and business reporter and editor at the Lethbridge Herald; Sharon Tennant, tireless proponent of higher education for all and dedicated supporter for persons with disabilities; Ron Watmough, long-time journalist and crusader for the protection of domestic animals and the No Kill Alliance; Doris Wichers, prominent leader in ...

Whether that person is a well known lawyer or a professor of law, as I see colleagues across the way, whether that person comes from a different ethnic background, whether that person is a medical doctor, or whether that person is the busboy in the parliamentary restaurant, it is all the same.

Just look around you. The owner of your favourite restaurant, your daughter's computer instructor, your cousin's husband or your dentist, for example, may well be immigrants, but you probably do not notice it any more.