Dave Rawnsley

Dept: "The families in our community come from over 70 different countries," says the school's principal, Dave Rawnsley, according to Vancouver Sun. Unfortunately, the cultural richness doesn't mean the community has a lot of money. About 15 per cent of the Burnaby school's 1,250 students come from refugee families and byrne Creek secondary could be the poster child for the growing ethnic diversity of the Lower Mainland. "We've got large numbers of students from Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Sudan, Eritrea, you name it. A lot of families have come from the Philippines. It's an incredibly rich community , true multiculturalism." (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.