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Canada has long been actively recruiting immigrants from around the globe and prides itself on providing a 鈥渕osaic鈥� of cultures where individuals, families and communities are not only allowed but encouraged to retain their traditional values, customs and languages. This is, in fact, one aspect of Canada that I am proud of and grateful for鈥ut it does come with a cost鈥� a cost for which there is no price: isolation.

The Vancouver Foundation conducted research to better understand what current concerns are most pressing for residents across my home of Metro Vancouver. The foundation discovered that the dominant concern for people of Greater Vancouver is a growing sense of isolation in our urban environment. But it seems like it鈥檚 not just a case of big city. It seems that cultural segregation is largely the culprit, with alarming statistics indicating how few residents of Greater Vancouver have even one friend outside their cultural community.

The SFU Public Square ONE VOICE Music Project is an exciting initiative that harnesses the power of music, media, performance and collaboration to bridge across differences and inspire meaningful connections between (and an appreciation for) our diverse community members. The project includes a music video featuring the internationally-acclaimed song 鈥淥ne Voice鈥� written by Juno award-winning Canadian singer/songwriter, Ruth Moody. The video features 15 local musicians (ranging from individuals to groups). Each artist or artists鈥� group was filmed performing the featured song in a select, iconic location within the 3 cities in which SFU campuses are situated (Vancouver, Burnaby and Surrey) so that, overall, the video provides a sense of bridging between these various locations.

Something exceptional unfolded organically while recording the 鈥渂ridge鈥� of the song. Prior to production, Adam Dobres, our Musical Director extraordinaire, had a rough plan for the bridge section but was looking for something more to really bring that section to life. During production, he invited one artist to try something new in the bridge. The artist, Chinese flute virtuoso Jian Ming Pan, added some traditional Chinese flute in this section. When the same invitation was made to vocalist, Shivangi Bhayana, she blew us away when she spun up some classical Indian-style singing. Zimbabwean mbira (鈥渢humb piano鈥�) master and vocalist, Kurai Mubaiwa, added vocals in his native tongue of Shona. 惭鈥橤颈谤濒,&苍产蝉辫;the all-female Aboriginal accapella group, added traditional drumming and singing. This trend continued so that, quite naturally, the 鈥渂ridge鈥� of the song became a real 鈥渂ridging鈥� of rich and varied cultural traditions.

During production, I learned that a few of our featured vocalists would be singing in English for the first time! While this may have been a big deal for those artists, who were a bit hesitant at first, it was certainly a big deal for me to discover this because it raised the question: would these musicians have connected if it wasn鈥檛 for the common language of music?

If we can be open to those creative invitations to connect, then just like the 鈥渂ridge鈥� in our version of the song 鈥淥ne Voice,鈥� we can start to bridge across barriers, like language, and build genuine, meaningful and lasting friendships.