College de Maisonneuve is receiving $400,000 from the Quebec government in an effort to help break down tension between cultural communities.
Post-secondary Education Minister Helene David was at the CEGEP Sunday to announce the pilot project aimed at helping communities live together and foster understanding.
In a press release, the Quebec government said the pilot project would implement “measures to support living together”.
The subsidy will go in part to hiring additional personnel to work at the school.
“It will be workers who are really involved in the community and not behind their desks,” David said.
Coderre said adding staff is key in recognizing and preventing radicalization but also to promote openness.
“We are creating the proper environment so people will feel better,” Coderre said.
Last January, five post-secondary students from the Collège de Maisonneuve left the country by plane to go to the Middle East territory controlled by ISIS.
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