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 * Farouk and Laila Chebib have a $500 bursary for one grad in each of Winnipeg's six school divisions.The Bridge Builder Award is for Grade 12 students "who have demonstrated, in their high school years, significant achievements towards the goal of building multi-ethnic, multi-faith and multi-cultural bridges."
 * Bridge Builder Award to recognize students who help connect people and build understanding between faiths and cultures.
 * Farouk Chebib said he got the idea after learning 52 per cent of Canadians surveyed don't trust Muslims.A survey conducted for the Association for Canadian Studies and the Canadian Race Relations Foundation in March found more than half of all Canadians distrust Muslims. As many as 52 per cent of Canadians feel Muslims can be trusted "a little" or "not trusted at all," according to the online poll that surveyed 1,522 Canadians on attitudes toward religions, multiculturalism and sources of racism.
 * When the retired professor started teaching at the University of Manitoba nearly a half century ago, he didn't experience Islamophobia or racism.
 * The groundwork, he says, has already been laid out by the Manitoba Multiculturalism Act: "The diversity of Manitobans as it regards culture, religion and racial background is a fundamental characteristic of Manitoba society which benefits all Manitobans economically, socially and culturally."Farouk worries that characteristic of Manitoba society could erode.