Humans are not just beings; each of us is also a transmitter of light and of information that pre-existed our birth.
This issue our focus is on acknowledging and celebrating the work of our presenters and of the educators and community leaders who value it as part of their own work as living transmitters of culture.
SHARING | The Light
A reflection on the tragic shooting event that took place during sundown in Bondi when Chanukah commenced on Sunday 14 December 2025.
Chanukah is celebrated by 16 million Jewish people across the world to remind us that even the smallest light matters. A single flame can push back darkness at a time when fear and brutality try to extinguish hope. Chanukah insists that light is a choice, an action, and a responsibility. Candles are lit not because the world is safe, but because it is not.
Humanity is not defined by its worst moments. I recommit, quietly but firmly, to choosing empathy over fear, solidarity over division, and care over indifference. May the light we transmit be stronger than the darkness we witness.
Peter Mousaferiadis, Cultural Infusion CEO
Contents
- Embodied Language Learning through Cultural Transmission
- Centring Culture in Technology and Technology in Culture
- Living Transmitters of Culture: On Celebrations of Cultural Diversity
- Australia’s Inclusive Employers of 2025
- Data-Driven Tools for Today’s Inclusion Leaders
- Education and Experience News
- Discover a Better Way of Seeing Diversity with the Atlas
- New Programs and Highlights for Schools and Communities
- ICAP: Creating Tomorrow's Leaders Today - Now Available for Year 6 Too!
- Cultural Infusion's Teacher Learning Hub
- Voices of Cultural Infusion
- The K-Wave Debate and a Swedish Cuppa
- What is the Point of Cultural Diversity Celebrations?
- Calendar Spotlight
- Lunar New Year, begins 17 February 2026
1. Embodied Language Learning through Cultural Transmission
‘Language doesn’t just live on a page – it also lives in rhythm, sound, gesture and emotion.’
– Elizabeth Mousaferiadis, Education & Experiences Coordinator, Cultural Infusion
Cultural Infusion offers interactive programs nationwide to build intercultural understanding through movement, sound and storytelling.
Centring Culture in Technology and Technology in Culture
- Tech is not culturally neutral.
- Culture shapes tech before tech shapes culture.
- When tech ignores culture it amplifies inequities.
- Responsible tech design requires cultural understanding.
- Humans are meaning-makers, not just users.
These were some of the points CTO Rezza Moieni shared with the Australian-Iranian IT Association (ARIA) panel at Microsoft’s head office in Melbourne.
Living Transmitters of Culture: On Celebrations of Cultural Diversity
What’s the point of celebrating cultural diversity?
- Belonging
- Education
- Maintenance, practice and renewal of Cultural traditions
- Innovation
- Fun, and much more.
Australia’s Inclusive Employers of 2025
Data-Driven Tools for Today’s Inclusion Leaders
B Corp Evidence Data Collection
B Corp sets the global benchmark for organisations that lead with purpose, equity and accountability. But addressing the new B Corp standards and providing evidence can be time-intensive – especially when it comes to gathering cultural, diversity and supply-chain data evidence.
We’ve pre-built two low burden surveys, one for staff and one for suppliers that can be deployed easily and will collect 'live' evidence for your B Corp submission — all on one platform and dashboard.
The results will greatly enrich your staff and supplier intel, quite apart from B Corp requirements.
PCI for Self-Assessment and Benchmarking
How does your organisation rate – in the eyes of your own people – in terms of representation, data, leadership, talent retention and attraction, and culture?
Find out with our new tool, PCI, available on Cultural Infusion's Atlas platform, based on our scientific methodology to give you the full picture.
GDEIB Digital for All Your Self-Assessment and Reporting Needs
Are you looking for an easy way to view and share your Diversity, Equity and Inclusion data? Cultural Infusion is
GDEIB certified, and we are proud to announce the launch of GDEIB Digital to enable you to effortlessly self-assess and benchmark, underpinned by the Atlas's scientific methodology and unrivalled expertise in cultural and demographic diversity data.
2. Education and Experiences News
Discover a Better Way of Seeing Diversity with the Atlas
Bring your school’s cultural story to life with the Atlas: the world’s unrivalled leader in demographic and cultural diversity data!
Find out how many languages and dialects your class or school speaks! What belief systems, places and heritages are there to learn about? Discover all the amazing hidden diversity in your school!
Supported by the Victorian Government, we still have some limited free spots for government schools.
New Programs and Highlights for Schools and Communities
Creating | Tomorrow's Leaders Today (ICAP) | Now Available for Year 6 Too!
Intercultural Citizenship Ambassador Program (ICAP)* is a flexible program newly designed for students in Years 7 to 9 and now also available for Year 6. It can be delivered during class time or adapt as a before- or after-school program for wellbeing, making it easy to integrate into your school’s timetable.
*Available in Victoria only.
FREE for Year 6, 7, 8 and 9 students at Victorian government schools.
Cultural Infusion's Teacher Learning Hub
Cultural Infusion's Teacher Learning Hub (formerly known as Learning Lands) is getting a major upgrade in early 2026, and we’re excited to share what’s on the way. The revamped platform will include a newly developed collection of practical, curriculum-aligned lesson plans on Intercultural Competency (F-12) and five new self-paced Professional Development modules designed for Australian educators to support teachers more than ever.
Sign up now and get early access when the new platform goes live.
3. Voices of Cultural Infusion
The K-Wave Debate and a Swedish Cuppa
Yun Kim wrote a thoughtful response piece on K-pop and cultural appropriation, ‘The K-Wave in Context: Harmony over Ownership‘ for the Sound Infusion blog.
Popular fave Shadow Tsui wrote a new post for the Cultural Infusion blog about a sensible-sounding Swedish tradition, called, ‘Let’s Fika! A Story of Cultural Appreciation in Sweden’.
What is the Point of Cultural Diversity Celebrations?
4. Calendar Spotlight
Lunar New Year, begins 17 February 2026
Lunar New Year has been celebrated in many countries for thousands of years, particularly China, Korea, Indonesia and Vietnam. The celebration involves removing the bad and old, and welcoming the new and good. It’s a time to worship ancestors and pray for good harvest. Lion dance, dragon dance, temple fairs and flower market shopping and just a few of the rich and colourful traditions. Families will redecorate they houses with red couplets, lanterns, new flowerpots and furniture, and will shop for foodstuffs for banquet specialities.
To honour the essence of this festival, we have many immersive programs to help you celebrate Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean and Indonesian cultures:
- ACT, NSW, QLD, VIC, WA | Chinese Lion Dance
- ACT, NSW, QLD, VIC, WA | Chinese Martial Arts
- NSW | Chinese Calligraphy & Brush Ink Painting
- NSW, SA, VIC, WA | Chinese Classical Dance
- NSW, SA, VIC | Chinese Classical Music
- NSW, QLD, VIC | Chinese Drumming
- NSW | Chinese Fan Painting
- NSW, VIC | Chinese Culture for Day
- VIC | Chinese-Korean Ethnic Dance
- NSW, VIC | Korean Classical Dance
- NSW | Vietnamese Classical Music
- QLD, VIC | Vietnamese Classical Dance
- WA | Wayang Kulit With Sofari and Tom
- ACT, NSW, QLD, SA, VIC, WA | Indonesian Infusion
Cultural Infusion wishes everyone who is having holidays, especially our greatest supporters, the hardworking educators, a wonderful, culturally diverse holiday and a prosperous, peaceful 2026. The next newsletter will be in February 2026 as we have a short break for summer.
