Good Ideas in Integration
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The Generation Project: Community Partnerships for Youth
Creative communities meet the needs of youth with investments in human capital
From Alpha to Omega: Innovating in the Workplace
Importing a successful labour force integration model saves time and money
Twin Streams Project: Common Ground for Environmental Sustainability
Working together for healthy streams and strong communities: creating a sustainable future.
Walking School Bus
School parents promote child health and safely while building community, one step at a time.
Last Words: Cultural Approaches to Death and Dying
Acknowledging diverse cultural values, beliefs and practices.
Dolls and Diversity: Fighting Prejudice with Empathy
Developing empathy in young children to prevent racism and discrimination
Meeting, Mediating and Mentoring: The Power of Peer Mentoring
Empowering marginalized youth to take leadership on community issues
Social Justice Is Better Business: Integrating the Chinese Business Community Into the Mainstream
Helping ethnic businesses conform to legal and regulatory practice results in better social and economic integration
From Boston’s Back Streets to Mainstream Success
Immigrant-owned businesses are fueling urban economies
MIRA: Media Advocacy With A Human Face
Using personal stories to re-frame a communications campaign
Family Mentoring For Migrants: MEMI
Successful integration means long term residents as well as newcomers are at home in a changing city
Hockey Night In Canada - In Punjabi!
Multilingual sports commentary brings hockey fans together
Language from the Law: The Cardiff E.S.O.L. Police Project
Police build trust through language and skill training programs delivered to new immigrants
Muslims and Mortgages: American Home Ownership Through Flexible Financing
Helping local business owners reach a new market by allowing Muslim communities to become home owners - without compromising their religious values
Youth on Stage: Real People, Real Stories, Real Community
Using theatre to share stories and explore the experiences of immigrant youth
Partnering for Success: Investing in City Governments
Supporting partnerships between local government and charitable foundations for sustainable community development.
Integration in Action : Cycling Lessons for Better Social Inclusion
Promoting core city values like bicycling helps integrate newcomers into the mainstream
Women at Work: the KVINFO Mentor Network
Mentoring that takes the "other" out of the picture
Did You Know You Can Vote? Cities and Democracy at Work
A city framework for integration makes voting rights the key to immigrant empowerment
The Miracle of Marxloh: Bringing A Community Together Around A New Mosque
Participatory planning means social inclusion for all residents and cause for celebration for the community at large
Financing Immigrant Futures: The Latino Community Credit Union
Help new immigrants access formal banking infrastructure
"School For Mama and Me!": Language Lessons For Parents
Opening doors to language learning at school for immigrant parents and children—together!
A Community Roadmap: the Wegweiser Kommune
Making data work for local communities committed to strategic integration planning
MIMI-With Migrants, For Migrants: Intercultural Health in Germany
Promoting immigrant health by making migrants experts in their own causes.
Integration Workshops for Inclusive Cities
Developing integration strategies with migrants, not for migrants.
Improving Housing, Empowering Communities: Incorporating Multiculturalism Into Urban Planning
A local housing strategy uses a multi-stakeholder, participatory approach and helps set a strategic community agenda for local government
One Stop Shop: Mainstreaming Integration
Centralized service centres for improved coordination and better services to newcomers
Dealing With Diabetes: The Maslaha Project
Promoting health to religious communities with culturally sensitive resources and tools
Banking on Success: Diversity at Lloyds TSB
Local recruitment is rewarded by customer satisfaction and increased profits
Bringing People to Jobs: Runways to Work Programme
Investing a community with long term skills to secure competitive and economic advantage.
Time Together: Mentoring for Daily Life
Matching ordinary citizens to ordinary acts promotes refugee integration through friendship
The London Living Wage Campaign
City of London signs on to successful community campaign to improve city wages and monitor employment practices
Mobilize the Immigrant Vote!
Citizenship training and political participation coming together for new immigrant voices
Delicious! Celebrating Culture through Food
Using food to celebrate cultural diversity in Australian workplaces
The World On Our Doorstep: Short Term Mentoring Opens Doors To Employment
The business case for mentoring helps both employers and skilled immigrants meet their bottom line
Play It Fair!
Using a human rights approach to teach children about equality and respect for diversity
Buntkicktgut! Integration Through Sports
Sport breaks through language and cultural barriers
Urban Citizens: Municipal Identification Cards (ID) For Inclusive And Safe Communities
Proactive city government takes the lead nationally on recognizing the interests of all city residents
Staying in Touch: The Library Responds To A Changing Community
Tracking community demographics helps a city library change with the times.
Interviewing the Up and Coming at Upwardly Global
Diversity training is a two-way street
A Soap Opera For Success: The Grand Cafe Telenovela
Popular television media helps reach broader audiences to enrich second language learning
Peacemaker: All People, All Communities
Empowering youth to over come racial self-segregation in their own communities
Urban Citizenship and Identity: Tariq Ramadan
"Integration is a concept from the past. "Contribution" is the concept of the future." - Dr. Tariq Ramadan
Older but not Overlooked: Creating Programs for Older Migrants
Community consultation increases participation of hard-to-reach groups
Traffic! Advocating for Environmental Health
Going beyond the "usual" immigrant issues to empower a community to seek change
Cities of Sanctuary, Communities of Welcome
An official city policy to welcome those in need builds a community supportive of refugees and new immigrants.
Accommodate Sheffield - Better Together
Linking refugee housing and community mental health support services
The Stuttgart Pact For Integration: the Power of Planning
Urban leadership creates an inclusive integration strategy for full community participation.
Common Ground: One Space, Many Cultures
Shared meeting space creates cohesion within a multi-ethnic community
City Mondial: Looking Forward from the Past
Using a multicultural history to support local business development and tourism strategies
Integration Through Education: Toronto's Second Generation Makes the Grade
Global recognition for equal opportunities in education and successful academic outcomes for all kids
Changing the Face of Leadership: DiverseCity onBoard
Promoting urban prosperity by diversifying leadership
Making Their Mark: Unlocking Educational Opportunity for Young Refugees
Creating educational opportunity takes more than funding
Diaspora Dialogues: Writing the New City
Developing audience, voice and a meaningful reflection of the city through its culturally diverse writers.
Citizens For Citizenship
Citizenship ceremonies bring communities together in celebration.
Building Professional and Occupational Networks: The Mentoring Partnership
Connecting skilled immigrants with their employed counterparts for greater occupational and social capital
Porta Palazzo and the Balon Flea Market
Participatory planning leads to market success and integrated neighbourhoods
To Bean or Not To Bean?
By "giving back" Immigrant entrepreneurs create opportunity for others
Promoting Healthy Living In Multicultural Communities: The Multicultural Health Fair
Bringing together health providers and new immigrants for better access to services
Marketing Multiculturalism: Advertising Campaign for Integration
Designing an advertising campaign from the inside out: using community participation for greater impact
Putting Quality into Multi-Ethnic Schools (QUIMS)
A program for quality assurance in multi-ethnic schools builds academic success and cohesive communities

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