Boxing champ Ina Menzer (right) trains with students at the Bonifatius school in Menden, Germany. Photographer: Frank Saul
The “All Kids are VIPs” campaign is an initiative of Bertelsmann Stiftung and was launched in conjunction with the 2008 Carl Bertelsmann Prize, which addressed the topic “Integration through education - Fairness for All.”
Tthe “All Kids [...]

As a mental health cultural interpreter for the Toronto based Afghani community, Julia Ghani sees her work as a form of bridge building: working with the community to build understanding across cultures, generations, language and traditional stereotypes.
Her work is part of a pilot program called “Adopting Mental Health Services for Newcomer Families” designed to address [...]

The Government of Singapore has introduced a Tuition Grant Scheme (TSG), to help international students subsidise the high costs of technical and university education. The policy is part of an overall strategy to both recruit and retain international students to Singapore.
With a population of 4.5 million and an extremely low birth rate, Singapore, needs immigration [...]

Controversy has erupted at recent amateur sporting events in Canadian cities over the wearing of the hijab by young female athletes. Newspaper reports tell stories of soccer teams forfeiting the right to play because of the coach’s refusal to withdraw hijab-wearing team members [...]

Ping Chen, University of Helsinki
As a result of increased international cooperation between universities, the number of foreign degree students in Helsinki and across Finland has grown. Currently, Finland has 11,000 international degree students and aims to increase this to 20,000 students by 2010. Finland’s total national population is just over 5 million.
Attracting international talent [...]

Some of the greatest cultural integration challenges happen inside the home and between generations. For many immigrant parents, the idea of sex education for children is not just foreign, its taboo.
“Many newcomers have this impression from the media that Canada is a very open place and kids are taught about sex at a young [...]

Ricardo Gambetta, Manager of Immigrant Integration Programs at the National League of Cities, shared this green project with us, a “Good Idea We Are Watching:”
Park officials, city planners and immigrant advocates are exploring opportunities to increase usage of city parks among local immigrant communities and seeking ways to incorporate these new residents into the [...]