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What Cities Said: May 2010

Fundació Tot Raval

Tue, 01/06/2010 - 4:00 PM


Like Toronto’s Kensington Market, or China Town in New York or San Francisco, Barcelona’s Raval is a dynamic, thriving neighborhood created by waves of immigrants.

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Barcelona: Improving Integration In Large Cities

The “City and Diversity” workshop brought together experts on citizen participation, diversity and intercultural management to examine the impact of rapid demographic change on social cohesion.

Toronto: What Gets Measured Counts

DiverseCity Counts (year 2) reports that just 14 per cent of leaders in the Greater Toronto Area are members of a racialized group compared with 49.5% of the population at large.

UK Cities and Refugee Week

Manchester-Bristol-London-Edinburgh. Every June cities across the UK counter negative stereotypes and fear-mongering around refugees through Refugee Week.

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Interview: CBC Sports and Diversity

Kim Clark, Director of Inclusion & Diversity at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC-Toronto) talks to her colleagues about sports programming and diversity in Canadian audiences.

Dublin, Ireland
Cities and Democracy at Work
Making voting rights the key to immigrant empowerment

Zhara, a part-time hair dresser in her mid twenties recently completed a one day training course in voting education. "I can't wait to share what I've learned with my community!" she enthuses, filled with plans to get her friends to help her arrange for day and evening sessions at their local community centre and mosque.


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