Organizers:

Carolle Simard
University of Quebec at Montreal
CANADA
simard.carolle@uqam.ca

Anver Saloojee
Ryerson Polytechnic University
CANADA
saloojee@acs.ryerson.ca

Description:

This workshop will explore a number of important themes in civic politics including the ways in which immigrant communities experience and engage in civic participation. Is it important for politicians and bureaucrats as well as for political and administrative institutions to reflect the ethno-racial diversity of the citizenry? Do immigrant communities experience barriers as they seek to participate in meaningful ways in civic politics? What do immigrant communities identify as the priority issues on the municipal landscape and how do they perceive municipal politicians and administrators responses to these issues ? Finally, the workshop will look at a number of cities and address the issue of representiveness by providing detailed information on the degree to which the ethno-racial composition of municipal politicians and institutions reflects the demographic composition of the cities themselves

Presenters

Régent Chamard, Quebec Council of Intercultural Relation, CANADA
Anver Saloojee, Community Social Planning Council of Toronto / Ryerson Polytechnic University, CANADA
Myer Siemiatycki, Ryerson Polytechnic University, CANADA
Carolle Simard, University of Quebec at Montreal, CANADA Paper
Pierre Troin, University of Quebec at Montreal, CANADA
Anja van Heelsum, University of Amsterdam, NETHERLANDS