In this article we report research findings from a qualitative study of social support for
immigrants and refugees in Canada. We focus on challenges from the perspectives of 137 …

The Canadian model of diversity management is considered a success in the international
community, yet the methods by which these policies are adopted by local governments have …

This collection of papers explores the connections between ethno-cultural diversity and
contemporary planning practice. The need for pluralism and managing ethno-cultural …

From Urban Enclave to Ethnic Suburb focuses on the migration, settlement, and adaptation
of Chinese and other Asian immigrants and their impacts on the transformation of …

In Frankreich und Deutschland werden in den 1970er bzw. 1990er Jahren mit der politique
de la ville und der Sozialen Stadt quartiersbezogene Förderprogramme etabliert. In beiden …

This article examines municipal government roles in immigrant settlement, integration and
cultural diversity in six of Canada's most diverse cities. Drawing on documentary and …

Racism cannot be treated as a spatially homogeneous phenomenon. This review reports on
the merits of a localized approach to anti-racism, and delivers a frank assessment of the …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to describe how recent immigrants and refugees to
Canada (“newcomers”) use the facilities of a large, urban public library. As the library …

Places of worship have become a thorny issue for urban planning in Montréal in the 1990s
following new immigration fluxes into the metropolitan area. A moratorium on new places of …

This paper seeks to develop a comparative framework through which to study the effects of
immigration-driven demographic change in the ethno-cultural composition of municipal …