A number of social groups are numerically under-represented within elected local councils in Ontario. In a recent paper, author Karen Bird examines the representational deficit facing women, visible minorities, and the foreign-born, following the October 2010 municipal elections across the province. Drawing on an original survey of approximately 1,500 declared candidates across Ontario’s 23 largest [...]

  Canada has, by most accounts, one of the most successful immigration programs in the world.  While the federal government has long been the dominant player in this field, provinces, municipalities, service provider organizations, and employers are now pushing for an expanded policy role, increased resources, and governance arrangements that recognize the important part they [...]

A recent study commissioned by the Canadian Immigrant Settlement Sector Alliance (Reconfiguring Settlement and Integration: A Service Provider Strategy for Innovation and Results) argues that the settlement sector as a whole has an existential interest in strengthening its intellectual capacity and its ability to manage innovation.  To date, sector growth has focused chiefly on delivery [...]

Participants at the Canadian Political Science Association Conference, held in May at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, heard the results of a study examining the perceptions of community leaders with regard to immigration and diversity. As the number of immigrants settling outside the Greater Toronto Area grows, it is increasingly important to understand how community [...]