Municipalities Inquiry: Cities are Leading the Charge for Innovative Climate Change Solutions
Senator Omidvar spoke to Senator Simons' inquiry on the challenges and opportunities that Canadian municipalities face.
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Verdict UK on the “Cities Shaping Migration Policy” Panel at the Pritzker Forum on Global Cities 2019
Immigration policy is mostly still set at a national or international level, but cities are the site of implementation.
“Cities Shaping Migration Policy” Panel – Pritzker Forum on Global Cities 2019
Watch Ratna Omidvar reflect on the role cities play in setting the diversity agenda with Helen Clark, David Miliband and Lefteris Papagiannakis at the 2019 Pritzker Forum on Global Cities in Chicago.
WATCH: Cities across Canada are diverse, but are they inclusive?
In November 2018, Senator Omidvar joined a panel at Evergreen's Future Cities Canada Summit to discuss inclusive, sustainable and just cities.
WATCH: Senator Ratna Omidvar on Migration, Cities and Universities
"I believe that cities and their local institutions such as universities have an inherent advantage. It is far, far easier for cities to come together, to beg, borrow and collaborate around good ideas from each other than it is for national governments to do so."
Foreward – World Economic Forum’s “Migration and Its Impact on Cities” Report
We hope that his report will help to inform city leaders of the innovative approaches they can take
to address the issue of migration in their cities, recognizing the opportunities presented by migration
and leveraging public-private collaboration to maximise the opportunities and find smart and efficient
ways of delivering urban infrastructure and services to meet the needs of its migrant population.
Want Immigration Reform? Look to Cities
While fear, anger, and misinformation dominate the federal-level debate in the United States, its local leaders are making policies that work.
WATCH: Living Together, Right to the City – How to Build Inclusive Cities | 12th Annual Metropolis World Congress
Diversity and inclusion are not the same. One is a demographic reality; the other is a process that leads to equity and equality of opportunity, regardless of when and where you came from. Diversity is a demographic accident. Inclusion is what you do with it.