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Good Ideas from Toronto: An Exchange of Immigrant Integration Practices
November 28 to December 2, 2011 | Stuttgart, Hamburg, Berlin, Cologne
Cities are the destination of choice for most immigrants. The welcome cities provide to their newest residents is key to successful integration and, in the end, vital to their social and economic health. It’s also essential to the ongoing prosperity of the cities themselves. It’s not surprising then that cities world-wide are eager to learn from each other about what works in integrating immigrants.
From November 28 to December 2, 2011, a delegation from Toronto, led by Maytree’s president Ratna Omidvar and chairman Alan Broadbent, visited four cities in Germany (Stuttgart, Hamburg, Berlin, and Cologne) to share good practices in immigrant integration.
In each city, the delegates also had an opportunity to visit with staff of German projects to learn about local immigrant integration practices.
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The Student and Parent Census – Using Equity-Based Data to Identify Student Achievement and Opportunity Gaps
Toronto District School Board
How can you ensure equity and success for all students? The TDSB uses equity-based data to identify achievement gaps and determine barriers to achievement, to review and implement effective systems, supports and initiatives across the system, and to establish a baseline for measuring improvement over time. In 2006, the TDSB, in consultation with the Ontario [...]
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Pictures from Germany
Thursday, December 22nd, 2011
From November 28 to December 2, we had the opportunity to visit four cities in Germany (Stuttgart, Hamburg, Berlin, and Cologne) to share good practices in immigrant integration. In each city, we also visited with staff of German projects to learn about local immigrant integration practices. Experience the German tour through four short slideshows.
Video from Berlin – Gute Ideen aus Kanada
Wednesday, December 7th, 2011
Thanks to the Heinrich Böll Stiftung in Berlin, we have a video of the Berlin presentation. Since the whole presentation was three hours long, we’re giving you the option to watch the individual segments. Peter Boehm, Ambassador of Canada in Germany: Welcome Ratna Omidvar, President, Maytree: Introduction Alan Broadbent, Founder and Chairman, Maytree: Historical context and [...]
Join us on the road
You can find more information about the Exchange on the about page or by downloading our program in PDF format.
Delegates
The delegates are:
- Matt Galloway, Host, Metro Morning, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)
- Elizabeth McIsaac, Executive Director, Toronto Region Immigrant Employment Council (TRIEC)
- Donna Quan, Deputy Director – Academic, Toronto District School Board
- Peter Sloly, Deputy Police Chief, Toronto Police Service (TPS)
We’ll be providing updates and insights from Germany on our Twitter feed with the hashtag #GERexchange