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Report from the Road – Learnings and Presentations from Maytree’s German Exchange
Pictures from Germany
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
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 [...]
Donna Quan – Ensuring Student Success
In this clip, Donna talks about the importance of the TDSB reaching out to newcomer parents and caregivers to ensure their children’s success. Donna Quan is Deputy Director, Academic in the Toronto District School Board. She provides leadership for the Academic “learning for all” agenda for approximately 260,000 students from Kindergarten to Grade 12.
Elizabeth McIsaac – Changing Labour Market Outcomes
In this clip, Elizabeth talks about the TRIEC model and how its replication has helped to improve their own work. Elizabeth McIsaac is the Executive Director of TRIEC. She has worked with TRIEC since it was launched in 2003 as a Maytree project. She has also held various positions at Maytree, most recently as the director of policy.
Peter Sloly – Policing for a New Demographic
In this clip, Peter talks about why it’s important for a police service to diversify, as it is “the most visible form of a functioning democracy.” He also describes efforts and successes the Toronto Police Service has had diversifying the force.
Matt Galloway – Winning Hearts, Minds and Market Share at CBC
In this clip, Matt talks about how important it is for a public broadcaster to truly include and reflect its diverse public.
Toronto meets Germany in a four-city exchange of good integration ideas
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 cities themselves. It’s not surprising then that cities worldwide are eager to learn from [...]
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