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Toronto the Good?

Negotiating Race in the Diverse City

by (author) Shana Almeida

Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Initial publish date
Nov 2022
Category
Canadian, City Planning & Urban Development, Public Affairs & Administration
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9781487504274
    Publish Date
    Nov 2022
    List Price
    $75.00
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781487560539
    Publish Date
    Nov 2022
    List Price
    $29.95
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781487519810
    Publish Date
    Nov 2022
    List Price
    $29.95

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Description

Armed with the motto "Diversity Our Strength," the City of Toronto has garnered a world-class reputation for challenging racism, largely because of how it is seen to value and include racialized groups through its diversity policies and practices. Toronto the Good? unsettles popular depictions of both diversity and the City of Toronto by attending to what diversity does in and for the City in the context of historical relations of race.

 

Toronto the Good? brings together Shana Almeida’s critical insights as a former political staff member along with her years of in-depth research on diversity in the City of Toronto to offer a compelling case to rethink how we understand diversity and racial inclusion in the City of Toronto and beyond. Initiated in a local context, Toronto the Good? critically contributes to global discussions on diversity, race, democracy, political participation, and power.

About the author

Shana Almeida is an assistant professor in the School of Professional Communication at the Toronto Metropolitan University. Her research and teaching contributions are informed by over six years as a senior political staff member at the City of Toronto.

Shana Almeida's profile page