Arrival City: Building North America’s Most Diverse City

May 18, 2023 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time Metro Toronto Convention Center, 105 Constitution Hall Concurrent Session
Open to All Attendees
Diversity Housing – Multifamily Nonprofit Developers
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Toronto is one of the world’s most multicultural cities, with almost half of its residents born overseas and a population that is majority racialized. Local author Doug Saunders calls Toronto an “arrival city,” a city that has welcomed waves of newcomers from all over the world for generations. For some, this city has been seen as a model for social inclusion and integration, but this global reputation sometimes obscures longstanding and growing issues of inequality and division within the city.

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