Subdivided : Building Inclusion into the Global City

How do we build cities where we aren't just living within the same urban space, but living together? Greater Toronto is now home to a larger proportion of foreign-born residents than any other major global metropolis. Not surprisingly, city officials rarely miss an opportunity to tout the region's ethno-cultural neighbourhoods. Yet there's strong evidence that the GTA is experiencing widening socio-economic disparities that have produced worrisome divisions. We say that 'diversity is our strength,' but has a feel-good catchphrase prevented us from confronting the forces that seem to be separating and isolating urban communities? Through compelling storytelling and analysis, Subdivided 's contributors - a wide range of place-makers, academics, activists and journalists - ask how we can expand city-building processes to tackle issues ranging from transit equity and trust-based policingto holistic mental health, dignified affordable housing and inclusive municipal governance. Ultimately, Subdivided aims to provoke the tough but pressing conversations required to build a truly connected and just city. Contents Introduction - Jay Pitter Identity and the City: Thinking Through Diversity - Beyhan Farhadi Doing Immigrant Resettlement Right - Doug Saunders Wasauksing-Vancouver-Toronto: My Path Home - Rebeka Tabobondung How We Welcome: Why Canada's Refugee Resettlement Program Undermines Place-making - Sarah Beamish and Sofia Ijaz Finding Space for Spirituality - Fatima Syed Navigating the City with an Invisible Illness: The Story of Dorothy - Denise DaCosta Culture and Mental Illness - Karen Pitter Neighbourhood Watch: Racial Profiling and Virtual Gated Communities - Asmaa Malik Accessing Education: An Immigrant's Story - Nicholas Davis Policing and Trust in the Hyper-Diverse City - Nana Yanful Three Questions about Carding - Idil Burale An Overburdened Promise: Arts Funding for Social Development - Ian Kamau, Paul Nguyen and Ryan Paterson, with John Lorinc Designing Dignified Social Housing - Jay Pitter Walking Through Loss: A Critical Visit to an Old Neighbourhood - Photography by Taha Muharuma Reconsidering Revitalization: The Case of Regent Park - Jay Pitter in conversation with Sandra Costain Model Citizens - Andrea Gunraj A Tale of Two - or Three - Cities: Gentrification and Community Consultations - Mariana Valverde Mobility in the Divided City - Eric Mann Toward MoreComplete Communities: Business Out of the Box - Alina Chatterjee Going Beyond Representation: The Diversity Deficit in Local Government - John Lorinc Brampton, a.k.a. Browntown - Noreen Ahmed-Ullah Life in the City In-Between - Shawn Micallef Conclusion - J. David Hulchanski