{"product_id":"9781770564435","title":"Subdivided: City-Building in an Age of Hyper-Diversity","description":"\u003cp\u003eHow do we build cities where we aren't just living within the same urban space, but living together?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGreater 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?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThrough compelling storytelling and analysis, \u003ci\u003eSubdivided\u003c\/i\u003e’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 policing to holistic mental health, dignified affordable housing and inclusive municipal governance. Ultimately, \u003ci\u003eSubdivided\u003c\/i\u003e aims to provoke the tough but pressing conversations required to build a truly connected and just city.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction - Jay Pitter\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIdentity and the City: Thinking Through Diversity – Beyhan Farhadi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDoing Immigrant Resettlement Right – Doug Saunders\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWasauksing–Vancouver–Toronto: My Path Home – Rebeka Tabobondung\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHow We Welcome: Why Canada’s Refugee Resettlement Program Undermines Place-making – Sarah Beamish and Sofia Ijaz\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFinding Space for Spirituality – Fatima Syed\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNavigating the City with an Invisible Illness: The Story of Dorothy – Denise DaCosta\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCulture and Mental Illness – Karen Pitter\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNeighbourhood Watch: Racial Profiling and Virtual Gated Communities – Asmaa Malik\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAccessing Education: An Immigrant’s Story – Nicholas Davis\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePolicing and Trust in the Hyper-Diverse City – Nana Yanful\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThree Questions about Carding – Idil Burale\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAn Overburdened Promise: Arts Funding for Social Development – Ian Kamau, Paul Nguyen and Ryan Paterson, with John Lorinc\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDesigning Dignified Social Housing – Jay Pitter\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWalking Through Loss: A Critical Visit to an Old Neighbourhood – Photography by Taha Muharuma\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReconsidering Revitalization: The Case of Regent Park – Jay Pitter in conversation with Sandra Costain\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eModel Citizens – Andrea Gunraj\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Tale of Two – or Three – Cities: Gentrification and Community Consultations – Mariana Valverde\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMobility in the Divided City – Eric Mann\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eToward More Complete Communities: Business Out of the Box – Alina Chatterjee\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGoing Beyond Representation: The Diversity Deficit in Local Government – John Lorinc\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBrampton, a.k.a. Browntown – Noreen Ahmed-Ullah\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLife in the City In-Between – Shawn Micallef\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion – J. David Hulchanski\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Coach House Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47135345934576,"sku":"9781770564435","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781770564435_p0.jpg?v=1763707495","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781770564435","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}