Book Launch: Toward Equity and Inclusion in Canadian Cities

Clocktower Brew Pub - Elgin Street, 200 Elgin Street, Ottawa, ON
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Join editors Fran Klodawsky, Janet Siltanen, and Caroline Andrew in Ottawa for the launch of Toward Equity and Inclusion in Canadian Cities: Lessons from Critical Praxis-Oriented Research.

The event will feature a 30-minute Q&A between editors Fran Klodawsky, Janet Siltanen, and Caroline Andrew. The Dr. Doaa Saddek, Senior evaluator at the Federal Government and Chair of the Professional Learning Committee at the Canadian Evaluation Society, will be leading the interview. Light refreshments will be served.

Seeking to redress these trends and guide research to facilitate meaningful local action, Toward Equity and Inclusion in Canadian Cities promotes more inclusive urban environments by highlighting and comparing theoretical and practice-based insights. Building on feminist, anti-racist, and anti-colonialist arguments to offer action-oriented solutions to inequalities and exclusions, the contributors to this volume tackle themes such as LGBTQ inclusion, health disparities, diversity initiatives, and urban planning dilemmas. Through a lens of critical praxis the book explores the challenges of collaborations, the negotiations required to reconceptualize research relations, and the ways in which values and practices inform one another.

Fran Klodawsky is professor in the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies and the Institute of Political Economy at Carleton University.

Janet Siltanen is professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology and the Institute of Political Economy at Carleton University.

Caroline Andrew is director of the Centre on Governance at the University of Ottawa.