This unique book tackles an important contemporary issue - the social integration of immigrants in a large metropolis - by way of the detailed case study of one Canadian city.

In the present age of migration, the influx of immigrants from distant lands leads inevitably to the spatial and social restructuring of cities and regions. It is often accompanied by fears of and hostility towards the newcomers. Nevertheless, in Europe, North America and Japan this influx of immigrants is essential to economic growth. How can immigrants become accepted members of the society of their adopted country? How can strangers become neighbours? What alchemies of political and social imagination are required to achieve peaceful coexistence in the mongrel cities of the 21st century? What philosophies and policies have made integration successful in Canada and how can it be translated into European context?

The book tackles an important contemporary issue the social integration of immigrants in a large metropolis by way of the detailed case study of one Canadian city. The book provides a large political and legal context which makes this case study comprehensible and inspiring to readers outside Canada.

The first book to provide a detailed case study of the successful integration of immigrants at the neighbourhood and city level Investigates issues raised by the documentary story and integrates film as an action research tool Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Leonie Sandercock is the author of ten books, the most recent include; Towards Cosmopolis: Planning for Multicultural Cities (1998) and Cosmopolis 2: Mongrel Cities of the 21st Century (2003). The latter book won the Paul Davidoff Award for best book awarded by the American Collegiate Schools of Planning. She also received the Dale Prize for Community Planning (2005), and the BMW Award for Intercultural Learning (2007), for her paper on 'Cosmopolitan Urbanism'.

Giovanni Attili is an Urban Planning Research Fellow at the University of Rome (La Sapienza) and Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of British Columbia (UBC, Vancouver). He is recipient of the G. Ferraro Award for the best Urban Planning PhD Thesis in Italy in 2005. He is co-editor of the book, Storie di Città (Edizioni Interculturali, 2007) and author of the book, Rappresentare la città dei migranti (Jaca Book, 2008).

Inhalt
Context.- Inventing a Multicultural Nation: Canada's Evolving Story.- Integrating an Immigrant Metropolis: Vancouver's Diversity Mission.- Changing the Mind of the City: Preparing the Public Sector for a Multicultural Society.- The Neighbourhood House: Concept and Reality.- What Is a Neighbourhood House?.- The Story of the Collingwood Neighbourhood House: A Unique Gathering Place.- CNH: The Ongoing Challenges of Change.- Integrating Immigrants Through Community Development.- Towards a Cosmopolitan Urbanism: From Theory to Practice.- Film as Action Research.- Where Strangers Become Neighbours: The Story of a Research, the Research of a Story.- Qualitative Inquiries and Film Languages in the Planning Field: A Manifesto.