Diversity in Politics: Where do we stand?
paypal

Connexions Calendar

Diversity in Politics: Where do we stand?


November 08, 2011


With the three recent elections - provincial, federal and municipal - still fresh in our minds, let's step back and take this opportunity to look at diversity in elected office.
* To what extent do those who ran for office - and those who were elected - reflect the ethnic and racial diversity of the Toronto region?
* Have parties run diverse candidates in winnable ridings?
* What more can be done to change the face of political leadership in the country's most diverse city region?

Join us on November 8 when Myer Siemiatycki, Professor in the Department of Politics and Public Administration at Ryerson University, presents newly released findings on the state of diversity in elected office.

Hear from our panel of political insiders on what worked, what didn’t, and what parties can do to ensure that their representatives better reflect their constituents.
Panelists:
* Pam Hundal, former candidate for MPP in Brampton-Springdale
* John Matheson, Strategy Corp.
* Indira Naidoo-Harris, former candidate for MPP in Halton
* Robin Sears, Navigator Ltd.
Moderated by Steven D’Souza, CBC

Time: 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Venue: Gardiner Museum
Location: 111 Queen’s Park Toronto, ON
Website: http://diversecitypostelectionupdate.eventbrite.com/
Categories: Politics & Political Organizations

Back to main calendar listings

Request a username and password to submit your events (free)

Find out about distributing your news releases (membership)




Please note that Calendar listings are submitted by a variety of organizations. Connexions does not endorse events or organizations, and Connexions cannot screen individual listings to ensure that they are accurate, or appropriate for your needs. If you have questions about an event, please contact the sponsoring organization.

Individuals and organizations are welcome to make use of the Connexions Calendar by contributing events or by putting the Calendar, or a link to it, on your website. (Download a banner here or here.) If you would like to contribute to the Calendar on a regular basis, please contact us so that we can arrange to issue you a username and password.

The Calendar is a joint project of Connexions Information Sharing Services and SOURCES. SOURCES helps organizations publicize their issues, get media attention, and send out unlimited media releases: to learn about becoming a SOURCES member see this page or the online form.

Terms of Use: Connexions and the Connexions Calendar exist to support individuals and organizations working for freedom and social justice. We try to feature a wide variety of events and resources reflecting a diversity of viewpoints and approaches to social change within our overall mandate of support for democracy, civil liberties, freedom of speech, universal human rights, secularism, equality, economic justice, environmental responsibility, and the creation and preservation of community. Connexions reserves the right to decline listings on the basis of appropriateness or quality, or if in our judgement they conflict with our policies against hatred, racism, misogyny, anti-Semitism or other forms of discrimination such as those based on gender, sexual orientation, age, and ethnicity.


Support Connexions and help save the world