Intercultural Solidarity: City Planners and Word Mongrel

intercultural solidarity: And she hoped that her book would educate city planners on how to advance the project of multiculturalism . A more robust sense of identity must be able to embrace cultural autonomy and, at the same time, work to strengthen intercultural solidarity, she wrote, according to Georgia Asian. The word mongrel in her title referred to how hybrids are often less susceptible to disease than purebreds in the animal world. In it, she argued that metropolitan regions that embrace diversity have distinct advantages over those that veer toward fundamentalism and creating ethnic silos. And there's little doubt that diversity can enhance economic resiliency in an increasingly interconnected world. In comparison to many other regions in recent years, Metro Vancouver has been remarkably successful in bringing together people from a multitude of cultural backgrounds. Many of the world's most dynamic cities including Paris, Taipei, New York, London, Istanbul, and Hong Kong have traditionally been havens for migrants. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.