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DESCRIPTION:Join MISC at 4:00 pm on Thursday\, November 7th\, at the Facult
 y Club (3450 McTavish Street) for Professor Dan Hiebert’s lecture\, Visual
 izing Superdiversity in Canadian Cities.\n\nThe concept of superdiversity 
 was developed by Steven Vertovec\, Max Planck Institute\, to help us under
 stand and come to terms with rapid cultural change (diversification)\, esp
 ecially in urban centres that attract large numbers of migrants and immigr
 ants from around the world. It highlights the point that new forms of dive
 rsity are being added to societies that are already characterized by older
  forms of diversity that also intersect with longstanding patterns and pro
 cesses of inequality. Montreal\, for instance\, is an iconic example of th
 ese developments.\n\nFor the past five years\, Dan Hiebert\, Professor Eme
 ritus\, UBC and visiting Scholar of Excellence at CERC Migration\, has bee
 n working with Steve Vertovec to build methods to enable people to ‘see’ t
 hese changes through interactive data visualizations. Their work has produ
 ced websites focused on cities across the Pacific Rim\, in Canada\, and an
 other iconic case\, that of New York City. They are currently in the proce
 ss of revising and reimagining their approach as new data become available
 \, and in conjunction with emerging forms of inequality. An improved and u
 pdated website dedicated to Canadian cities will be open for the public by
  the date of the presentation (it is in beta-testing now).\n\nIn his prese
 ntation\, Dan will briefly outline their starting point – the concept of s
 uperdiversity – and demonstrate how it is visualized for Canadian cities a
 nd then will close with a discussion on how the visualization tools could 
 be further developed in the future (e.g.\, by adding layers of information
  on vulnerability to Covid\; increased heat-island effects related to glob
 al warming\; etc.).\n\nDaniel Hiebert is Professor Emeritus of Geography a
 t the University of British Columbia\, specializes in research on immigrat
 ion policy and the impact of immigration to Canada\, especially on Canadia
 n cities. He has also participated in a variety of advisory positions in t
 he Canadian government\, including the Deputy Minister’s Advisory Council 
 at Immigration\, Refugees\, and Citizenship Canada (IRCC). From 2021 to ea
 rly 2024\, he served as Academic in Residence at IRCC. At the regional sca
 le\, he has worked closely with the provincial government of British Colum
 bia on its efforts to develop migration and integration policy. He has als
 o served as Co-Chair of the City of Vancouver Mayor’s Working Committee on
  Immigration\, and has collaborated with each of the major nongovernmental
  organizations that provide services to immigrants in Vancouver.\n\nThe le
 cture will be followed by a reception. This event is free and open to the 
 public. Reserve your tickets via Eventbrite.\n
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LOCATION:Faculty Club\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3A 0E5\, 3450 rue McTavish
SUMMARY:Visualizing Superdiversity in Canadian Cities
URL:https://www.mcgill.ca/misc/channels/event/visualizing-superdiversity-ca
 nadian-cities-360367
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