Caroline Andrew University of Ottawa Recent Research And Possible Links To ISRN Work

Recent Research

Municipal policy, in the context of municipal reorganization, and its relationship to community organization  - impact of ethno-cultural diversity – Ottawa  - gender and diversity – Ottawa and comparison Ottawa and Montreal  - impact of decentralization policies of federal and provincial governments on Lower Town in Ottawa

Municipal policy and federal policy  part of “federal” team in multi-level governance project headed up by Bob Young (UWO)  areas – immigrant settlement, image-building

Municipal policy and global/local networks Municipal policy and global/local networks  women and safer cities

Networks as elements in local governance Networks as elements in local governance  in minority francophone health governance  in regional forestry governance (in the rural part of the Outaouais region)  in voluntary sector community and regional governance  in local and regional Quebec networks around enhancing physical activity for school-aged children from poor urban neighbourhoods

Methodological note  participatory action research  some historical research  interviews

Possible Links To ISRN Work

Forms of urban governance and social innovation  horizontal – cross-sector coalitions and networks, community partnerships  vertical – multi-level networks  horizontal and vertical – social learning across sectors and scales

Municipal government and community governance  municipal role – catalyst, participant, provision of resources  democratic practices at the neighbourhood, city and city-region scale

Governance and diversity  integration of ethno-cultural diversity in urban governance  economic –employment, foreign credential recognition, training  social – municipal policies, activities of community organizations  cultural – organizations and forms of cultural expression  political – participation policies, structures and practices  sensitivity to the intersections of diversity –ethno- cultural, gender,class,age,etc

Links between economic, social, cultural and political dimensions of civic leadership Links between economic, social, cultural and political dimensions of civic leadership  building broad political support for civic leadership  the dimensions of quality of life