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

2. Recent Research

3. 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

4. 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

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

6. 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

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

8. Possible Links To ISRN Work

9. 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

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

11. 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

12. 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