Author
Iacovetta; Franca
Year
2022
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Language
English
Pages
23
ISBN
978-1-48754-563-5
Last Update
06-Nov-2024
Keywords
History ; Education ; Feminist & Women's Studies ; Sociology
For almost two decades before Canada adopted multiculturalism as an official policy in 1971, the International Institute of Metropolitan Toronto was actively promoting pluralism as a city- and nation-building project. Both a social welfare agency and a socio-cultural organization, the Institute applied what were later called multicultural approaches in its immigrant counselling and casework. Women played key roles in the Institute as leaders, community organizers, and front-line social workers. They comprised a significant proportion of its diverse immigrant clientele and its ethnically mixed membership. During the multi-ethnic festivals that the Institute mounted with its allies and collaborators, women performed on...
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