Cultural Diversity and City Development: A Human Landscape with an Urban Identity?

LECTURE PRESENTED ON MAY 2, 2018

In Montreal and the greater metropolitan area, many neighbourhoods and public spaces are shaped, defined and revitalized through the contribution of cultural communities. How can we recognize these places of diversity and their heritage? How do we adapt urban planning and urban land management to them?

Moderator:

• Dinu Bumbaru, Policy Director of Heritage Montreal

Speakers:

• Alan DeSousa, Mayor of Saint-Laurent and City Councillor
• Justin Bur, Mile End Memories administrator and PhD Student, Urban Studies, UQAM
• Annick Germain, Associated Professor-Researcher, Institut national de la recherche scientifique

Lecture presented by the McCord Museum and Heritage Montreal.

City Talks is a series of lectures bringing together city thinkers and builders to share their views on current practical urban issues affecting Montrealers.