Purpose: Created by an Act of the National Assembly of Quebec, the Montreal Intercultural Council (CiM) is a consultative and debating body concerned with intercultural relations.
Structure:
- The Montreal Intercultural Council (CiM) advises and gives opinions to the City Council and the Executive Committee on all matters of interest to the cultural communities and on any other matter relating to intercultural relations.
- It seeks opinions and receives and listens to requests and suggestions from any person or group on matters relating to intercultural relations.
- It shall undertake or commission such studies and research as it deems useful or necessary for the performance of its functions.
Process: Created in 2003, the CiM is made up of 15 volunteer members, including a chair and two vice-chairs, from diverse professional backgrounds that reflect Montreal's cultural richness.
Conscious of their mandate, the members of CiM are committed to ensuring that:
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The City of Montreal represents all its citizens and embodies their ethno-cultural diversity at all levels, including recruitment. The CiM calls on the City of Montreal to implement a recruitment and human resources management policy that guarantees fairness in employment within the municipal public service.
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The City of Montreal tailors its services to reflect ethnocultural diversity, thereby increasing accessibility and effectiveness for citizens from ethnocultural communities.
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The City of Montreal strengthens its workforce by recruiting culturally competent civil servants and by investing in intercultural awareness training for its staff.
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The City of Montreal takes a proactive stance against all forms of racism and exclusion.
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The City of Montreal strives to uphold and promote social inclusion as a principle that empowers every citizen to engage and participate democratically in public life.
The main issues identified by CiM are as follows:
- Employability as the key to successful integration and therefore to the full implementation of the equal access to employment programme at all levels of the city administration.
- Combating all forms of discrimination (exclusion, racism, racial profiling, etc.).
- Civic participation of members of ethnocultural communities, including raising awareness of electoral issues.
- Coherence of policies and practices in the management of ethno-cultural diversity by city services.
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