Civil society engagement : achieving better in Canada / edited by Patricia M. Daenzer.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Making civility : historical racial exclusion technologies within Canadian democracy / Ameil Joseph -- The role of academe in enhancing civil society engagement / Robert Feagan and Ken Paradis -- Reading gender identity and sexual orientation into the refugee determination tegime : is there room for advocacy? / Hila Taraky -- Refuge Hamilton Centre for Newcomer Health (HCNH) : civic engagement and the rights of refugees to access health care / Maroussia Hajdukowski-Ahmed, Terri Bedminster, and Sue Grafe -- Claiming the right to be present : serving migrants with precarious legal status in the sanctuary city of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada / Stacey Wilson-Forsberg -- Redefining political spaces : everyday citizenship from a place of exclusion / Mirna Carranza -- Faith group as an ally : Filipina norms in civil society activism / Josephine Eric -- Advocates with status : a snapshot of three NGOs in the Canadian migrant agricultural workers' movement / Carrie Sinkowski -- The recent historical role of Canadian civil society in combatting racism / Tim Rees -- Anti-racism state appeasement strategies : Ontario 2017 / Patricia M. Daenzer and Tim Rees -- Politics and the education of African Canadians / Patricia M. Daenzer and Wayne Burnett -- Conclusions : the struggle for "better" / Patricia M. Daenzer.