Mission

The Service de la diversité et de l’inclusion sociale seeks to contribute to social transformation and to highlight all the faces of Montréal, an inclusive, committed and diverse city.

Priority actions for 2022

Anticipate

• Continue the universal accessibility project with a diagnostic and implementation of its recommendations.
• Develop a social data hub to promote and share social data intelligence. 
• Develop an interactive tool for viewing social data and population issues.

Plan

• Develop a framework to promote ethnocultural diversity 
• Develop a fundamental rights-based strategy to fight discrimination 
• Update needs assessment as part of the renewed agreement to fight poverty and social exclusion. 
• Develop a Montréal harm reduction strategy. 

Act

• Continue implementing ADS+ to improve inclusive municipal services to the population.
• Continue supporting the healthcare and social services networks and community organizations to support people living with homelessness and promote social cohabitation. 
• Launch the 2030 Integrated and Resilient Neighbourhoods program in neighbourhoods with high concentrations of vulnerable individuals, in alignment with the neighbourhood project.
• Consolidate the deployment of the mobile mediation and social intervention team and strengthen current programs by taking new investments into account. 
• Launch the 2022-2024 Montréal Inclusive at Work strategy to promote the inclusion of immigrants into the workplace. 
• Extend the scope of the No Fear Access Policy and consolidate projects that can benefit migrants whose status is precarious. 
• Continue the transitional phase of the Cité des Hospitalières with a variety of stakeholders and gradually open it to residents.

Evaluate

• Continue the strategy to monitor and evaluate departmental initiatives to ensure they remain aligned with the issues of a diverse Montréal population.