When Naheed Nenshi was elected to lead the city of Calgary in October, headlines hailed him as Canada’s first Muslim mayor. Mr. Nenshi, 39, is an Ismaili Muslim, born of parents of South Asian descent who immigrated to Canada from Tanzania.
But what makes him really interesting is not his religious background or the colour of his skin. It is his challenge to the way Canadians build their cities.
Mr. Nenshi has been thinking about cities and how they work for most of his adult life. As a well-travelled, Harvard-trained management consultant, he learned to love great world cities like Barcelona and Rio de Janeiro, London and New York.
via Naheed Nenshi’s challenge: making Calgary a livable city – The Globe and Mail.
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