㽶Ƶ News - Amarjeet Sohi /channels/news_feeds/all/term/Amarjeet%20Sohi/rss en Expert: New Alberta mayors, councilors bring diversity to provincial councils /channels/channels/news/expert-new-alberta-mayors-councilors-bring-diversity-provincial-councils-334379 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>The 2021 municipal election was historic in Alberta, where Edmonton elected its first mayor of colour and Calgary its first female mayor. Calgary’s new mayor, Jyoti Gondek, says the diversity of the city’s incoming council will bring “strength to decision-making” at a time when a significant number of women and people of colour were elected to municipal offices across Alberta. Mayor-elect Amarjeet Sohi, a Sikh immigrant from India, will be the first person of colour to lead Edmonton.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/gettyimages-200250275-001.jpg?itok=st2qJ4hl" width="160" height="107" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">25 </span><span class="month">October </span><span class="year">2021</span></div></div></div></div></div> Mon, 25 Oct 2021 20:45:55 +0000 webfull 174287 at /channels