The journal Diversité urbaine was created in 2000 within the Groupe de Recherche Divesité Urbaine (GRDU). Since 2019, it has been led by Tania Saba, founder and holder of the BMO Chair in Diversity and Governance.

Diversité urbaine aims to foster original thinking on diversity management and governance issues. It has a multidisciplinary and intersectional vocation. It has a multidisciplinary and intersectional vocation. By publishing empirical research form the social and human sciences, Diversité urbaine aims to stimulate the sharing of knowledge between researchers, public decision-makers and various stakeholders interested in a better understanding of the dynamics of diversity in our contemporary societies, particularly in the world of workin and training.

The published articles pay particular attention to issues of equity, diversity and inclusion at the level of both individuals and organization, in Quebec and in the rest of the world. The review is part of the context of awareness of the importance of equal rights and the fight against discrimination and ineqalities. Diversité urbaine is predominantly French-speaking knowledge dissemination platform that accept article proposals in English.

• The articles are published on the Érudit website at the following address :

Diversité urbaine – Érudit (erudit.org)  

The articles of the journal are available in open access. Starting from January 1, 2025, the journal requests authors to permit it to publish their articles under the CC BY 4.0 license. They retain their copyright.

Reviewers are chosen by the journal's director and editorial team. The journal publishes thematic issues on call for papers or non-thematic issues. The thematic issues are co-directed by experts who are specialists in their field. They are supported throughout the production by the journal's editorial team.

In the event of a conflict between the authors, reviewers and the journal management, the decisions of the journal director take precedence. The journal's director is supported by an advisory advisory committee. The journal does not guarantee the evaluation of all manuscripts received: the editorial team reserves the right to refuse an article directly if it does not correspond to the editorial policy of the journal or if it is in default of the said policy or the good editorial practices of scholarly journals (plagiarism, editorial ethics, conflict of interest).

The journal is based on the recommendations of COPE and its guidelines on the code of conduct and best practices in publishing.