Intercultural Dialogue Institute is a non-profit organization whose purpose is to advance social cohesion through personal interaction by promoting respect and mutual understanding among people of all cultures and faiths through dialogue and partnership.

Intercultural Dialogue Institute aims to promote enduring interfaith and intercultural cooperation, tolerance and dialogue by sharing our differences and similarities in an effort to enhance civil society, to promote the development of human values, and to advance diversity and multiculturalism in the society. The Institute aims to eliminate or reduce false stereotypes, prejudices and unjustified fears through direct human communication. By this mission IDI aims to contribute to improvement of diversity, pluralism and multiculturalism throughout Canada.

IDI was formed in 2010 as a joint effort of several organizations and currently have 11 chapters* and regional offices in major cities of five Canadian provinces.

* GTA branch of IDI was established with the name Canadian Interfaith Dialogue Centre in 2004. Until July 2013 it had been known as Intercultultural Dialogue Institute (IDI) Toronto. In July 2013 it was re-branded as IDI GTA to represent the whole Greater Toronto Area.

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