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Jul

Multicultural Council helping diversify community organizations

July 12, 2017
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CBC News July 11, 2017 Organizations looking to diversify the makeup of their operations by tapping into their multicultural communities now have a simple online tool to make those connections even easier. The Multicultural Council of Windsor and Essex County is teaming up with the United Way to launch what they describe as a “dating site” that …

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10
Jul

To Lead Across Cultures, Focus on Hierarchy and Decision Making

July 10, 2017
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in Effective Governance

By Erin Meyer From the July-August 2017 Issue, Harvard Business Review Cultural differences in leadership styles often create unexpected misunderstandings. Americans, for example, are used to thinking of the Japanese as hierarchical while considering themselves egalitarian. Yet the Japanese find Americans confusing to deal with. Although American bosses are outwardly egalitarian—encouraging subordinates to use first names …

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31
May

Webinar June 19th: Diversity & Inclusion in Leadership – What’s really happening in Canadian Cities?

May 31, 2017
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in Announcements, Events, News

New research on the state of diversity and inclusion in leadership in Canadian cities reveals a consistent gap between the make-up of Canada’s boardrooms and our diverse population. Join us on Monday, June 19th as we bring together researchers in Vancouver, Toronto, London, Hamilton, and Ottawa to examine recent findings on the diversity of governance boards …

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25
May

Advancing Inclusive Leadership in Healthcare Event: Live Tweets

May 25, 2017
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in Board Ready, Diversity & Inclusion, Events

On May 15th, 2017 DiverseCity onBoard held a panel discussion and board matching mixer, Advancing Inclusive Leadership in Healthcare, which brought together senior leaders, board representatives, and board candidates for an evening of dialogue and networking. Moderator Elaine Lam, Executive Director of Business Development at The Chang School was joined by the lead author of …

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24
May

Canada is incredibly diverse. So why isn’t our House of Commons?

May 24, 2017
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in Diversity & Inclusion, News

Published on May 15, 2017 by TVO Current Affairs The following is excerpted from Erin Tolley’s essay “The Electoral System and Parliament’s Diversity Problem: In Defense of the Wrongfully Accused.” It appears in Should We Change How We Vote?, a new book of essays that evaluate Canada’s first-past-the-post electoral system and consider how changes to it might …

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11
May

Senator Ratna Omidvar Statement on Leading Visible Minority Women

May 11, 2017
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in News

On May 4th, 2017, Senator Ratna Omidvar welcomed a group of leading women to the Senate and spoke of the significant barriers faced by minority women through a “double-barrelled glass ceiling”. The visiting women are exemplars of leadership in the face of adversary, and beacons for other women, in particular minority girls, to take up …

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5
May

Ottawa to pull research chair funding unless diversity issue addressed at universities

May 5, 2017
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in News

By Chris Hannay OTTAWA — The Globe and Mail Published Thursday, May 04, 2017 The federal granting councils that award the prestigious Canada Research Chairs say universities must offer up more diverse candidates for the honour or they will lose their funds. Directors of the program, which sends out $265-million every year across 1,600 researchers, say new measures …

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25
Apr

Why the benefits of diversity are not theoretical

April 25, 2017
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in Research

By Bessma Momani, Jillian Stirk, Anna Klimbovskaia Published April 24, 2017 Source The story of Canada’s embrace of different languages, cultures and peoples is not a new one. Diversity in Canada is in many ways a cornerstone of our identity, and for generations, we have largely supported government commitments to immigration, multiculturalism, and pluralism. Now there …

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10
Apr

Human rights chief praises police oversight report’s focus on race and diversity

April 10, 2017
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in News

By Wendy Gillis, News reporter Published Friday, April 7, 2017 The provincial government’s commitment Thursday to require police watchdogs to collect race-based statistics is evidence Ontario is in “a very unique moment” when it comes to recognizing the need for such data, says Ontario’s chief human rights commissioner. One day after the release of Ontario Justice …

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3
Apr

Interview with Appointee Sonia Kumar

April 3, 2017
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in Appointee Spotlight, Featured Testimonials

“As a young female entrepreneur with a bicultural background, I think that it’s incredibly important for people of different ages, backgrounds, and experiences to be represented, especially in a growing, diverse city such a Hamilton.” Sonia Kumar Founder/Owner of Body Brave Sonia Kumar is the founder and owner of Body Brave, a Hamilton-based social enterprise …

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