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Video – (Part 2 of 3) “Modern Strategies to Promote Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in today’s workplace”

Video – (Part 2 of 3) “Modern Strategies to Promote Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in today’s workplace” In this video (Part 2 of 3), Karl Yeh interviews Janelle St. Omer, Regional Vice-President with Benevity. They discuss strategies to promote and address equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) in the workplace, as well as challenges and examples. […]

Video – (Part 1 of 3) “What is Diversity, Equity and Inclusion”

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Video – (Part 1 of 3) “What is Diversity, Equity and Inclusion” In this video (Part 1 of 3), Karl Yeh interviews Janelle St. Omer, Regional Vice-President of Benevity. They discuss the definitions of equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) and the impact of EDI upon today’s businesses and workplaces. They explore potential challenges when applying […]

Video – The missing link in DEI

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Video – The missing link in DEI Dr. Loren Cox addresses the fact that we constantly talk about equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) but talk doesn’t necessarily translate into action. She gives a compelling, personal narrative of figuring out the missing link in EDI. Dr. Cox manages the federal policy and advocacy portfolio for a […]

Video – How to get serious about diversity and inclusion in the workplace

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Video – How to get serious about diversity and inclusion in the workplace Janet Stovall tells the story of how a university made changes to make a given department more inclusive for African-Americans. She also speaks about how businesses can dismantle racism, given the millions of people in the workplace. Studies have shown that ethnically […]

Women in the Workplace

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Women in the Workplace The largest comprehensive study of the state of women in corporate America. This year, 279 companies employing more than 13 million people shared their pipeline data and completed a survey of their HR practices. In addition, more than 64,000 employees were surveyed on their workplace experiences, and we interviewed women of […]

Outcomes over optics: Building inclusive organizations

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Outcomes over optics: Building inclusive organizations Businesses that focus on maximizing the potential of each of their employees win in the market. From superior financial performance to improved talent retention and a greater capacity for innovation, when a firm brings together people with different backgrounds, skillsets, and mindsets, they achieve more. Credit: Deloitte Date: 2017 View

EDI Glossary of Terms

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EDI Glossary of Terms EDI reference tool – glossary of terms. Credit: CCDI Date: 2022 For more information on this resource click here. View

Inclusive Style Guide – Inclusive Language

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Inclusive Style Guide – Inclusive Language These guidelines are intended to help users create content that is free of bias. Use this guide during the planning stages of your content so that you can incorporate an inclusivity mindset from the beginning and not have to redo work later to fix problematic language and images. Credit: […]

The Canadian Centre for Gender + Sexual Diversity Resource Centre

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The Canadian Centre for Gender + Sexual Diversity Resource Centre Resources available for teachers, organizations, politicians, GSA’s, youth, community members and specific gender or sexual orientations. These resources have been created and compiled for the purpose of education and documentation of history. Credit: The Canadian Centre for Gender + Sexual Diversity (CCGSD) Date: N/A View

Challenging Racism Project: What to do Steps

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Challenging Racism Project: What to do Steps This booklet aims to recommend some key practices for employers to make efforts in recruiting, mentoring, and retaining members of ethnocultural, racialized, religious, 2SLGBTQIA+, and BIPOC groups in employment. An anti-racist, anti-oppression, religious and cultural diversity, gender-based analysis, intersectionality, and human rights code lens was applied throughout this […]