Three years ago, the Student Work Placement Program helped Victoria Valeriani launch her career. Now she’s using the program to give other students opportunities for success.
While existing networks and organizations offer no-cost resources to help small-businesses improve diversity, equity, and inclusion, leaders must also learn to set appropriate examples to employees.
Dr. Art Blake hopes that TMU’s LGBTQ2S+ undergraduate minor will create community and help students build skills as champions of equity, diversity, and inclusion.
Moving to a foreign country brings multiple challenges, as anyone who’s ever done it knows well. An oft-overlooked one is identifying and adopting subtle cultural practices […]
At the final Building Future Ready Communities; Virtual Tour webinar, panelists challenged aspiring researchers to become more agile thinkers by studying diverse but complementary fields.
Powered by Magnet, Youth Boost will help students and new grads launch their career with job opportunities, learning labs, and proven job search tools.
Toronto Metropolitan University is the first in Canada to offer an MSc in public and occupational health. Dr. Chun-Yip Hon explains why it was important to connect the two.
When Chief Terrance Paul became chief of the Membertou nation in the early 1980s, the nation was an economically impoverished community with high unemployment. Today, Membertou […]
Good Foot Delivery hires neurodivergent individuals as couriers. Barb Willett and Michelle Hutchinson explain the organization’s approach to employee inclusion and success.
Luba Tarapacky of the Ukrainian Canadian Congress (UCC) Toronto branch talks about the donation storefront Ukrainian Canadian Parachutes and the struggles newcomers face.
Workplace diversity tends to focus on adapting – and updating – Human Resources practices. Strategic inclusion specialist Jennifer Laidlaw told a recent webinar why she believes the business case is more compelling.
At the latest Building Future Ready Communities event, panelist Trevor Buttrum explained why successfully integrating different cultures in the workplace is about more than just representation.