Does the Canadian multiculturalism and ethnic diversity experience withstand close scrutiny in light of a major study by an American academic?

Or has Canada’s widely-admired approach to integration and inclusion been following an unworkable or socially damaging path over the past half century?

Canada’s construction industry, among others, has long hoped for changes by the federal government to the complex points system that new immigrants must meet to qualify for permanent residency.

Canada’s urgent need to maintain a strong labour force is being met in significant numbers by simple age demographics, with boomers still opting to stay on the job, a new report suggests.

Women are entering law schools in growing numbers, but still face many of the barriers that members of their gender faced entering the profession in the last century, the top judge of Canada’s Supreme Court says.

There’s an urgent need for law firms to introduce more flexibility into their practices,  enabling women to continue pursuing rewarding careers, while still meeting obligations to family, Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin told the National Women’s Forum of the Canadian Bar Association (CBA). Failure to do so has already resulted in more women leaving a profession she described as “Edwardian male-dominated.”...[ read more ]

Leaders of Canada’s First Nations, along with provincial and territorial governments, are sounding increasingly optimistic about new levels of co-operation aimed at bringing economic prosperity and jobs to the country’s aboriginal population. And Canadian premiers say they’re anxious to take a more aggressive new role to help make that happen. 

Putting to rest myths about employing people with disabilities is an important part of the job that Nayla Farah and her team at the Canadian Council on Rehabilitation and Work (CCRW) deal with on a regular basis.

DIVERSEcity is a non-profit agency offering services and programs to the immigrant and refugee communities of Surrey, Delta, White Rock and Langley...[ read more ]

A truly inclusive work or service environment reflects a core principle of the heart of the UN’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights and echoed in the Human Rights Code of Ontario and of other provinces. It’s the notion that not all members of the human family share an inherent dignity and are entitled to equal rights. The presence of discrimination and/or harassment in your environment can make or break your attempts to create an inclusive environment. After all, a person who faces unaddressed discrimination can hardly feel ‘included'...[ read more ]

Is the following statement true or false?

The definition of disability is constantly changing and is only influenced by medical professionals.¹