Diversity in the workplace newsletter, monthly business magazine about diversity at the workplace, human resources magazine : Toronto : Ottawa : Ontario: Canada

Canada's only monthly online publication dealing with Diversity in the Workplace

Home

Jan '07 - In this Issue

OPEN LETTER: It's survival, stupid!

Workplace diversity in Canada "pretty pathetic"

The precipice of change

Mr. C's 500-year history lesson

Employers blind to reality of blind employees

Women in politics: Where are they?

Ontario's "brain gain"

FYI: Women in Leadership Foundation

ETC: global news briefs

VIP: CTV Inc.


	January 07

OPEN LETTER: It's about survival stupid!

A report released in December by the Conference Board of Canada showed relatively few Canadian employers have much of a clue what diversity is all about. Or at least why it’s so important.

A survey by the Board’s researchers produced discouraging and disturbing—though not surprising—results.... [ read more ]

Workplace diversity in Canada "pretty pathetic"

All talk and not much action. That sums a startling majority of Canadian organizations when it comes to having employment diversity plans that will help them—and the country—compete in a global economy.

The Conference Board of Canada revealed in a December report that a majority of employers in Canada are unprepared to enlist the talents of visible minorities, aboriginals, women and people with disabilities... [ read more ]

The precipice of change

Canada’s growing skills shortage offers the best possible opportunity for employment of our working-age aboriginal population. But it will only happen with greater dialogue and growth of partnerships between employers and our native Canadian people.

That’s the message the Aboriginal Human Resource Development Council of Canada (AHRDCC) is delivering across the country, according to Kelly Lendsay, president and CEO of the Saskatchewan-based agency... [ read more ]

Mr C's 500-year history lesson

“My people will sleep for a hundred years, but when they awake, it will be the artists who give them back their spirit.”

Louis Riel, Métis leader and Canadian hero, spoke those words shortly before he was hanged by the Canadian government after the Northwest Rebellion of 1885.

The same words were repeated 121 years later by Charles Coffey in response to a tribute in recognition of his “unwavering support” of aboriginal Canadians and on his retirement as executive vice-president of the RBC Financial Group...[ read more ]

Employers blind to reality of blind employees

Canadians with visual impairment face even greater levels of discrimination than most other people with disabilities, says the author of a landmark study dealing with challenges faced by those with loss of sight. .... [ read more ]

Women in politics: Where are they?

Are those who make up 52 percent of Canadians destined to play a greater role soon in our national political life? That’s one clear goal of Liberal Party Leader Stephane Dion.

At the same time, have the performances of some female members of the present government set back the cause of women in Canadian politics? Some consider that an unfair conclusion.... [ read more ]

Ontario's "brain gain"

New legislation, termed “long overdue” by Ontario Citizenship and Immigration Minister Mike Colle, has been adopted by the province to help fast-track recognition of foreign credentials and enable new immigrants to find employment that matches their qualifications..... [ read more ]

FYI - Women in Leadership Foundation

The Women in Leadership Foundation (WIL) is a national, non-profit organization dedicated to advancing women in leadership roles by delivering inspiring, distinct programming that supports Canada’s current and future leaders... [ read more ]

ETC

A new Statistics Canada study reported that even though more women are teaching full-time in Canadian universities, they are still earning less on average than men. The evolution of male-female wage differentials in Canadian universities: 1970 to 2001 found that men who worked as full-time professors in the 1960s and earned approximately $10,000 to $15,000 more per year than women, are now earning just $5000 more.... [ read more ]

VIP

This is the scientific symbol for the learning curve. Translation: the more often you do something, the better you get at it. Case in point: CTV Inc. ...

[ read more ]

Back to the top

In Quotes

“Diversity is good to talk about… but when it comes to making it happen… a high proportion of organizations are not where they should be.”

~Prem Benimadhu, VP
Conference Board of Canada.

Comments



[max 50 wds]

For more detailed comments and feedback, please click here to email us.

To subscribe to Diversity! in the workplace, please click here.

styllautus