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Canada
Liberal leader Stéphane Dion has vowed to create a commissioner for gender equality if he becomes prime minister. “This new officer of Parliament will have the authority to evaluate the federal government's policies, legislation and programs through an equality lens," Dion announced. The commissioner, who would report annually, would audit individual government departments against the Federal Plan for Gender Equality. This is Dion’s latest promise in his commitment to gender equity that includes a pledge that one-third of Liberal candidates in the next election be women...[ read more ] |
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| Marilyn Alexander, general manager of the Comfort Inn Hotel in Pembroke, Ontario, is the first time recipient of the Women’s Business Alliance of Choice Hotels’ Woman of the Year Award. Alexander, who competed against women general managers and hotel operators from around the world, was recognized for her actions, personal values and ethics. The award was presented to her at the 54th Choice Hotels International annual convention in Las Vegas, Nevada...[ read more ] |
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Ask A Consultant
BY EVELINA SILVERIA |
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Dear Diversity @ Work:
I am a woman who has been living in Canada now for 3 years. I am gaining practical experience to obtain my license. I have met a woman at work who I would consider to be a friend. One day I sent her an e-mail indicating that I got a ride back to the office with one of our male co-workers after a training workshop that we had attended out-of-town. Because English is not my first language, I always try to spell check and grammar check my work before I send it out. Anyhow, after doing my regular checks, I sent her the e-mail. When I returned to my desk, I reread my e-mail and noticed that what I had written could have been mistaken for unintended innuendoes. So, I recalled the e-mail, although I already knew that she had received it. I was so embarrassed because I am a modest person, and I would never make jokes like that about my male co-worker and myself. Although no one has told me this directly, I have every reason to believe that my friend e-mailed this e-mail to the male co-worker who has since shared this with others. Whenever I get on the elevator, he has a strange smile on his face and his boss has made some remarks about never letting me get a ride with this co-worker again. I feel so much shame and embarrassment that I want to quit. I will never trust anyone in the workplace again.
Shameful...
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Diversity on nonprofit boards, staff is essential
BY KELLY OTTE |
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An important key finding of a recent study released by the Urban Institute revealed considerable ethnic and racial homogeneity on boards.
On average, 83 percent of directors are white, 9 percent are black and 4 percent are Hispanic, with the balance from other groups. Thirty-six percent of boards have no minority members. And even more disturbing, 48 percent of the nonprofits said that racial or ethnic diversity is not an important criterion when they select new board members.
Diversity in nonprofits has multiple facets. Diversity of race, ethnicity, gender, age, sexual orientation, ability and others among board members, staff and volunteers is essential in nonprofits for three important reasons...
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Best practice in review
BY MAUREEEN BROWN |
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| Since 2005 the City of Toronto has field-tested and is now piloting an equity lens. “The lens is a valuable tool that can ensure consistency in considering equity in all (we) do,” says Rose Lee, the City’s Diversity Management Coordinator. The lens requires the user (eventually all City Divisions) to ask four questions of every program or activity that impacts on women, persons with disabilities, racial minorities, immigrants and refugees, persons who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered, transsexual or two-spirited, seniors and youth...
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