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Posted on: October 24, 2024
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By Iván Barradas
Read the interview in its original Spanish version.
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The month of October was designated as Latin American Heritage Month by the Parliament of Canada in 2018. This fact highli…
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Posted on: October 22, 2024
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By an anonymous contributor
Growing up in East Scarborough, I always felt a sense of community and belonging, especially during religious holidays. Remember those school days when we all came togethe…
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Posted on: July 24, 2024
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By Rochele Padiachy
June 24 marks the beginning of Self-Care month, culminating in Self-care Day on July 24. This symbolic period was chosen to emphasize that self-care is a practice that can be inte…
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Posted on: July 9, 2024
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by the CCDI Research Team
Entering the workforce during the pandemic was not easy for me. All the advice I had been given by older professionals suddenly did not apply to me because the workforce had…
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Posted on: May 31, 2024
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There are two books that my wife and I like reading with our toddler. They are “Families Grow” by Dan Saks and “All Kinds of Families” by Suzanne Lang. The reason we enjoy these, i…
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Posted on: February 21, 2024
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Believe me, I’m being honest when I say that almost twenty years after immigrating to Canada, no obstacle has been harder for me to overcome than language discrimination. And t…
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Posted on: December 14, 2023
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This year on January 4, 2023, Indigenous Peoples across Turtle Island (also known as Canada) celebrated the first ever National Ribbon Skirt Day. It was a significant moment for m…
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Posted on: October 26, 2021
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CCDI’s conversation with Dr. Mahadeo Sukhai (he/him) from CNIB & Lorin MacDonald (she/her), Human Rights Lawyer
by the CCDI Learning Team
Disability Employment Awareness Month (DEAM) takes pla…
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Posted on: June 9, 2021
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Devika Pandey, Manager, Learning and Knowledge Solutions
In a world where we consistently see polarization in thoughts, opinions, and perspectives, I often get asked questions around dismantling syst…
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Posted on: May 3, 2021
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Anne-Marie Pham, Executive Director
Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic over a year ago, Asian people have faced growing fear, hatred, suspicion, and physical assaults. The recent shootings in A…
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Posted on: March 1, 2021
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Canadian Centre for Diversity and Inclusion (CCDI) is delighted to announce that effective March 1, Anne-Marie Pham became the charity’s Executive Director.
Anne-Marie was formerly Senior Director,…
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Posted on: July 8, 2020
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Tina Changoor, MSc, PhD, Director, Measurement and Analytics
We are witnessing a global anti-racism and anti-Black-racism movement that has the momentum to turn into a social revolution in Canada. A …
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Posted on: March 24, 2020
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In light of the ongoing challenges presented by the spread of COVID-19, CCDI has decided to offer complimentary access to our webinars until the end of May. Though access to these webinars has been re…
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Posted on: December 19, 2019
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Effective January 1, 2020, distributing corporations governed by the Canada Business Corporations Act (CBCA) will be required to report on the corporations policies and practices related to diversity …
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Posted on: November 21, 2019
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We asked David Leonard about his career, and his firms’ commitment to diversity and inclusion. As the Awards of Success winner for Senior Executive of the Year (Eastern Canada), he had some great thin…
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Posted on: September 13, 2019
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Elise Ahenkorah is the Founder and Inclusion Strategist at inclusion FACTOR, a data-driven equity, diversity and inclusion strategic planning firm. She is also the Founder and Execu…
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Posted on: September 5, 2019
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“I think the big assumption is, doesn’t it just happen?”
Dr. Pruegger hit the nail on the head - there is an assumption today that D&I work takes care of itself, it just happen…
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Posted on: August 22, 2019
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Zoya Zayler leads Accenture’s national D&I strategy as the Canada Inclusion and Diversity Lead. She holds a bachelor’s degree in human resources from York University, and earned…
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Posted on: June 20, 2019
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CCDI’s Awards of Success have been designed to recognize individuals who have made a significant contribution to diversity and inclusion here in Canada – whether internally to their organization or ex…
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Posted on: June 19, 2019
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The Canadian Centre for Diversity and Inclusion is calling on the government to include questions about LGBTQ2+ people in its national Census in 2021.
“It is time for Statistics Canada to evolve the …
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