Posted on: October 26, 2021
Posted in: Blog
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…
Read MorePosted on: June 9, 2021
Posted in: Blog
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…
Read MorePosted on: May 3, 2021
Posted in: Blog
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…
Read MorePosted on: March 1, 2021
Posted in: Blog
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,…
Read MorePosted on: July 8, 2020
Posted in: Blog
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 …
Read MorePosted on: March 24, 2020
Posted in: Blog
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…
Read MorePosted on: December 19, 2019
Posted in: Blog
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 …
Read MorePosted on: November 21, 2019
Posted in: Blog
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…
Read MorePosted on: September 13, 2019
Posted in: Blog
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…
Read MorePosted on: September 5, 2019
Posted in: Blog
“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…
Read MorePosted on: August 22, 2019
Posted in: Blog
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…
Read MorePosted on: June 20, 2019
Posted in: Blog
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…
Read MorePosted on: June 19, 2019
Posted in: Blog
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 …
Read MorePosted on: June 6, 2019
Posted in: Blog
What was once simply a conversation on an organization’s efforts towards achieving diversity and inclusion, is now an entire field of study. It used to be common for work in this r…
Read MorePosted on: May 1, 2019
Posted in: Blog
Visible Minority. Racialized Person. Person of Colour. Which one are we supposed to use? I get asked that question a lot. Truthfully, for every person you ask, you’ll get a different res…
Read MorePosted on: February 21, 2019
Posted in: Blog
In 2017, Dalhousie University and CCDI formed a research partnership, with the commitment to collaborate on conducting a benchmarking study with the goal of capturing national data on the following:
…Read MorePosted on: December 3, 2018
Posted in: Blog
by Stacey Love-Jolicoeur
The Leadership and Inclusion Program at Centennial College has benefited my career beyond leaps and bounds. I graduated in December of 2016, at which time I was working as a …
Read MorePosted on: September 11, 2018
Posted in: Blog
Michael Bach, CCDP/AP - Founder and CEO
On August 12, former Conservative leadership hopeful Maxime Bernier took to Twitter to push out a message that could only be described as intentionally controv…
Read MorePosted on: July 11, 2018
Posted in: Blog
Introducing Free To Be: The Diverse Sexualities and Genders Collective (DSG) - our new LGBTQ2+ offering
As part of our most recent Employer Partner consultation, one thing we heard is a need for more…
Read MorePosted on: February 13, 2018
Posted in: Blog
Carmina Ravanera - Manager, Measurement and Analytics
“If you are a well-connected, affluent, good-looking, white, Anglo-Saxon male, you have a certain amount of credibility that is given to you with…
Read More© 2023 Canadian Centre for Diversity and Inclusion. All Rights Reserved