Diversity

The Value of Diverse Leadership, by The Conference Board of Canada
This report by the Conference Board of Canada makes the business case for diversity in leadership. It was commissioned by Maytree and the Toronto City Summit Alliance as part of DiverseCity: The Greater Toronto Leadership Project. For more on the project go to: www.diversecitytoronto.ca
Vital Difference: The Role of Race in Building Community
This report is the result of a multi-year collaboration between MIT's Center for Reflective Community Practice (CRCP) and five community organizations engaged in building democratic participation aimed explicitly at addressing racial exclusion.
Ethnic Diversity Survey: portrait of a multicultural society
A publication by Statistics Canada
CPRN » Diversity Gateway
This links to CPRN's policy-relevant research and learning on diversity issues.
City of Toronto Diversity
Background prepared based on survey on 2004 appointees.
A Business Case for Diversity: BACKGROUNDER
Source: A Business Case for Diversity (Dr. Jeffrey Gandz, Professor, Richard Ivey School of Business, The University of Western Ontario, updated Fall 2001)
Diversity Matters - Changing the Face of Public Boards
The action plan highlights nine practices aimed at dismantling barriers to potential applicants for public appointments.

Policy in Focus, Issue 10: Abolish the Low-skilled Temporary Foreign Worker Program: This Policy in Focus features a proposal for reform to ensure the skilled worker program remains at the heart of permanent economic immigration.
Policy in Focus, Issue 9: Reforms to the Refugee System Are Needed
This Policy in Focus features a proposal for reform by Peter Showler which which would produce accurate and fair decisions, and result in the timely removal of failed claimants.
How diverse is the senior leadership in the Greater Toronto Area? Watch the DiverseCity Counts Webinar with Wendy Cukier, the Diversity Institute, Ryerson University and author of DiverseCity Counts.

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