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Posted on: January 13, 2020
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This week, Michael discusses a recent act of racism against an Indigenous man and his granddaughter at a bank in Vancouver.
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Posted on: January 6, 2020
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For his first video of the new year and season, Michael talks about the importance of our words and how they affect our actions.
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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: December 16, 2019
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For his final musings of 2019, Michael discusses the inherent and sometimes unintended face of racism in the workplace.
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Posted on: December 2, 2019
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This week, Michael talks about a recent opinion piece by Sandra Stuart and the importance of moving beyond words and toward action with regard to gender parity.
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Posted on: November 25, 2019
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As Michael wends his way across Atlantic Canada, this week he talks about the 'cruel' treatment of Amanda Huckle by the Halifax Police.
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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: November 18, 2019
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In this week's episode, Michael discusses the backwards and discriminatory conscience rights bill introduced by Alberta's United Conservative Party.
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Posted on: November 11, 2019
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In this week's episode, Michael discusses the inappropriate 'you people' remarks made by TV personality, Don Cherry.
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Posted on: November 4, 2019
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This week, Michael discusses the steps the government of Quebec are taking to further alienate immigrants.
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Posted on: October 15, 2019
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With the recent stabbing of a 14-year-old boy from Hamilton, Ontario, this week Michael addresses bullying and the importance of making noise.
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Posted on: September 16, 2019
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In this week's episode, I discuss the insulting and laughable concept of a 'race card'.
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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: August 19, 2019
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This week, Michael celebrates a moment of grace in professional sports.
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Posted on: August 12, 2019
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With hate speech and hate crimes becoming more and more prevalent of late, today Michael underlines the importance of the laws we have in place to protect Canadians from these type of behaviours.
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Posted on: August 6, 2019
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After some outrageous claims made by Maxime Bernier, this week Michael talks about the importance of immigrants to Canada today.
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Posted on: July 29, 2019
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This week, Michael discusses the importance of checking your sources and taking charge of the narrative.
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Posted on: July 8, 2019
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Michael delves once more into the challenges of Bill 21 this week, particularly Premier Legault's apparent apathy regarding the plight of Quebec Muslims.
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