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New research findings on visible minorities in leadership include the media
June 10, 2010: Just 14 per cent of leaders in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) are visible minorities (relative to 49.5 per cent of the population studied), up marginally from last year’s 13.5 per cent, finds a research report which measures diversity in leadership released today by Ryerson University’s Diversity Institute on behalf of DiverseCity: The Greater Toronto Leadership Project. DiverseCity Counts: A Snapshot of Diverse Leadership in the Greater Toronto Area tracks 3,348 leaders across the corporate, public, elected, education and nonprofit sectors. Findings from this second annual report continue to point to a serious lack of visible minority leaders. Building on last year’s baseline results, this year’s report reveals new insights that can help expedite progress.
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On June 10, 2010, DiverseCity: The Greater Toronto Leadership Project and the Diversity Institute at Ryerson University will release the second DiverseCity Counts Report, highlighting the number of visible minorities in senior leadership roles across the corporate, public and nonprofit sectors in the GTA. For the first time the report also includes a review of the news media.
Read the rest of this entry »Fourth Annual June Callwood Lecture
May 12, 2010: Maytree president and immigration and settlement advocate, Ratna Omidvar, will deliver the fourth annual June Callwood Lecture on Thursday, May 13 at 7.30 p.m. at the Toronto Reference Library. She will speak about her journey from exile to belonging, from refugee’s perspective to one of leading social activist creating opportunities for a better Canada.
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