DiverseCity

DiverseCity – The Greater Toronto Leadership Project aims to build the leadership we need to propel our urban region forward.

We require leaders who have a diversity of skills and experience that reflects the richness and complexity of our region. A more diverse leadership will:

• Create a social and economic strategy for success in an increasingly inter-connected world
• Access new global and domestic markets
• Build on the best ideas from home and abroad
• Attract and retain talent
• Engage more people in generating shared solutions
• Reflect our Canadian values, both at home and to the world

Over the next three years we will work to change the face of leadership through eight practical and measurable initiatives.

We will:

Expand our networks

1. DiverseCity Nexus: delivers a salon-style speakers series

2. DiverseCity Fellows: builds connections and fellowship for rising leaders

Strengthen our institutions

3. DiverseCity onBoard: matches diverse candidates with governance positions

4. DiverseCity in Civic Leadership: equips new leaders to run for office and run campaigns

5. DiverseCity Voices: connects subject-matter experts with media

Advance our knowledge

6. DiverseCity Advantage: builds a research base on the benefits of diverse leadership

7. DiverseCity Perspectives: delivers forums for discussion on relevant issues

Track our progress

8. DiverseCity Counts: tracks the progress of the GTA in diversifying its leadership

DiverseCity: The Greater Toronto Leadership Project is the combined work of the Toronto City Summit Alliance and Maytree. This project was developed out of the Alliance’s 2007 Toronto Summit “Making Big Things Happen” which was attended by over 600 Toronto region leaders who called for a collective effort to diversify leadership to help the GTA better achieve, excel and prosper.

The project is funded in part by the Government of Ontario.