Ryerson University and DiverseCity: The Greater Toronto Leadership Project Release Second Annual Research Report
WHAT
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.
WHY
Last year’s report showed that just 13 per cent of leaders were visible minorities relative to 49.5 per cent of the population studied. Find out what this year’s report tells us.
WHEN
Thursday, June 10, 2010
Briefing begins at 10 a.m. sharp
Doors open for media check-in and set-up at 9:30 a.m.
WHO
Ratna Omidvar and John Tory, Co-Chairs, DiverseCity
The Honourable Eric Hoskins, Ontario Minister of Citizenship and Immigration
Dr. Wendy Cukier, Associate Dean, Ted Rogers School of Management and founder of the Diversity Institute at Ryerson University
WHERE
The Design Exchange
234 Bay Street, Toronto
Trading Floor
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MEDIA CONTACTS
- Julia Howell, on behalf of DiverseCity, (416) 402-4274, julia@communityinvestmentpartners.ca
- Kathleen Powderley, on behalf of the Ted Rogers School of Management, Ryerson University, (416) 803-5597, kathleen@responsiblecommunications.ca
- Emma Jowett, Counsel Public Relations, (416) 909-6463, ejowett@counselpr.ca