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Www.theglobeandmail. Increasing inclusion and engagement in virtual career workshops - CERIC. Teaching university students to be ‘age-conscious’ could help address our elder care crisis — University Affairs. Global Skills Opportunity program launches across Canada — University Affairs. ADHD & me: Lessons in the transition from school to work - CareerWise. Building Bandwidth: Preparing indigenous youth for a digital future - RBC Thought Leadership. The discovery of unmarked graves of Indigenous children who died at Canada’s former residential schools is a painful reminder of our history and the need for continuing focus on Truth and Reconciliation.

Building Bandwidth: Preparing indigenous youth for a digital future - RBC Thought Leadership

The effects of centuries of systemic oppression continue to impact the lives of Indigenous Peoples. This report looks to the decade ahead and some of the ways in which we can help the next generation of Indigenous youth to thrive in our rapidly changing economy. Key findings: In the 25 years since the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples called for a new partnership between Indigenous Peoples and other Canadians, the Indigenous population in Canada has grown by 750,000.Indigenous youth are the fastest-growing cohort of Canadian youth, with their numbers expanding four times quicker than the non-Indigenous population. The High Stakes of a Faster Future Over the next decade, 750,000 Indigenous youth will move through the education system and into early careers. A Guide to Inclusive Language in the Workplace. So much of our everyday language excludes different backgrounds, genders, and abilities.

A Guide to Inclusive Language in the Workplace

While this is oftentimes unconscious and unintentional, some commonly used words and phrases can read as male- or cisgendered-centric, while others can reinforce negative stereotypes about mental health, physical ability, or nontraditional family structures. It’s time for our workplaces to embrace a new, more inclusive way to communicate to and about one another. Read on to learn how to promote inclusive communication at work. What is inclusive language? The language we use can (unintentionally) leave out entire groups of people. 16 resources to help settlers understand and advance Indigenous reconciliation - CareerWise.

The 50-year-old intern: Mid-life Canadians are not just changing jobs — they're beginning again. Article content Jay Smith Hayward is at a significantly different life stage than many of her peers.

The 50-year-old intern: Mid-life Canadians are not just changing jobs — they're beginning again

An associate at a family law firm, she enrolled in the University of Alberta’s law school in her late 30s, and did her articling placement at 40, all while raising two children as a single mom. Advertisement This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Now 41, Smith Hayward said the age gap between her and other early career lawyers doesn’t faze her. Smith Hayward went back to school in 2016, after more than a decade as a mostly self-employed journalist. Today, Smith Hayward said she’s happy with her choice, but was honest that starting from scratch was harder than she anticipated. Professors promote science as a tool for Indigenous governance. It’s a common misconception, Dr.

Professors promote science as a tool for Indigenous governance

Kim TallBear says, that while Indigenous peoples have culture and tradition, white people own science and technology. As TallBear mentions in a video trailer for one of the Faculty of Native Studies’ newest online courses, this myth doesn’t only undermine the myriad ways Indigenous peoples have produced science, technology and knowledge systems throughout history—it also denies them from wielding control over how science is practised in their own communities. The importance of science in Indigenous peoples’ past and present inspired University of Alberta professors TallBear and Dr. Jessica Kolopenuk to create Indigenous Peoples and Technoscience, one of two new online courses delivered by the Faculty of Native Studies.

Schulich Executive Education Centre helps Indigenous leaders earn unique mini-MBA certificates – YFile. The Schulich Executive Education Centre has partnered with the Ontario Native Women’s Association (ONWA) to offer a mini-MBA program to members of their community network.

Schulich Executive Education Centre helps Indigenous leaders earn unique mini-MBA certificates – YFile

The ONWA is a not-for-profit organization with a goal to empower and support all Indigenous women and their families in the province of Ontario through research, advocacy, policy development and programs that focus on local, regional and provincial activities. The Schulich Executive Education Centre (SEEC) approached ONWA to offer a customized version of its nine-day Schulich Mini-MBA: Essentials of Management program designed for the specific needs of Indigenous leaders. Building bandwidth key to helping Indigenous workers prepare for digital jobs of future, report finds. In an ideal world, Mallory Yawnghwe would be running her business from her home community of Saddle Lake Cree Nation.

Building bandwidth key to helping Indigenous workers prepare for digital jobs of future, report finds

Instead, she’s based in Edmonton, 90 minutes or so to the southwest. “There’s absolutely no way I could do what I’m doing if I were still at home. It just wouldn’t be possible,” said Yawnghwe, a procurement and supply chain specialist who earlier this year started up Indigenous Box, a company that ships seasonal gift boxes filled with goods from Indigenous-owned businesses across the country. The first few times she went home for a visit after the company launched, she tried checking her email to answer questions from customers. She didn’t have much luck. 5 podcasts to help kids start learning about careers - CareerWise. Employers need to embrace Canada’s immigrant talent pool to fuel recovery - CareerWise. National digital skills strategy key to preparing Indigenous youth for future workforce: report.

Article content Indigenous youth are growing at four times’ the rate of Canada’s non-Indigenous population, representing the country’s fastest-growing cohort and a crucial part of the future workforce.

National digital skills strategy key to preparing Indigenous youth for future workforce: report

But many feel they lack the digital skills needed to succeed in the country’s rapidly changing economy, according to a new report from RBC Economics. Advertisement This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. The report, released Tuesday, called for a national digital skills strategy to prepare Indigenous youth for the jobs of the future. New pan‑Atlantic Canadian initiative creates more opportunities for Black and Indigenous business students - Dal News. Book review: Don’t Stay in Your Lane an essential read for career counsellors. Cynthia Pong’s guide articulates impact of systemic racism on women at work, helps jobseekers reconnect to their strengths Kimberley John-Morgan As the effects of COVID-19 and a new awareness of systemic racism continue to affect women in the workforce, career development practitioners need new tools and resources to support displaced clients.

Book review: Don’t Stay in Your Lane an essential read for career counsellors

And while there are dozens of books written about job search and career changes, there are very few guides that address the specific needs of Black, Indigenous and women of colour (BIWOC). NPR Cookie Consent and Choices. Www.theglobeandmail. Tim Rose is a member of CIBC’s inclusion and diversity team, with more than a decade of experience in advocacy and employment consulting in the disability community.

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He holds a master of law in human rights with a focus on international disability policy from the University of Nottingham. Canadians with disabilities have long faced significant barriers to employment. Now, more than a year into the major economic and social tsunami of COVID-19, those barriers have been exacerbated. As a high-risk group, Canadians living with disabilities – both visible and invisible – have been more socially isolated during the pandemic, and a recent Statistics Canada survey shows that one-third of respondents with disabilities experienced job loss in the past year.

As a person with a significant physical disability, I have first-hand experience with the many challenges this community faces. We represent a largely untapped talent pool in Canada, and yet our unemployment numbers remain unfortunately high. Women @ Work: A Global Outlook. Our accessibility commitment. Making sure content is accessible should be as simple – and as automatic – as checking spelling.

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Across our products, we are investing in tools that make it easier to be inclusive using AI, contextual reminders and new features designed in collaboration with people with disabilities. Immersive Reader in PowerPoint assists with comprehension and attention when viewing slides and notes. Dark Mode in Word helps reduce eye strain and accommodate light sensitivity by extending the Black Office theme to the document canvas. PowerPoint Live in Microsoft Teams enables attendees to access shared content using screen readers and soon, to shift their personal view to high-contrast mode. Accessibility Checker suggests edits to help you make your content accessible to everyone.

Dictate in Microsoft 365 lets you use your voice to quickly create documents, emails, presentations and more. York University and CAMH launch first-of-its-kind Canadian Guide on Mental Health Literacy for Autism. Free online document a key resource for autistic and autism communities, families, caregivers, mental health practitioners, and service providers TORONTO, April 27, 2021 — York University researchers, in collaboration with the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), have launched a first-of-its-kind mental health literacy guide to address the knowledge gap in supporting autistic adults.

3 Strategies from Top Talent Leaders for Creating a More Equitable and Inclusive Workplace. During the hour-long event, held in honor of Black History Month, Melissa and Danny shared their approaches to attracting Black professionals, conducting inclusive interviews, and creating a workplace that will keep employees happy, engaged, and growing. This is the first of two posts that will share some of the best practices and highlights that emerged during Driving Change. This post focuses on recruiting and retention; the second will look at culture and inclusivity. Check out three strategies Melissa and Danny shared for getting it right along the journey. 1.

Celebrate International Women’s Day with Free Courses and Tips To Help Women Get Back into the Workforce. Resources to support the career development of people with Down syndrome - CareerWise. How LinkedIn Is Training Its Recruiters to Champion Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging. To inspire and support your own DIBs efforts, here’s how LinkedIn’s recruiting leaders are breaking down and training for this core competency. To become a true champion of diversity, inclusion, and belonging, recruiters must be advocates and influencers who lead by example Before recruiters can work toward developing any given competency, they need to have a clear idea of what it looks like in practice.

To help set the bar at the right level, the BoRC outlines a few key behaviors to follow. This includes openly, organically, and authentically advocating for DIBs and influencing the business to focus on it in an intentional way. Since influencing and advising is the first competency outlined in the BoRC, recruiters will already have a strong foundation to work from as they begin building this particular skill set.

“[Recruiters with this competency] also drive the right behaviors,” Loni says, “leading with and maintaining an inclusive mindset consistently in all interactions. Developing trans-inclusive career resources for students. 3 Forward-Thinking Recruiting Practices from Industry Leader Lars Schmidt’s New Book — ‘Redefining HR’ Driving Change: How to Create a More Equitable and Inclusive Workplace. EventConsoleApollo. Why the Rise of Remote Work May Help Companies Become More Diverse — and More Inclusive. For companies that were able to transition predominantly to remote work at the outset of the pandemic, the past year has brought countless new discoveries and realizations.

This is reflected in the still-evolving attitudes toward remote work: In December 2020, PwC found that 83% of employers felt the shift was a success, compared to 73% in June. What’s more, 52% of executives now report that employees are more productive than they were before the pandemic, up from 44% in the earlier survey. A surprise bump in productivity isn’t the only unexpected outcome to emerge from this challenging situation. Some companies are recognizing that remote work could make it easier to attract and hire underrepresented talent that might not be abundant where their office is located.

Defining internationalization. Welcome to Global Campus, a new series that will provide a space to discuss, share and explore best practices in internationalization at Canadian postsecondary institutions. Internationalization has been described as: “the process of integrating an international, intercultural or global dimension into the purpose, functions or delivery of postsecondary education” (Knight, 2004, p. 11). This widely used definition provides a starting point in the examination of internationalization at higher education institutions (HEIs), because it is broad enough to incorporate the various dimensions of internationalization that are occurring at institutions.

Working with employers to support non-traditional hiring  Workforce development can bridge the gap between businesses with labour shortages and skilled workers without post-secondary degrees Denisse Alejo The benefits of diversity and inclusion in the workplace are undisputed, and now, more than ever, workplaces are paying attention to race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability and other dimensions when hiring. However, despite an increased focus on building more equitable workplaces, many employers continue to exclude candidates without formal post-secondary education.

Also, many candidates facing barriers to higher education also belong to the very same underrepresented communities whom employers are focused on hiring, retaining and promoting. Helping international students ‘find their voice’ through identity exploration. Applying universal design as a pathway to inclusive career education. Virtual hackathon tackles the challenges of remote learning. An Equitable Workplace Starts With Equitable Hiring. For years, companies have been looking to make their workforces more diverse. In the Fortune/Deloitte 2020 CEO survey, 96% of CEOs considered diversity, equity, and inclusion a strategic priority.

As a talent advisor, you know that inclusive hiring starts with how you source talent. 4 Outside-the-Box Sourcing Tactics for Hard-to-Fill Roles. How LinkedIn Is Training Its Recruiters to Champion Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging. Promoting an Age-Inclusive Workforce: Living, Learning and Earning Longer. Inclusify Decks - Dr. Stefanie K. Johnson. Neurodiversity 'toolkit' to help firms become inclusive. Opinion: Masai Ujiri: To overcome racism, we must raise our voices. The Day-to-Day Work of Diversity and Inclusion. Cookie Consent and Choices. Cookie Consent and Choices. Anti-racism resources curated by LeanIn.Org. Cookie Consent and Choices. ‘White Fragility’ Is Everywhere. But Does Antiracism Training Work? To Retain Employees, Focus on Inclusion — Not Just Diversity. Support Your Black Workforce, Now. How to Get Better at Reading People from Different Cultures.

Diversity in the C-Suite Is Needed. Belonging, inclusion, and diversity with Kymberlee Dwinell - The Indispensables. Cookie Consent and Choices. Cookie Consent and Choices. Their Bosses Asked Them to Lead Diversity Reviews. Guess Why. How to Spot Dyslexia, and What to Do Next. Be a Better Ally. How Business Schools Can Help Corporate America Fight Racism. How Do You Optimize Accessibility? Polymathy: A New Kind of Diversity That Could Take Your Business to the Cutting Edge. Podcast — Freshstarthub. Kiera Allen of ‘Run’ on Upending Disability Stereotypes. Cultivate a Trans-Inclusive Workplace. How Businesses Can Recruit and Develop More Young People of Color. Driving change and anti-racism - Driving Change and Anti-Racism Video Tutorial. Continue Learning During Global Diversity Awareness Month with Free Courses on Allyship, Anti-racism, and Mentorship.

The skill of communicating across cultures - Communicating Across Cultures Video Tutorial. Configure Microsoft Teams meetings and calls for inclusion - Learn. How to Talk About Race at Work. Welcome - Unconscious Bias Video Tutorial. How to Engage Meaningfully in Allyship and Anti-Racism Learning Path. Becoming a true ally - Inclusive Mindset for Committed Allies Video Tutorial. How to Be an Active Bystander When You See Casual Racism. 14 organizations and programs to support women's leadership - CareerWise. It’s Time for Gender Equality In Management: These Online Courses Can Help. Instagram Adds Automatic Alternative Text for Visually Impaired Users. An invisible disorder, stuttering deserves accommodation in the workplace.

Microsoft Autism Hiring Program – Microsoft Vancouver. Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) - home page ◦ Web Accessibility Initiative ◦ W3C. An Office Designed for Workers With Autism. Professional Coaching Calls with Lime Connect » Opportunities and News » LIME.

Disability often excluded from the drive for diversity. 11 free webinars to help build inclusive workplaces for people with disabilities - CareerWise.