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                      • Equity, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) Strategy

                        Equity, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) Strategy

                        Date and Time

                        Tuesday Jul 23, 2024
                        2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT

                        Location

                        Online, via Zoom

                        Website

                        https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/equity-diversity-inclusion-edi-strategy-tickets-934899528657?aff=erelpanelorg

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                        The Ontario Chamber of Commerce invites you to join Dr. Wendy Cukier, founder and academic director of the Diversity Institute at Toronto Metropolitan University’s Ted Rogers School of Management, and academic research director of the Future Skills Centre, for an insightful webinar, Equity, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) Strategy. 

                         

                        Dr. Cukier, who leads Canada’s longest-running action research institute in diversity, will explore 

                        the importance of embedding equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) into your business strategy, and ways you can improve and track your organization’s progress in implementing EDI best practices. This session will address the state of EDI in small and medium-sized enterprises in Canada, the six dimensions to consider in your EDI strategy and resources like the Diversity Assessment Tool.

                         

                        Investors, customers and job seekers are demanding organizations do more. You don’t want to miss this informative and engaging seminar by one of Canada’s leading experts in disruptive technologies, innovation processes and EDI.

                         

                        Dr. Wendy Cukier, Founder & Academic Director of the Diversity Institute, Academic Director of the Women Entrepreneurship Hub, and Academic Research Director of the Future Skills Centre

                        Dr. Wendy Cukier is a professor of Entrepreneurship and Strategy at the Ted Rogers School of Management, Academic Director of the Diversity Institute and Academic Research Director of the Future Skills Centre. She co-authored the bestseller “Innovation Nation: Canadian Leadership from Java to Jurassic Park" and is a leader in disruptive technologies and innovation.

                         

                        Her work on the DiversityLeads project helped shape Bill C-25 and the 50 – 30 Challenge. The Diversity Institute is an ecosystem partner supporting organizations that sign up for the 50 – 30 Challenge committing to gender parity and increased diversity on their boards and/or senior leadership roles.

                         

                        She has been recognized with many awards, including the Harry Jerome Diversity and Beyond Diversity Award, the Bob Marley Award, the Metropolis Research Award, the CATA Alliance and the Sara Kirke Award for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, and she has been recognized in the 100 Most Powerful Women by WXN, as well as one of 25 Women of Influence.  She has been named a YWCA Woman of Distinction, one of the "100 Alumni who shaped the Century," by the University of Toronto and International Women’s Forum 2020 Women Who Make a Difference. Dr. Cukier holds a PhD in Information Systems, an MBA, an MA and honorary doctorates from Laval and Concordia. She also received Canada’s Meritorious Service Cross, one of Canada’s highest civilian honours, and is the  founder of several startups, social enterprises and nonprofits.

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