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The 10th Annual Vancouver Diversity Health Fair – 2014

February 26, 2014 – 12:42 pm | 3,238 views

The 10th Annual Vancouver Diversity Health Fair is coming this spring on Saturday, March 1, 2014 at the Croatian Cultural Centre. The theme of this year’s event is Family Health.
The Vancouver Diversity Health Fair is …

Vancouver least friendly of Canadian cities: immigrants say in the 2012 HSBC survey

February 24, 2014 – 9:18 am | 2,978 views

Vancouver was ranked the least welcoming Canadian city in an HSBC survey released Thursday that polled immigrants about their relocation experience.
While 73 per cent of survey respondents said they found Vancouver a welcoming city, it …

Highly qualified Muslim immigrants face employment discrimination

February 24, 2014 – 9:11 am | 3,891 views

Last week, Quebec business interests sounded an alarm about the negative economic ramifications on the province of the proposed values charter.
First the Conseil du patronat and then the head of a cable and media company …

Best Practices: Randstad’s Canada Workforce Diversity Study

February 24, 2014 – 12:26 am | 9,062 views

The study examined the trends in workplace diversity of approximately 1500 participants (Randstad clients) that range from small to large Canadian companies in industries as diverse as fi nancial services, manufacturing, telecommunications, information technology, the …

Systemic Inequality in BC: Past & Present

February 20, 2014 – 8:11 pm | 4,459 views

SPARC BC and PeerNet present a day of talking about Systemic Inequality in BC: Past & Present. Saturday, 29 March 2014 from 9:30 AM to 1:30 PM (PDT)
Vancouver, BC
What are the root causes of inequality?
How …