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Reading Georgia Straight – Learning About Bridging Courses for Skilled Immigrants, Inequality in School Fundraising Efforts and more

January 25, 2013 – 6:23 am | 2,056 views

Recently I was reading GEORGIA STRAIGHT – one of my favourite newspapers in BC. It gives you a snapshot of everything you can only want to know about in your city – from what is …

Environmental Scan of Professional Immigrant Networks in BC

January 23, 2013 – 5:01 pm | 12,925 views

Client: Vancouver Foundation, Immigrant Employment Council of BC (IEC-BC)
Project Timeline: 2012
Area of Expertise: Project Management / Stakeholder Collaboration / “Best Practice” Research / Immigrant Integration
Team members: Olga Shcherbyna, as a project manager and senior researcher
Diversity …

INTERCULTURAL U: COLLOQUIUM AND PECHAKUCHA at UBC ON MARCH 22, 2013

January 20, 2013 – 7:24 am | 2,236 views

Intercultural U is an exciting, two-part event in which we will offer concurrent panel presentations in the afternoon Colloquium and fast-paced presentations in the PechaKucha format in the evening. In between the two events, we …

BC HRMA Diversity Roundtable – Diversity Impacts Our Point of View

December 10, 2012 – 7:13 am | 2,292 views

Where: BC HRMA’s office
When: January 3, 2013 5:30pm – 7:15pm
Please join us for our first in 2013 Diversity Roundtable with expert in inclusion and leadership Randy Kennett. A great deal of our diversity is routed …

BC HRMA Diversity Roundtable: Diversity is Working: Local Lessons in Creating Welcoming and Inclusive Workplaces

November 23, 2012 – 8:05 am | 2,268 views

Where: BC HRMA’s office
When: December 6, 2012
Please join us for an interactive workshop about the results of SPARC BC’s case study research on what successful Metro Vancouver employers are doing to create welcoming and inclusive …