IMHO-blog
May 17, 2014 is the International Day Against Homophobia. Open up your mind.
May 17 is marked as International Day Against Homophobia because, over 20 years ago, on May 17 1993, the World Health Organization removed homosexuality from its list of mental illnesses. Thirteen years ago I came from a country …
Cycling4Diversity group encourages people to form social connections outside their culture
I am a huge fan of using un-orthodox methods of engaging people from different ethnic and socio-economic backgrounds and you can imagine how excited I was when I recently learnt about an awesome group of …
Seeking Diversity Clues in Measuring the Dividends of Diversity
Olga Shcherbyna was interviewed by the Editor of PeopleTalk, BCHRMA’s Magazine, for the Fall 2013 issue. The following questions were explored by Jason and Olga:
How has the workplace perspective of diversity changes in recent years …
Was it a Mistake for Calgary’s Mayor to Talk about Lack of Diversity at Top?
I say no. I congratulate Mr. Nenshi for saying what everybody knows. Immigrants, visible minorities, Aboriginal, and women are having difficulties getting well-paid management municipal jobs. We need more people like him to raise awareness …
B.C.’s Political Parties Platforms At-A-Glance – Thoughts for Immigrant Voters
Voting is important. It is both our responsibility and right to to true democratic society, where, a “government of the people, by the people, and for the people” as said by Abraham Lincoln in his …