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NEW CIDI REPORT: What Gets Measured Gets Done: Measuring the Return on Investment of Diversity and Inclusion

April 19, 2013 – 11:20 am | 6,808 views

CIDI has recently published its first report. Research was conducted through a comprehensive literature review, an examination of Canadian organizations’ diversity and annual reports, a review of the websites of every employer on the Canada’s …

Geographic Segregation in the States: The More Diverse a Metro Is, the More Segregated It’s Likely to Be

April 19, 2013 – 5:27 am | 2,053 views

Think about 1970. Which metro do you think was the least segregated? Which was the most segregated?
Those distinctions go to Spartanburg, South Carolina, and Wausau, Wisconsin, respectively. In that same year, 21 percent of Spartanburg’s …

Symposium: Current Practices and Trends in the Field of Diversity, Inclusion and Intercultural Communication – May 17, 2013

April 18, 2013 – 4:57 pm | 2,154 views

Intercultural Studies Spring Institute 2013
Join a one-day annual symposium organized by the Centre of Intercultural Communication, UBC on the present-day trends and challenges diversity practitioners encounter as they raise awareness and build capacity in classrooms, …

International Pharmacy Graduate-Volunteers Needed: Get Involved

April 10, 2013 – 8:07 am | 4,501 views

Greetings from the National Association of Pharmacy Regulatory Authorities (NAPRA)!
We are seeking volunteers of International Pharmacy Graduates (IPGs) to assist with the testing phase of tools and information which as been developed for the Pharmacists’ …

Today is pay equity day in the USA. UBC female profs are getting equal pay.

April 9, 2013 – 10:33 am | 2,517 views

“President Barack Obama officially declared Tuesday “National Equal Pay Day,” symbolically marking how much extra work women supposedly must perform to reach pay parity with men.
“Women — who make up nearly half of our nation’s …