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September 3, 2020 – 7:51 am | Comments Off on From Informing to Empowering: Digital Public Participation – P2 – Tools | 4,005 views

The shift to digital engagement is not new. Online public engagement platforms have been utilized for decades to keep stakeholders informed and engage and empower citizens. The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the importance of digital tools …

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

January 20, 2013 – 7:24 am | 2,471 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 is Working: Local Lessons in Creating Welcoming and Inclusive Workplaces

November 23, 2012 – 8:05 am | 2,559 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 …

Reducing Accent or Losing Your Identity?

October 30, 2012 – 7:57 am | 8,048 views

Hope to see people tomorrow at our November Diversity Roundtable at BC HRMA (Nov 1st @ 5:30pm). We have a panel of three experts who will share with us their experiences in managing language barriers …

Do policies of the lowest common denominator bring about system-level, change?

July 1, 2012 – 6:54 am | 3,077 views

In 2012, Olga Shcherbyna defended her thesis as a part of her graduate studies at the UBC’s School of Community and Regional Planning. A two-year study examined the success factors of the Toronto Region Immigrant …

Join us for the BC HRMA Diversity Roundtable on Thursday, October 6, 2011

October 6, 2011 – 10:02 am | 2,691 views

As recently as March 2011, women in Canada made $0.72 on the dollar compared to their male colleagues. (History of these numbers? What it looked like 10 years ago, etc?)
Pay Equity is enshrined in the …