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Top 5 Resources for Supporting Work-Life Balance

Here’s my top 5 ideas for supporting your team with work-life balance: 1. Encourage socializing - Don’t look down on employees for having water cooler conversations or chatting in between assignments — better yet, join in when it makes sense to do so! Encouraging...

Kelly Cooper is awarded the GENDER, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION AWARD

This Award was newly added to the CIF-IFC National Awards Program in 2021 and recognizes individuals who make significant, unique, and outstanding contributions to advance gender equity, equality, diversity and inclusion in their community or workplace in the field of...

How to Deal With Resistance to Diversity & Inclusion

Change of any kind is often met with some level of resistance so it is no surprise that some people – both men and women – resist changing a workplace culture to be more gender diverse and inclusive. In the report “The Path of Least RESISTANCE to Gender Diversity...

Become an Ally – Toolkit

Want to know how to be an ally to underrepresented groups in your workplace? This report provides “the ally journey spectrum” to help individuals learn the steps they can take to contribute to an inclusive workplace culture. It also provides tangible allyship actions...

Unveiling Traditional Leadership, One Clue at a Time

Remember the game Clue? I loved that game — going from room to room trying figure out “who done it” and with what means? I’ve been racking my brain for months on a “crime/wrongdoing” committed in the workplace, a situation where individual agendas caused a few people...

Top 5 Resources for Supporting Work-Life Balance

Here’s my top 5 ideas for supporting your team with work-life balance: 1. Encourage socializing - Don’t look down on employees for having water cooler conversations or chatting in between assignments — better yet, join in when it makes sense to do so! Encouraging...

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The Path of Least Resistance

As pointed out in my book Lead the Change – The Competitive Advantage of Gender Diversity and Inclusion  - we live in an increasingly culturally diverse country and Canadian businesses must engage all facets of the current workforce that are available to them to...

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Benefits to Men on Gender Diversity & Inclusion

Benefits to Men on Gender Diversity & Inclusion

Yes, that’s what I said. Benefits to men. Hard to believe a commonly thought of “women’s issue” can be interpreted as benefiting men but it does. Let me explain with just the top four things that come to mind: 1.    Safe space to speak up about...

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Are Women Inclusive of Each Other?

Are Women Inclusive of Each Other?

Photo by Polina Tankilevitch Gender diversity & inclusion in the workplace is about creating a culture where everyone has to be respectful to each other. Often the finger is pointed at men to be more respectful of women. But it’s time to shine a light on women...

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Creating Opportunities for Women in Forestry

Creating Opportunities for Women in Forestry

An article in the Spring 2019 edition of The Working Forest highlighted the work of the Gender Equity in Forestry National Action Plan. Many companies like Lim Geomatics, are recognizing the importance of technological advancements in the sector, but also social...

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Become a Diverse & Inclusive Organization

Become a Diverse & Inclusive Organization

You know your organization could do better at meeting a more diverse & inclusive workforce, but how do you present a case to your C-suite that will make them pay attention? Download a free guide that explains how and what to include in your business case. We cover...

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