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By Brendon Buckler The Ascend CIO (Chief Inclusion Officer) Forum recently gathered for a lively discussion about mental health, a topical issue that is intersecting at a time when more professional employees are returning to…

By Brendon Buckler The Ascend CIO (Chief Inclusion Officer) Forum, recently gathered Canada’s top executives, alongside special guest Dave Wilkin, Co-Founder and CEO of Ten Thousand Coffees (10KC), for a lively discussion on the importance…

By Zainish Hussain The Ascend CIO (Chief Inclusion Officer) Forum, a group of Diversity & Inclusion leaders, recently gathered to discuss the ongoing critical importance of care and concern to bond colleagues as workplaces begin…

Creating a diverse, inclusive and equitable organization or business is essential for attracting talent and ensuring a vibrant and innovative work culture, yet collecting employee identity data is an often underappreciated step in creating a…

Ascend Canada Whitepaper - part 1 of 3

Five ways to positive change through diversity, equity and inclusion with Muriam De Angelis, EY Diversity and Inclusion Leader Muriam De Angelis leads with empathy and inspires change in everyone she meets. Her mission is to help create…

By Karen KuzmowichAscend Canada Chief Inclusion Officer Forum member Ten months into a pandemic, it seems we are facing a great test as a society. Not only are many areas across Canada facing second waves just…

By Sandeep Tatla From boardrooms to kitchen tables, conversations around race, and specifically anti-Black racism, are happening across the country. As Pan-Asians, many of us have felt the sting of racism. In recent months, we have seen a rise in anti-Asian…

The racial wounds at the centre of the coronavirus pandemic are real – and festering. There has been an uptick in the number of hate crimes against Asian Canadians since the onset of the virus…

You’ve probably heard of unconscious bias training, or other diversity and inclusion programs, but what about Covering? Downplaying our differences in order to fit in is called “covering”. Covering is a well-known term in diversity and…