Equity, diversity, and inclusion are not threats to research quality—they are essential to achieving it
The rise of anti-woke rhetoric in Canada—which appears to mirror movements in the United States—is potentially harmful to this country’s economic prosperity, and public health.
Lessons ignored, voices silenced
Judging from today’s political and social environment, we’ve failed to learn the critical lessons from the Holocaust and the hateful Islamophobic attacks on Canadian soil.
The U.S. has rolled back DEI. Should Canada follow suit?
Equal opportunity benefits everyone—not just those from traditionally marginalized groups, but businesses, communities, and society as a whole.
Knowledge of history and pledge to inclusion go hand in hand
When Trump says no more DEI, it’s about his need for America to be seen as great, to whitewash its history of any bad things in the past, and to whitewash any racism going on today.
Newsroom racial and gender diversity on the decline in 2024: CAJ survey
The Canadian Association of Journalists’ annual diversity survey reveals news interns are more likely to be female, Indigenous, or a visible minority, while ‘white people are overrepresented in supervisor and leadership roles.’
Why top Liberal women are hesitant to run for leader
Women thinking of joining the leadership race face a glass cliff: the phenomenon where they’re likely to be promoted in times of crisis, and often scapegoated for failure.
‘I’m left with questions’: Senator Bernard’s push to highlight the Upper Chamber’s lack of Black men
Only three Black men have been appointed to the Senate in its history, and there have been none in the Chamber since Don Meredith’s resignation in 2017.
Islam’s true voice: wresting the microphone from extremists
Islam’s authentic voice cannot be silenced, corrupted, or distorted in the interests of malign geopolitical forces or corrupt and hateful ideologies.
Expanding AI in government operations, modernizing Service Canada sites among feds’ fiscal update’s public service-related measures
The Dec. 16 fall economic update offers no further details on planned savings tied to ‘natural attrition’ in the 2024 federal budget, but noted that effort ‘will begin showing results in 2025-26.’
Feds’ attempt to codify hate still not salvageable despite C-63 division, say Conservatives, civil society groups
The decision to cleave online harms from hate crimes in Bill C-63 is ‘a step in the right direction,’ but the outstanding punishment proposals are ‘irrational,’ says the Canadian Civil Liberties Association.
