• Where are we now?
• What stands in our way?
• Game plans for progress
• Strengthening equality in your own organization

Created by the Black Business and Professional Association, the Canadian Congress on Diversity and Workplace Equity, Pride at Work Canada, and Ryerson University’s Diversity Institute,  The Micropedia of Microaggressions equips Canadians with an understanding of one of the most common forms of discrimination—microaggressions—and supports training on equity, diversity and inclusion.

• Understandi the harmful impact of microaggressions on daily experience of many women, non-binary, Black, racialized, Indigenous, disabled and LGBTQ 2S individuals
• Becoming aware of bias, stereotypes, offensive comments and behaviours
• Mental health and physical impacts of microaggressions
• Steps to unlearn behaviours

• What can be barriers to recruitment in your organization?
• Initiatives to improve your recruitment process
• Establishing internal and external relationships for ongoing recruitment
• Different types of onboarding and ongoing support for new hires
• Looking ahead in the recruitment space

• Is there a burning need for change?
• How do you light the fire?
• Is there accountability?
• Is diversity part of senior management decision making?
• “Will he or she fit in?”
• Auditing hiring and promotion processes on basis of gender
• The role of unconsious bias training
• Checks and balances in decision making

• Discussion of social and emotional skills and their role in the workplace.
• Review of findings from our recent study that explores how Black Canadian professionals perceive the development, expressions, and evaluation of their social and emotional skills at work.
• Exploration of why workplaces must recognize diverse understandings of social and emotional skills and create spaces where people feel they can safely express their skills regardless of identity.
• Recommendations for leaders to consider as they work towards fostering more inclusive, equitable work environments.