HR leaders from CIBC, Rogers, Dell, TD speak out about importance of belonging, storytelling, measuring DEI
So said American legal scholar Kenji Yoshino, speaking at a recent conference on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in Toronto.
“But equality has gone through so much worse in both of our countries, and we've survived to tell the tale every single time. There's no reason to believe that it's going to come to a screeching halt now.”
In a climate of heightened scrutiny and polarization, the future of DEI in the workplace has become a subject of debate among Canadian employers and HR professionals.
But there’s room for hope, said the chief justice Earl Warren professor of constitutional law at the NYU School of Law.
“If you think back to the history of either of our countries, we can think about the taking of land from Indigenous peoples. We can think about slavery and segregation. We can think about internment. We can think about the legalization of domestic violence, to say nothing of the practice of coverture where women didn't have an identity outside the identity of their husband legally. We can think about rampant sexual harassment in the workplace. You can think about the criminalization of same-sex sexuality. and so on and so forth. The institutionalization of people with disabilities – I could go on and on,” he said.
“Every single time, equality has prevailed. There is no reason to believe that if good-minded people like the people in this room stay the...
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