While everyone deserves a fair chance to reach their full potential in their career, the playing field is not level.

There are practical approaches that we can all adopt to reduce hiring biases and ensure partiality and fairness for all.

We may appreciate the benefits of multiculturalism in our communities, but in our workplaces, hiring still tends to be biased to “sameness”.

As a leader, a reset is needed to support your team to adopt more inclusive hiring practices that level the playing field for qualified newcomers and increase your access to a larger pool of skilled talent.

As a leader you may need to give your team a little “nudge” to make real progress on diversity and inclusion goals.

In recognition of the UN’s International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, we’ve highlighted Four Black organizations standing up in support of anti-racism in Canada.