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Meeting interesting people in person and then having the opportunity to share thoughts and ideas online is an amazing privilege.
Almost twenty years of professional experience --usually as one very few minorities at the more senior levels along the way, has provided me with the opportunity to experience diversity management in a very unique and intimate way.
Currently I have the privilege to work with hundreds of Canada's best and brightest visible minority and Aboriginal university students. Developing the INROADS "Leadership Training" program for Canada's leaders of tomorrow is a responsibility that I take very seriously. Most of all, I enjoy the energy and enthusiasm that these young Canadians bring to everything they do.
Canada embraced diversity; now diversity is embracing Canada. In the not too distant future, being Canadian will mean being "diverse". Check out this important article in September 27, 2007 Toronto Star. Be sure to check out the five important studies that together form the basis of my hypothesis that "...change is on the horizon."
This report released by the Maytree Foundation on November 26, 2008 is confirms exactly what I've been advocating for so many years...
For diversity to really work it must be fully inclusive. All Canadians have the unique opportunity (and responsibility) to show the rest of the world the true power of diversity --while reaping the benefits of living in a harmonious, inclusive society.
Together we will all be successful...
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