Political Party Diversity of Candidates ≠ Diverse Representation. Here’s Why.
Political parties in Canada have been working hard to ensure diverse slates of candidates across the country and this was demonstrated in the 2015 and 2019 federal elections. However, on election day, the results were far less diverse than the slate of candidates, according to an August 2021 CBC data analysis. Identifying diverse candidates is
ALL INFOThe Call to Defund the Police Requires a Worldview Shift
Whether police and police departments are helpful or harmful is a worldview based on individual and collective experience that has shaped how individuals, groups and communities have come to understand their relationship with police.
ALL INFODo Organizations Have Diversity and Inclusion Wrong? Part 2
Policy doesn’t tell us how to talk about the reality of inclusion and whether it is succeeding or failing? Like many change initiatives, when it comes to implementation the sentiment is often, we want the organization to change but we don’t want any disruption that might come with this change. We certainly don’t want to have to change as individuals, especially if we believe that means we have to give up something, like status or power.
ALL INFODo We, As White People, Have Inclusion and How To Go About It All Wrong? Part 1
What if how we have been thinking about inclusion is all wrong? What if how we have been trying to do inclusion is more like a system of assimilation than the welcoming of diversity? Who is doing the including? Who is being offered inclusion? Inclusion into what and why?
ALL INFOWhat it Takes to Shift Existing Patterns, Norms or Social Contracts (3 of 3)
No matter where we live, the degree of freedom people are claiming or are willing to exchange for societal wellbeing, protection from harm and societal order is an active debate in need of renegotiation and regeneration. What is a collective worldview that could emerge that recognizes justice and equity for all, not just for a privileged few thanks to skin colour or wealth? How can more voices actively contribute to the shaping of a new future?
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