Employment Equity
Partners' Roundtable
"Partnership for an Inclusive Future"

April 27-29, 2022

Partners' Roundtable

Employment Equity Partnership 2022

Virtual/Hybrid

The Employment Equity Partnership (EEP) is a public-private sector partnership on data-driven solutions to systemic racism and inequitable employment in Canada. The EEP seeks to address long-standing issues of racism and gendered inequalities by engaging public and corporate-sector employers and larger non-profits to join the EEP network. It also aims to benchmark the diversity of their current workforce and co-develop pathways for engaging talent from equity-deserving groups.

The EEP is an initiative of The Inclusion Project (TIP), a social innovation network and resource hub for organizations, communities, and institutions engaged in knowledge development and practice, to further intersectional Racial Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (REDI+). TIP has been engaged in building a robust system for assessing REDI+ within organizations across public and private sectors. TIP leverages partnerships and strategic alliances across these sectors to benchmark equity in employment practices.

The Employment Equity Partners’ Roundtable aligns opportunities for leaders and key stakeholders across sectors to define strategic pathways for advancing equity in policy, process, and practice. The 2022 Partners’ Roundtable, a strategic alliance with the Global Centre for Pluralism, focuses on the theme:“Partnership for an Inclusive Future”,building on discussions and engagements from the inaugural Partners’ Roundtable on “Data-driven Solutions to Employment Equity”(March 2021).

At the 2022 Partners’ Roundtable, stakeholders will engage in multi-day discussions on pathways to employment and related inequities that have been further perpetuated by the COVID-19 pandemic,as well as socio-political tensions that center discussions on systemic racism and discrimination in the workplace. Roundtable discussions will focus on best practices for organizations and organizational leaders to collaborate and co-develop opportunities for equity-deserving people to access meaningful employment.

Discussions will capture a range of leadership perspectives, with clear calls to action on priorities for building lasting relationships, and ensuring accountability towards Indigenous, Black, racialized and various equity-deserving groups. The three-day sessions will be held virtually, with an in-person closing session.

Speakers

Her Excellency the Right Honourable

Mary May Simon

Governor General of Canada

The Honourable Salma Lakhani

Lieutenant Governor

of Alberta

The Honourable Janet Austin

Lieutenant Governor

of British Columbia

Keynote Speaker

Gina Wilson

Deputy Minister, Women and Gender Equality and Youth

Co-Host

Meredith Preston McGhie

Secretary General,

Global Center for Pluralism

Host

Ruth Mojeed Ramirez

Chief Equity Officer,

The Inclusion Project

Day 1

Day 2

Sobhana Jaya-Madhavan

Associate Vice President,

Simon Fraser University

Dr. Ian Austin

Dean of the Centre for Business,

George Brown College

Dr. Wendy Cukier

Founder & Academic Director, Diversity Institute

Nicholas Davis

Executive Director, Equity & Inclusion, CBC

Naheed Nenshi

Community Builder, The Ascend GroupFormer Mayor of Calgary

Seyi Okuribido-Malcolm

Director of the Anti-Racism Secretariat, Department of National Defence

Antoine Mindjimba

Partner - National Culture and D&I Lead, People Advisory Services, Ernst &Young

Zabeen Hirji

Executive Advisor,

Deloitte Canada

Day 3

Rose LeMay

CEO,

Indigenous Reconciliation Group

Caroline Xavier

Associate Deputy Minister,

Immigration Refugee & Citizenship Canada

Henry Akanko

Director,

Hire Immigrants Ottawa

About the Hosts

The Inclusion Project

Global Centre for Pluralism

The Inclusion Project (TIP) is a social innovation network and resource hub for organizations, communities and institutions engaged in knowledge development and practice to further racial equity, diversity and inclusion (REDI).

TIP operates a non-profit and full-service consultancy to support and strengthen intercultural competence through REDI audits, readiness assessment, coaching, mentoring, benchmarking and strategic action planning and framework development.

Read more about TIP: www.theinclusionproject.com

At the Global Centre for Pluralism, we believe that societies thrive when differences are valued.

Our mission is to influence perspectives, inform policies and inspire pathways to advance pluralism.

The Global Centre for Pluralism is an independent, charitable organization founded by His Highness the Aga Khan and the Government of Canada. The Centre works with policy leaders, educators and community builders around the world to amplify and implement the transformative power of pluralism.