Driving social innovation across sectors
The Diversity Institute conducts and coordinates multi-disciplinary, multi-stakeholder research to address the needs of diverse Canadians, the changing nature of skills and competencies, and the policies, processes and tools that advance economic inclusion and success. Our action-oriented, evidence-based approach is advancing knowledge of the complex barriers faced by underrepresented groups, leading practices to effect change, and producing concrete results.
In partnership with Ryerson University, the Diversity Institute seeks opportunities to gain a deep knowledge of economic and technology trends, gender and diversity analysis through rigorous mixed methods of research and evaluation, coupled with skills training-from essential skills through to advanced technology skills.
In close to 20 years of existence the Diversity Institute has made a real impact and had concrete results, including groundbreaking research, innovative programming to address emerging challenges in real time, and policy advocacy to effect legislative change. Our DiversityLeads project, which tracked and benchmarked diversity in boards and senior leadership across sectors over a five-year period broke new ground in creating the first Canadian data set of its kind and establishing a methodology now considered best practice.
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Collaboration formed to enhance Canadian leadership in community and workplace sponsorship of refugees
Building on its globally recognized work on developing and scaling innovative approaches to support refugees, Ryerson University’s Diversity Institute announced today that it will be working with the uOttawa Refugee Hub to expand the reach of its BVOR Fund and Workplace Sponsorship Program to promote the sponsorship of refugees identified by the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR).
WEKH launches Eastern Regional Hub
The Eastern Ontario Regional Women Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub (WEKH), external link, external link at Carleton University launched on June 12, 2019 at Impact Hub Ottawa. It was attended by an enthusiastic crowd of close to 100 women entrepreneurs and women entrepreneurship support organizations.
BC Regional WEKH Hub launches at Simon Fraser University's VentureLabs
The BC Regional Women Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub at Simon Fraser University's VentureLabs held its first event on June 4, 2019, bringing together nearly 100 women entrepreneurship support organizations, entrepreneurs, academics and government representatives to exchange ideas and hear from a panel of experts about building the capacity for women entrepreneurship in Canada.
