Jane Allen Partner and Chief Diversity Officer Widening the circle 3 Just the facts The Canadian Constitution Act 1982 in section The right thing and the smart thing 35(1) recognizes and affirms Aboriginal and Treaty In recent years, the case for diversity has rights. [...] Noted one pointed out, “If a young person in the community Aboriginal businesswoman, “For too many years, recognizes a company’s name from seeing it on you have expected Aboriginal people to come to team jerseys, making the connection when they you – this is necessary and understandable, but start thinking about a career later on isn’t such a you have to come to us too to understand the stretch. [...] There was general agreement among winning longhouse educational project in 2008, participants that business has the motivation and and has established a math and science program the money to make a long-term commitment to introduce students to university and business to helping communities overcome challenges. [...] Said one participant in the Aboriginal culture and the history of Aboriginal resources industry, “When we see a gap, where people, to middle-manager sensitivity training, we are losing people or they seem disconnected, to casual “Lunch and Learn” sessions where we try to adapt with training on attitudes and community elders are brought in as guest respect for the land. [...] Special attention should be paid to the should start documenting material, keep it current importance of cultural traditions, such as the and up to date, and ensure that non-Aboriginal expectation that Aboriginal people attend the employees new to a project are up to speed.
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