Author Archives: Devon Franklin

By Ryan Mead in Talent Management and HR Being the head of your management board requires many responsibilities. The biggest being the “beekeeper.” The one who tames all the daily chaos to keep the front-end of business looking neat. While this is a handful in itself, maintaining or creating diversity of thought can’t come last. […]

By Global News Every weekend vendors from over thirty countries set up at the Fredericton cultural market bringing international flavours from around the world to the New Brunswick capital. As Global’s Jeremy reports, this weekend two Syrian refugees joined in and launched their very own business just months after arriving to Canada. Watch.

By the Open Political Economy Network Investing one euro in welcoming refugees can yield nearly two euros in economic benefits within five years. That is a key finding of OPEN’s new report – to our knowledge, the first comprehensive, international study of how refugees can contribute to advanced economies – which is co-published with Tent, a foundation whose mission […]

Many organizations in the GTA provide free services for newcomer entrepreneurs to help them a start business. Here are some key resources.

This article originally appeared at DiverseCity: The Greater Toronto Leadership Project. The supply chain includes every organization that is involved in bringing a good or service to the consumer. In this chain, companies purchase raw materials, products and professional services from other, often smaller organizations. Supplier diversity means that small and medium-sized organizations, owned or operated […]

By Jonathan Nightingale in the Globe and Mail The results are in. They’ve been in for so long, so consistently, that they’ve become old news: diverse teams outperform. Across industries and organization sizes, teams with more gender and racial diversity return stronger results to investors, retain top performers longer, and make better decisions. It’s not even […]

By Leah Wong, Novae Res Urbis Companies have a bottom-line incentive to promote policies that encourage diversity—increasingly seen as a tool to spur innovation, say advocates. “Demographic diversity brings along with it diversity of ideas, which is critical for driving innovation,” Ryerson University research and innovation vice-president Wendy Cukier told the Cities of Migration conference Wednesday. Cukier said she’s […]

By Leah Wong, Novae Res Urbis Toronto is considered to be one of the best places in the world to live, recognized for its safety, top post-secondary institutions and business-friendly climate. The city is no longer competing only with its Canadian counterparts but with major cities around the globe to attract new businesses and skilled people. “It’s […]

By Darah Hansen in The Globe and Mail Striving for greater diversity in the workplace – be it gender, race, age or experience levels among employees – is a long sought-after goal by business leaders looking for a competitive advantage. Several studies show that companies with a diverse workforce are more likely to outperform others […]

Vijay K. Mathur in The Huffington Post In this presidential election, the debate on immigration has degenerated into implicit labeling of immigrants as security and economic threats to Americans. GOP candidates complain that we should secure the border first, and Democratic candidates would like to reform the broken system. The partisan attempt for immigration reform […]