Rebecca Sullivan, UCalgary English professor and co-ordinator of the university’s Women’s Studies program, founded Diversity Leads after companies kept asking her to help with workplace equity, diversity and inclusion strategies.
What she saw was too much token diversity and equity strategies constructed around having employees fit their existing culture. Diversity Leads pushes company leaders out of their comfort zones to build a better culture that is truly more diverse and inclusive, which becomes a more productive workplace that emphasizes meaningful inclusion. Sullivan credits Innovate Calgary for sage advice and support on how to build an effective business with an academic edge.
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