Racialized Peoples
Project
Services to Social Impact
The COVID-19 pandemic and its series of lockdowns disproportionately impacted the service industry and many young women who work in this sector. This project provided online workshops and coaching to help young women in the service industry develop transferable social-emotional skills in leadership and confidence, communications, business literacy, job interviewing and networking to support their capacity to undertake career changes.
Research
DiversityLeads: Barriers and Enablers to Advancement for Equity-Deserving Groups
This report identifies significant barriers that hinder career advancement and enablers that allow leaders from equity-deserving groups to succeed. It is important to track progress because what gets measured gets done, especially at a time when Canada’s workers are aging and immigration levels are lowering, leaving a widening skills and talent gap for employers.
Research
Mentoring for Black Nurses—A Retrospective Study
The project explored the role of mentorship in pathways to nursing, including education, employment and advancement, and how anti-Black racism manifests for both internationally and Canadian-trained professionals.
Research
State of Black Economics Report: Insights on Education, Employment and Entrepreneurship
This report examines the challenges that Black Canadians face in economic advancement, specifically education, employment, leadership and entrepreneurship. It draws from the latest data and research in these areas, which show that experiences and challenges vary within the Black population based on gender, age, origin and disability.
Project
Retail Entrepreneurship Acceleration Program
The Retail Entrepreneurship Acceleration Program (REAP) + iLaunchHERproduct, led by de Sedulous Women Leaders and funded by the Future Skills Centre, is a single program with two components that was designed to address the systemic barriers faced by Black, racialized and immigrant women entrepreneurs in retail.
Project
Real Estate Development Incubator: A Model for Equitable Participation
FutureBUILDS represents a new and inclusive approach to addressing Canada’s housing crisis. This project consisted of three phases: research, implementation and alumni engagement.
Blog
Impact Story: Empowering the Future by Advancing Opportunities for Black Youth in STEM
As we look toward building a more inclusive and innovative future, it's essential to reflect on how we support Black youth pursuing science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM).
Project
Enhancing a National Recruitment System for the Unionized Construction Industry
This project’s overall goal was to design and test virtual strategies to recruit more individuals, especially those from underrepresented groups (women, Indigenous Peoples, racialized people, newcomers and youth), to careers in the construction trades.
State of Skills
Working with Black Communities
Black peoples in Canada experience widespread systemic anti-Black racism in education systems and the labour market. More needs to be done to name and address anti-Black racism in the skills ecosystem, including efforts to change employer behaviour to make workplaces more inclusive.