WHAT: DiverseCity: The Greater Toronto Leadership Project Year One Review, outlining the project’s activities and results to date.
WHY: It’s been one year since DiverseCity launched with a bold and detailed plan to transform the leadership landscape. We will be releasing a report to our partners – a growing group of multi-sectoral organizations that have signed on to the DiverseCity movement.
WHO:
- Julia Deans, CEO, Toronto City Summit Alliance,
- Ratna Omidvar, President, Maytree
- Leaders from Toronto area businesses, nonprofits and public agencies that have committed to the DiverseCity project as partners
The event will also feature short presentations from three organizations that have successfully diversified their leadership:
- Naomi Shaw, Vice President, Leadership, Scotiabank
- Frances Lankin, CEO of The United Way of Greater Toronto
- Adam Vaughan, Toronto City Councillor, Ward 20 Trinity-Spadina; City of Toronto Civic Appointments Committee Chair
WHEN: Monday, November 16, 2009, 5:00-7:00pm
WHERE: 150 Bloor Street West, Suite 900 (at Avenue Road), Ontario Medical Association
DiverseCity: The Greater Toronto Leadership Project is the latest project of Maytree and the Toronto City Summit Alliance. With its eight initiatives, the project will change the face of our region’s leadership. It will expand our networks, strengthen our private and public institutions, advance our knowledge on the role of diversity in leadership and track our progress. For more information, visit www.diversecitytoronto.ca.
RSVP and more information:
Markus Stadelmann-Elder, Communications Manager, Maytree, 416-944-2627 x284, mselder@maytree.com
Julia Howell, Community Investment Partners, 416-699-3838, juliahowell@rogers.com