Toronto, January 19, 2012: Twenty-eight rising leaders have been selected as the new cohort of DiverseCity Fellows. Fellows is a one-year leadership development and network-building program that aims to harness the potential of a diverse cross-section of leaders so that they can address the challenges that lie ahead for the greater Toronto region.
December 13, 2011: This week at the fourth UN Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) Forum in Doha, Qatar, DiverseCity onBoard was awarded second prize in the Intercultural Innovation Awards. The program was selected from over 400 proposals submitted from 70 countries.
November 8, 2011: A new research report released today examines the diversity of those who ran as candidates and those elected in recent federal, provincial and municipal elections in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA).
October 20, 2011: Twenty-five GTA leaders were introduced today as part of the launch of a new training program in civic engagement. DiverseCity Building Blocks is the ninth in the collection of DiverseCity initiatives designed to accelerate prosperity in the GTA by enabling diverse leaders to assume leadership positions.
August 30, 2011: The DiverseCity Fellows, a group of 25 rising leaders from across the public, private and non-profit sectors, have announced this year’s six collaborative city-building projects addressing a range of social and economic issues in the Toronto region.
June 7, 2011: The leadership of the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) is more diverse than it was three years ago, reveals a new research report released today. The third annual DiverseCity Counts report, produced by the Diversity Institute at Ryerson University on behalf of DiverseCity: The Greater Toronto Leadership Project, finds that 14.5 per cent of leaders in the GTA are visible minorities (relative to 49.5 per cent of the population studied) which is an overall increase of eight percent from 13.4 per cent in 2009.
June 7, 2011: Just 6.8% of leaders in the GTA legal sector are visible minorities, relative to 49.5% of the population studied, reveals a new report released today. The third annual DiverseCity Counts report, produced by the Diversity Institute at Ryerson University on behalf of DiverseCity: The Greater Toronto Leadership Project, tracked 3,330 leaders across the corporate, public, elected, education and nonprofit sectors. Also included in this year’s report is a first-ever look at visible minority leadership in the legal sector. While previous research has studied diversity among lawyers exclusively, the Counts report tracked 2,410 leaders in the field including judges, justices of the peace, governing bodies, law school leaders, partners in the top 20 law firms and crown attorneys.
May 9, 2011: At an awards ceremony on Monday evening at Cisco Canada’s head office, DiverseCity onBoard recognized Peel Children’s Aid, The Redwood and the Town of Richmond Hill for embracing diversity in board governance and making it a priority to recruit board members from diverse backgrounds. A new corporate award, presented by the Canadian Board Diversity Council, recognized TD Bank Group.
February 4, 2010: At an awards ceremony on Thursday night, DiverseCity onBoard recognized United Way Toronto and Women’s College Hospital for embracing diversity in board governance and making it a priority to seek out board members from diverse backgrounds. This year’s winners of the third annual Diversity in Governance Awards stand as models. Their deliberate strategies have enriched their own boards, and their example is changing the face of leadership across the GTA.
February 7, 2011: DiverseCity: The Greater Toronto Leadership Project, in partnership with the Canadian Club of Toronto, will feature a keynote presentation by His Worship Mayor Naheed Nenshi. Mayor Nenshi will share with political, community and business leaders his vision for a great Canadian city where pluralism transforms urban centres into magnets for talent and engines of development.