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Q&A with the UPP’s Omo Akintan

lbailey — Fri, 21 Jun 2024 12:52:31 +0000

The University Pension Plan’s chief people officer discusses expanding the talent pool, providing access to personalized and culturally relevant mental-health practitioners and finding time to enjoy the theatre. Q: What top challenges do you face in your role? A: As a new organization responsible for delivering pension security to 40,000 members, we need to attract […]

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Feds launching web tool to track representation, pay disparity for women, minorities

lbailey — Tue, 06 Feb 2024 20:00:40 +0000

The federal government has launched a new pay transparency website to better illustrate how women, visible minorities, people with disabilities and Indigenous Peoples are represented and paid at federally regulated private sector employers. The new site, called Equi’Vision, provides a visualization that allows users to compare data on workforce representation rates and pay gaps experienced […]

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Survey finds Black Canadians report high levels of racism despite workplace improvements

lbailey — Mon, 05 Feb 2024 20:00:37 +0000

Canadian companies are making uneven progress on efforts to make workplaces more inclusive and equitable for Black workers, according to a survey from KPMG in Canada. The survey, which polled 1,000 employed Canadians who identify as Black, found more than 80 per cent of respondents said employers are making improvements — but a similar proportion said […]

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Six pension plan members share their perspectives on ESG investing

lbailey — Fri, 14 Apr 2023 12:55:43 +0000

As world markets contend with supply chain issues stemming from climate change, the coronavirus pandemic and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, environmental, social and governance considerations are slowly taking a more prominent role in pension funds’ risk assessments. In particular, Canadian pension funds are taking a progressive approach to ESG investing. Many have become signatories of […]

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TD Bank building pipeline of Black tech employees, providing returnship program for tech workers

lbailey — Fri, 31 Mar 2023 13:00:41 +0000

The TD Bank Group is expanding its talent pool through partnerships that tap into the Black Professionals in Tech Network and FDM Group Inc.’s returnship program for technology workers. When the bank was looking to hire more engineers in 2022, it tapped the BPTN to create a recruitment and training program specifically tailored to its […]

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