Canada and its small and medium-size businesses are facing labour shortages and challenges in recruiting and retaining skilled workers. While this creates opportunities for newcomers, skilled newcomers continue to face higher rates of unemployment and underemployment. In this webinar, we will explore the employment barriers faced by immigrants and the opportunities available to small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to adopt more inclusive hiring practices.
Key areas of discussion will include:
- Canada’s changing demographics
- Newcomers’ experiences of discrimination
- Unemployment and underemployment
- SME perspectives on hiring immigrants
- Advice for managing the current backlash to EDI
- Tools and initiatives to support SMEs to adopt more inclusive hiring practices
About the Diversity Institute:
The Diversity Institute conducts and co-ordinates multi-disciplinary, multi-stakeholder research to address the needs of diverse Canadians, the changing nature of skills and competencies, and the policies, processes, and tools that advance economic inclusion and success. Our action-oriented, evidence-based approach is advancing knowledge of the complex barriers faced by equity-deserving groups, leading practices to effect change, and producing concrete results.