Leading D&I orgs in Canada collaborate to address issue of microaggressions
Leading D&I orgs in Canada collaborate to address issue of microaggressions
A community of Canada’s D&I advocacy groups – including The Black Business and Professional Association, The Canadian Congress on Diversity and Workplace Equity, Pride at Work and Ryerson University’s Diversity Institute – have collaborated to create an online tool to address the prevalence of microaggressions in culture, media and professional settings.Research has shown that while less obvious than overt discrimination, microaggressions take a significant toll on physical and mental health. Those small, everyday put-downs, assumptions and comments can be, regardless of intention, hurtful and damaging.
Leading D&I organisations in Canada collaborate to address issue of microagressions.
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