Activités

April Howe, Senior Executive Advisor to the Deputy Minister, Department of Justice 
April has been an active voice for diversity and inclusion in Nova Scotia for many years. Through her consultancy, she helps organizations navigate the journey to become more diverse and create the conditions for authentic inclusiveness. She works extensively with clients from various sectors including pharmacare, health care, finance, engineering, and not-for-profit to provide assessment, leadership awareness building, customized training, diversity frameworks that build inclusive, progressive work environments. 

Dr. Wendy R. Carroll is an award-winning teacher and practice-oriented researcher, is the Director of the EMBA Program and associate professor in the Department of Management at the Sobey School of Business, Saint Mary’s University. Wendy researches in the areas of Human Resource Management and Employee Silence after Unjust Events, and teaches from an evidence-based management approach in practice. Wendy was awarded the Dr. Geraldine Thomas Educational Leadership Award within the academy in 2018 and received national recognition as one of the Top 25 HR Professionals by Canadian HR Reporter Magazine in 2016.

Chiedza Chigumba is a PhD student at the Sobey School of Business, Saint Mary’s University. Her research interests include culturally diverse workplaces, immigration, recruitment and retention.

Rob McNutt is a Ph.D. student in Business Administration (Management) in the Sobey School of Business at Saint Mary’s University. His research interests focus on corporate board diversity, equity/ diversity/ inclusion within HRM analytics, and cooperative relations of healthcare management organizations.

Michael Bach is the founder and Chair of the Board of Directors of the Canadian Centre for Diversity and Inclusion. He is nationally and internationally recognized as a thought leader and subject matter expert in the fields of inclusion, diversity, equity and accessibility, bringing a vast knowledge of leading practices in a live setting to his work.  He is the author of the best-selling and award-winning book Birds of All Feathers:Doing Diversity and Inclusion Right and the upcoming book Alphabet Soup: The Quintessential Guide to LGBTQ2+ Inclusion. 

Tova Sherman is an award-winning Inclusion Leader and CEO of The NGO, reachAbility. Her trail-blazing approach to equalizing the playing field around disability at work has led her to be a highly sought-out Presenter and Consultant to P3 Clients across Canada & The US. Her recently released title; Win, Win, Win: The 18 Inclusion-isms You Need to Become a Disability Confident Employer (Win, Win, Win Book) is only the latest accomplishment from this passionate innovator

Join us for our first ever, in-person, full day
Diversity & Inclusion Conference!

We are thrilled to welcome you back in person for a full day of tremendous & thought provoking learning
+ networking opportunities you can't miss.

Special Promotion: Buy One, Get One 50% off!

It's easy. Simply register yourself for the event, and then email events@cphrns.ca with the full name you used to register and one of our staff members will send you a discount code to receive 50% off your second ticket!

(Members:  Please use the code DIV-ATL051021 to get the member rate when you register!)

Please note: Non-members can also take advantage of this fantastic promotion, however, they will receive 50% off non-member pricing.

See here for full details, and to register.