Employment & Entrepreneurship

Opinion: No Longer Business as Usual

Ratna Omidvar iPolitics July 15, 2020 board diversity, DiversityInLeadership, racism

Senator Omidvar discusses the need to increase diversity on public and private boards

New Study Finds Less Than 1 Per Cent of Canadian Corporate Leaders are Black

Uhanthaen Ravilojan The Toronto Star, Corporate Knights July 6, 2020 anti-Black racism, DiversityInLeadership

Senator Omidvar comments on the lack of diversity on corporate boards.

WATCH: Workers on the Move: Addressing Global Workforce Challenges Through Labour Mobility Partnerships

Senator Ratna Omidvar Center for Global Development June 30, 2020 covid19migration, labour shortages, migration

Senator Omidvar discusses the need for labour mobility from developing countries to Canada in order to support our growing elderly population.

Canadian Non-Profit Boards Have a Diversity Problem. Here’s the First Step to Fixing it.

Ratna Omidvar Future of Good June 19, 2020 charities, DiversityInLeadership, NonProfits

Senator Omidvar comments on the lack of ethnic and racial diversity in the charitable sector.

Shining a Searchlight on Racism in Canada & in the Senate | Senator Omidvar

Ratna Omidvar Senate of Canada June 19, 2020 DiversityInLeadership, racism

Senator Omidvar describes historic examples of racism, modern-day structural racism, and racism in the Senate itself.

WATCH: Immigration Policy on the Fly: What Have We Done and What Comes Next?

Ratna Omidvar First Policy Response June 18, 2020 covid19migration, essential workers, immigration

Senator Omidvar discusses Canadian immigration policy and the need to compensate essential workers with essential pay.

WATCH: What is the Government Doing to Protect Seasonal Agricultural Workers from Contracting COVID-19 on Canadian Farms? | Senator Omidvar

Ratna Omidvar Senate of Canada June 17, 2020 covid19migration, seasonal agricultural workers, temporary foreign workers

Senator Omidvar and Senator Gold discuss what the government is doing to address the ongoing problems with the Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program.

Visible Minorities Vastly Underrepresented in the Boardroom, New Disclosures Suggest

Geoff Zochonde Financial Post June 13, 2020 board diversity, Diversity, DiversityInLeadership

"The lifting of all boats is clearly not happening". Senator Omidvar comments on new data showing that only 5.5% of directors are visible minorities.

Opinion: Essential Changes for Essential Migrant Workers

Ratna Omidvar and Leslie Seidle iPolitics June 8, 2020 covid19migration, covid19ubi, essential workers

Senator Omidvar and Leslie Seidle comment on how the COVID-19 pandemic has illustrated the need to rebalance the proportions of high- and lesser-skilled immigrants to Canada.

WATCH: Essential Workers & Canada’s Response to COVID-19

Senator Ratna Omidvar Senate of Canada May 28, 2020 covid19migration, covid19ubi

Senator Omidvar asked witnesses testifying before the Senate's Social Affairs Committee about migrant workers, PSWs, the nationalization of long term care facilities, and the release of nonviolent offenders during the pandemic.