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Although Canada has made great strides in achieving equal rights for LGBTQ+ people, there is still room for improvement, especially in the workplace. Research has found that many Canadians still face discrimination at work for their sexual orientation or gender identity.
Today in The Conversation Canada, Ashrafee Tanvir Hossain from Memorial University of Newfoundland talks about the key role CEOs play in LGBTQ+ workplace equality.
While CEOs are in the best position to make change, Hossain’s research found that CEOs with significant power in their workplaces discouraged LGBTQ+ initiatives. As major stakeholders within their corporations, CEOs have the responsibility to make their workplaces more inclusive and welcoming for their LGBTQ+ employees.
Hossain points out that not only is investing in LGBTQ+ initiatives the right thing to do, but it can be good for companies in the long run. More inclusive workplaces improve employee morale, productivity, firm performance and future firm valuation.
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All the best.
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Recent research has found that CEOs with significant power discourage LGBTQ+ initiatives in the workplace.
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Ashrafee Tanvir Hossain, Memorial University of Newfoundland
Corporations have the responsibility to make workplaces more inclusive and welcoming for LGBTQ+ employees.
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A garbage dump fire is seen smouldering across the bay from the city of Iqaluit on July 9, 2014.
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Anderson Assuah, University College of the North
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Brenda Murphy is the 32nd lieutenant governor of New Brunswick. She was appointed Sept. 8, 2019.
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Robert Tay-Burroughs, University of New Brunswick
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Ugo Lachapelle, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
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Marine Le Pen, du RN, prend la parole devant ses partisans après l'annonce des premiers résultats du second tour de l'élection présidentielle française, à Paris, le 24 avril 2022. Malgré sa défaite, la droite radicale poursuit sa montée, rejoignant des électeurs de toutes les classes sociales, et de toutes les régions.
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Frédérick Guillaume Dufour, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM); Djamila Mones, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
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Ukraine Invasion
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Emma McClean, University of Westminster; Aidan Hehir, University of Westminster
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Karen Jacobsen, Tufts University
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Tatsiana Kulakevich, University of South Florida
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Arts
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Cher McGillivray, Bond University
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Politics
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Mark de Rond, Cambridge Judge Business School
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Science + Tech
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Louise Gentle, Nottingham Trent University
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