Category: Innovations in Diversity Award
The Saskatoon Health Region’s ambitious Pathways: IEHP Support, Bridging and Integration project provides new health professionals to the region the support they need to successfully navigate regulatory processes and accomplish their professional goals. In addition to individualized support, the program’s workshops, events, and social media forum offer participants opportunities to enhance communication skills, develop relationships,… Read the full article
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP is committed to providing meaningful career opportunities and accommodating the varying needs of its lawyers. Although all lawyers have access to mentors at every step of their careers, a few programs are tailored to specific constituencies. The Network of Black & Latino Lawyers (NOBLL) and the Asian Associates Network (AAN) provide… Read the full article
In March of 2013, University of the Rockies opened its second campus site in Denver, Colorado. A leading graduate school in the social behavioral sciences, the Denver location was opened to provide a home for the School of Organizational Leadership, while the University’s campus in Colorado Springs would remain home to the School of Professional… Read the full article
Our Tenth Annual Innovation in Diversity Awards garnered an enthusiastic response from more organizations than ever before. We were honored to view this year’s innovations and choose a winner from the applicants. While our winners had unique focuses—sustainability, corporate compassion, community-based events and training, employee aids, and inclusion efforts for marginalized groups—above all they showed… Read the full article
Since the early 1900s, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (Service) has engaged international communities with the goal of conserving species and their ecosystems. Together with partner countries, the Service has developed an innovative approach to conservation that involves the creation of ecotourism industries that pump funding into local economies and in turn create jobs for local citizens.
Since the beginning of the epidemic more than thirty years ago, Walgreens has supported people living with HIV/AIDS through its ability to offer accessible health and wellness guidance to patients across the nation. The complex condition has claimed more than 22 million lives worldwide over the last thirty years, making it the deadliest epidemic of our time. Here in the U.S. alone, 1.2 million Americans are living with HIV today, with more than 50,000 new infections and about 18,000 deaths occurring each year.
In an effort to foster more cross-cultural mentoring relationships between the company’s diverse talent and senior leaders, Rockwell Collins’ Office of Diversity and Workforce Effectiveness developed Speed Mentoring in late 2012.
The Human Rights Campaign Healthcare Equality Index recognized Cincinnati Children’s as a “Best Healthcare Facility for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Patients and Families” in 2012, the nation’s only freestanding pediatric hospital with this recognition. Additionally, the Office of Diversity & Inclusion has worked closely with the Adolescent Medicine division as they develop a clinic to serve the complex needs of transgender adolescents.
Stikeman Elliott LLP believes their success stems largely from a grassroots approach to diversity—they regularly talk to firm members about their experiences, ask for feedback, and engage members in identifying opportunities and initiatives that are important to them.
Halliburton has launched a campaign in 2013 to develop a new sense of awareness around females in STEM fields, centered around promoting awareness of the industry to young girls, opportunities to college students, and areas of improvement in their industry.
