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Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP

  
Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP
FMC employees volunteering at a playground rebuild project
FMC employees volunteering at a playground rebuild project
Chosen as one of Canada's Best Diversity Employers for 2012:
By Kristina Leung and Richard Yerema, Mediacorp Canada Inc. staff editors  ( Feb 20, 2012)

Some of the reasons why Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP was selected as one of Canada's Best Diversity Employers 2012:
  • established a national diversity and inclusion committee in 2006 to manage the development of diversity programs and initiatives -- each office also has a designated diversity lead
  • in association with the Black Business and Professional Association, manages a national scholarship program for students who are interested in pursuing legal studies
  • subsidizes the cost of employees' membership in- and attendance of- events hosted by community organizations such as the Korean Lawyers Association and the South Asian Bar Association, to name a few
  • provides pro-bono legal services to Pride at Work Canada, a non-profit corporation that provides support to LGBT professionals in the Canadian workplace, and participates in "Out On Bay St." and attends career fairs directed at LGBT students at the University of Ottawa, Ryerson, and University of Toronto
  • in partnership with the University of British Columbia, published a study of diversity and inclusion matters within the legal industry, entitled "Diversity in the Law: Arguments and Perspectives"
  • requires all employees and partners to complete diversity and inclusiveness training and is planning e-learning diversity courses for the coming year
  • operates the "Vault Women's Initiative" to provide female employees with a forum for casual and formal interaction -- also offers workshops in which women in senior roles answer questions and present on topics of interest
  • the Calgary office participates in the Law Society of Alberta's Aboriginal summer student program, hiring two students per year -- if the term is completed satisfactorily, an offer of full-time employment usually follows

 Background Information

Percentage of employees who are women: 64.4%. Of managers: 70.96%. Average age of all employees: 44. Major Canadian hiring locations: Vancouver BC, Calgary AB, Edmonton AB, Ottawa ON, Montreal QC. Full-time employees in Canada: 1,232. Full-time at this location: 420. Full-time worldwide: 1,234. Part-time employees in Canada: 83.
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©2012 Mediacorp Canada Inc. All rights reserved. Used by Eluta with permission. For comments or questions on this employer review, please contact Mediacorp's editorial team.



   

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