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University of Toronto classroom Chosen as one of Canada's Best Diversity Employers for 2013: By Kristina Leung and Richard Yerema, Mediacorp Canada Inc. staff editors (Feb 18, 2013) Some of the reasons why University of Toronto was selected as one of Canada's Best Diversity Employers 2013: manages 13 offices dedicated to issues of equity and diversity, including the Anti-Racism & Cultural Diversity Office, Sexual & Gender Diversity Office, and the Status of Women Office, to name a few appointed a Vice President of Human Resources and Equity to develop and manage the university's diversity and equity programs -- the position is also responsible for presenting an annual report on equity, diversity and excellence to university governance recently created additional roles to further address equity issues, including a Director of High-Risk Matters, advisors on the status of women and an advisor on issues related to Aboriginal education -- also created designated officers to manage initiatives at the Cultural Diversity Office and Sexual and Gender Diversity Office the Anti-Racism office recently organized a discussion group for employees entitled "What's Race Got to Do with It?", which included topics of race, creed and popular culture the Sexual and Gender Diversity office and the university's positive space committee hosted a workshop for staff and faculty to increase awareness of LGBT issues -- the university also established an employee resource group for LGBT staff to provide employees with an opportunity to network informally and share their experiences hosted a symposium for LGBT students called "Lead with Pride" to help them develop leadership skills established an Aboriginal initiatives committee in 2009, comprised of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal staff and faculty who meet monthly to discuss programs that support the recruitment and retention of employees of Aboriginal descent the Mississauga campus recently created an Elder-in-Residence program -- the Elder hosts traditional teaching circles and works with students to increase awareness of Aboriginal issues "Accessibility opens our institution and creates possibilities for all community members. Today, I learned that I can make an impact and help to build an accessible environment." — U of T Employee "The Multi-Faith Centre is a wonderful space where (people) come together to enrich their own faith and perspectives as well as share and gain wisdom and rich customs of other faiths and perspectives." — U of T Employee Background Information Major Canadian hiring locations: Toronto ON, Mississauga ON, Scarborough ON. Percentage of employees who are women: 53.5%. Of managers: 53.1%. Percentage of employees who are visible minorities: 22.2%. Of managers: 16.8%. Average age of all employees: 46. Full-time employees in Canada: 8,485. Part-time employees in Canada: 10,204. Score on The Equity Continuum by TWI Inc.: 2.73
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