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Understanding Human Rights

The Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission is the governing body that administers the Nova Scotia Human Rights Act: a provincial statute created in 1969 to protect human rights in Nova Scotia.  There are 16 protected characteristics which consist of:  age, race, colour, religion, creed, ethnic, national or aboriginal origin, sex (including pregnancy and pay equity), […]

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Diversity and Inclusion: Obligation or Competitive Business Strategy?

More than 60% of the people entering today’s workforce are what we term “diverse”. That is, they are people of colour and / or women with diverse ethnic, ancestry, religious, social, economic, and other backgrounds. An employee’s diverse background largely frames that employee’s perspective on authority, communication and decision making styles, gender roles, responsibility, assertiveness […]

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