Excellence in Equity, Diversity & Inclusion - Sponsored by Coast Capital Savings

Description

This award recognizes a business that, through their leadership and efforts, have or undertaken action to create and promote a diversified and inclusive workplace. A workplace in which individual differences and the contributions of all employees are recognized and valued, and is inclusive of all perspectives and groups, including but not limited to age, ethnicity, nationality, sexual orientation, social mobility, disability, and gender. NOTE: To be eligible for this award the company or organization must have a minimum of five full-time employees.

(I,e. inclusive hiring practices that are regularly reviewed to ensure they evolve to remain relevant over time; a dedication to provide ongoing training opportunities that increase workplace skills; acts as a community role model with a focus on an inclusive & diverse culture through creation of a respectful work environment; leading action to remove barriers to promote engagement and inclusion of multiple groups)

For those nominated in an additional category, you will need to submit a separate application for the nomination to be reviewed by our independent judging panel.

Our independent judging panel will review all applications and shortlist to three (3) finalists. Judges will assign a numerical score to the specific category criteria which applicants should note in their responses.

PLEASE NOTE: BEFORE SUBMITTING YOUR FINAL ENTRY, PLEASE REIVEW THE JUDGING CRITERIA AND WEIGHT FOR THIS PARTICULAR AWARD TO ENSURE YOU ARE ALIGNING WITH AND SATISFYING THE MEASURES THE JUDGES ARE EVALUATING..

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