Diversity

Five Good Ideas for being an effective disruptor 

Uzma Shakir, Maytree Five Good Ideas session, January 2017: “If we want meaningful change to happen, we must disrupt the status quo.”

Civic Action DiverseCity - The Greater Toronto Leadership Project 

Launched in 2008 by Maytree and CivicAction to change the face of leadership in Greater Toronto; creating a more diverse leadership for a stronger and more prosperous city region.

DiverseCity On Board 

A program of the Ryerson Global Diversity Exchange offering board training, help in finding board members and in joining a board; working to bridge the gap between who sits on public, non-profit and corporate boards and the demographic make-up of the population.

Canadian Centre for Diversity and Inclusion 

A national non-profit offering consulting, workshops, e-learning, tool kits and other resources on diversity and inclusion and employment equity.

The Institute of Corporate Directors 

Board Diversity Toolkit

Canadian Board Diversity Council 

Research on the progress of diversity on Canada’s corporate boards; education programming to build a greater pipeline of highly skilled diverse board candidates; board diversity best practices and principles.

Diversifying Your Board 

Why it’s good and how to do it.

Good governance includes diversifying boards. 

NP Direction 

Could a lack of diversity be affecting the performance of your board? By Dr. Lawrence Hunt

Building a board with diverse skills and perspectives 

This series looks at what skills future business leaders need to have to tackle the challenges of an ever-shifting marketplace. By: Mary Gooderham, special to the Globe and Mail

Boards, succession and diversity 

Avoid being called out for lack of diversity.

Neighbourhood Arts Network’s Arts & Equity Toolkit 

Toronto Arts Foundation, created by Skye Louis & Leah Burns.

Starting with diversity of thought 

Blog post on missionparadox.org.

Waiting for unicorns: The supply and demand of diversity and inclusion 

Blog post on nonprofitwithballs.com.

Cultural diversity as contemporary theatrical practice 

Interview with Modern Times Stage Company’s Soheil Parsa, Brad Wheeler for The Globe and Mail. Published March 8, 2017. Updated April 14, 2017.

Expanding audiences with Donna Walker-Kuhne 

Blog post on creativetrust.ca

A report on diversity in Canadian arts attendance in 2010 

Report published by Hill Strategies on March 5, 2014.

Toronto arts boards in dire need of diversity 

The largely white, male boards of Toronto’s top arts organizations may be one reason for declining attendance and reduced funding Bob Ramsay for The Toronto Star. Published June 10, 2015.

Speaking Diversity from a Privileged Space. LinkedIn post by Melanie Fernandez, Faculty Member, Arts Management at Centennial College.

Nonprofit Quarterly: Troubling Trends 

White savior status quo remains intact, by Fairouz El Tom, published May 26, 2015.

The debate over audience diversity 

No, white people didn’t invent theatre – but the debate over audience diversity continues. Kate Taylor for The Globe and Mail. Published December 10, 2014, updated May 12, 2018.

Thoughts on race in performance and the performance of race 

J. Kelly Nestruck for The Globe and Mail. Published November 20, 2015, updated March 23, 2018

New York Department of Cultural Affairs Diversity Study 2016 

A study of the racial, ethnic, and gender makeup of New York City cultural organizations.

Native Canadian Centre of Toronto 

Indigenous Cultural Competency Training: promoting cultural competency for Indigenous relations within Canada; group sessions and facilitation for agencies, organizations, institutions to build a foundational awareness of Indigenous peoples.

Accessibility Ontario 

A training and development organization that helps nonprofits and businesses in Ontario to understand and comply with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (2005).

Practical Toolkits by Picasso Pro & Creative Trust, 2012 

For Producers and Presenters of Audio Described Theatrical Performances (Part 1)

Practical Toolkits by Picasso Pro & Creative Trust, 2012 

For Producers and Presenters of American Sign Language Interpreted Theatrical Performances (Part 2)

TCG Circle 

Too Young to Sit at the Adult Table? Breaking the age barrier for trustees. Post by Adam Natale.

Sensory friendly performances at Theatre Passe Muraille welcome people with autism 

Globe and Mail article by J. Kelly Nestruck, published February 25, 2016. Updated May 16, 2018.

The Deaf Artists & Theatres Toolkit 

By Cahoots Theatre Company.