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Diversity and Inclusion

Just Because You Can’t See it…

February 20, 2023 by Annemarie Shrouder Leave a Comment

The Context: We recently got a dog. It's not my first dog, and it took me a while to agree to get one when my daughter asked. If you have (or have had) a dog - you  know many of the reasons why. One of the many reasons I didn't want another dog is the fur. It's everywhere! But because I … 

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Filed Under: Discrimination, Diversity and Inclusion Tagged With: bias, cleaning, discrimination, dog fur, dogs

What a Difference a Year Makes…

September 22, 2021 by Annemarie Shrouder Leave a Comment

Monday was our first full day of online school, and it was a completely different experience to our first day last year. The difference are notable: No frantic calls for help We both ate well And we both got our work done Why the difference? There are a few things I can think of, … 

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Filed Under: Diversity and Inclusion

Who are we seeing? Who are we missing?

April 15, 2020 by Annemarie Shrouder Leave a Comment

On a bike ride over the weekend, we came across this poster. At first glance, without a proper look, it’s a feel-good gesture: our health care workers are not only working hard for all of us, but are taking risks every day as they do so. But look closer. What do you see? Who do you … 

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Filed Under: Diversity and Inclusion Tagged With: bias, COVID-19, exclusion, front line workers, unconscious bias

Right or Happy?

June 26, 2018 by Annemarie Shrouder Leave a Comment

In April I attended The Mastery of Self Expression. One of the things I was challenged with there was to examine if I wanted to be right or happy. Both! I said, laughing. But it’s no joke. Which one? What I’m discovering is that the desire to be right keeps me in my pain, in the muck, in the … 

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Filed Under: Diversity and Inclusion Tagged With: being happy, being right, happiness, self expression, workplace

The Gay Glass Ceiling

June 20, 2018 by Annemarie Shrouder Leave a Comment

If you live in Toronto or another city celebrating this month, Happy Pride! It’s Pride week here and all month rainbow flags have been waving all over the city. In fact, Scotiabank has PROUD in large letters outside their plaza. I walked by it the other day, remembering a time not too long ago … 

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Filed Under: Diversity and Inclusion, LGBTQ Tagged With: Gay Glass Ceiling, glass ceiling, inequity, workplace discrimination

Action – Part 4 of “How to be an Ally”

June 25, 2017 by Annemarie Shrouder Leave a Comment

Welcome to week 4. Happy Eid to all of our Muslim brothers and sisters! Ramadan ended last night, and today is the first day of Eid Al-Fitr, which means ‘festival to break the fast’. It will continue until Tuesday, June 27th at sundown. And if you’re (also) part of the LGBTQ community in … 

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Filed Under: Allyship, Creating Inclusive Spaces, Diversity and Inclusion, LGBTQ, safe spaces, Uncategorized Tagged With: action, allies, From the inside out, LGBTQ, support

What we can all Learn From the Toronto Police Video Discussion about a Woman with Down Syndrome

June 6, 2017 by Annemarie Shrouder Leave a Comment

Every once in a while we get to pull the curtain back and see what people are really thinking and saying about others - sometimes even about us. And when it is less than flattering, we are always shocked, hurt, appalled. And we have every right to be, because ideally people (especially those in … 

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Filed Under: bias, Disabilities, Discrimination, Diversity and Inclusion Tagged With: Down Syndrome, Toronto Police, Video

Mother’s Day – Not Necessarily “Happy”

May 12, 2017 by Annemarie Shrouder 1 Comment

This coming Sunday, May 14th is Mother’s Day in North America (and possibly also elsewhere). Whether you appreciate the commercialism or not, for some women, it will be a day where they are wrapped in the warm embrace of family, reminded of the many reasons they are loved by their … 

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Filed Under: Diversity and Inclusion, From the inside out!, Gender Tagged With: conception, death, grief, infertility, IVF, Mother's Day

How Easy it is to Shape Someone’s Perspective

May 1, 2017 by Annemarie Shrouder Leave a Comment

The other night as my four year old filled up her cup from the tap and had a drink after brushing her teeth, I reminded her how lucky she was to live in a country where she could drink the tap water. We have just returned from a vacation in Cuba, where I had to teach her she couldn’t do that (as a … 

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Filed Under: Annemarie Shrouder, bias, Diversity and Inclusion, From the inside out!, Marginalization, Perspective Tagged With: Drinking water, From the inside out, See more. Be more. Go further

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