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Inclusive Entrepreneurship: Exploring the Barriers Facing Black Entrepreneurs in Canada

This report highlights the systemic barriers facing Black Canadian entrepreneurs regarding growth and success, including systemic racism, limited access to capital, and insufficient business networks.

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Strategies to Ingrain Diversity and Inclusion in your Workplace

There is widespread agreement on the need to improve diversity and inclusion in the workplace. But it is not easy to deliver on the promises made. This article argues that it is time to adopt a more systematic, coherent approach to D&I.

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Optimism and Adversity in Entrepreneurship

This study of US entrepreneurs looked at how levels of human, social, and financial capital affected entrepreneurs' optimism and found that these do not contribute equally to optimism levels - rather, [sufficient] human capital factors are critical to maintaining optimism, even when levels of social or financial capital may be lower.

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Diverse Representation and Board Leadership Gaps

Many companies' efforts to improve diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in the workplace still need a push to deliver on the promises made. The study explores the labor market effects of gender and race by examining board leadership appointments.

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LGBTQ+ Grantmaking by US Foundations (2019-2020)

This report describes United States-based foundation funding supporting LGTBQ+ communities and issues awarded in calendar years 2019-2020. The data overview is mentioned below.

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Key Things to Help Investors Take Steps towards Racial Equity

In 2019, just 1% of venture backed founders were Black, despite the high level of innovation coming from the Black community. If we want to build a system with an equitable flow of capital, we have a long way to go to expand perceptions and get more people to see themselves as investors, and expand who has access to investment accounts and services.

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Ways to Nurture Inclusion for Indigenous Peoples in Canadian Workplaces

This report highlights the stress and racism that Indigenous peoples face in Canadian workplaces. The study findings point to actions that managers and team members can take to build the understanding, relationships, and work environments to help Indigenous peoples belong, contribute, and thrive in the workplace.

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Gender Diversity and Inclusion in Finance

The article explores gender in finance and highlights the need to understand much broader challenges in the firm's role and how it is governed in a world experiencing interconnected social and economic change, reflecting both internal dynamics and wider ecosystemic ones.

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The State of Entrepreneurship by Black Women in Canada

The report highlights the demographic attributes of Black women entrepreneurs in Canada, their businesses, their inspirations and motivations to start businesses, the barriers they face when starting or scaling their businesses, and their achievements as business owners.

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The Economic Experiences of Black Women in Canada

According to StatsCan 2016 survey data, the Black population now accounts for 3.5% of Canada's total population. Yet, Black people and women of colour continue to face systematic disadvantages such as fewer opportunities for career advancement and less access to essential services.

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Technical Background and Social Capital are Success Factors for Female Entrepreneurs

By understanding the gender gap in high-tech entrepreneurship, we can learn about the decision-making process that occurs for men and women also; many corporate organizations are boosting their efforts to encourage women's participation in technical work through training and social networking programs.

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