While there might be an increase in the number of on-air personalities who are people of colour, that's not an accurate measure of success, says diversity consultant and former journalist Hamlin Grange, whose firm DiversiPro Inc. was recently hired by Corus Entertainment to review its operations. https://www.thestar.com/business/2020/07/08/calls-grow-for-news-outlets-reporting-on-systemic-racism-to-address-own-failures.html This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 8, 2020. Cassandra... Read More
TORONTO — The race-based failings of many of the companies seeking help from diversity and inclusion expert Hamlin Grange are not new. Neither are the solutions, he notes wryly — many organizations who've reached out already have diversity plans, or they've completed cultural awareness courses in the past. So what's going wrong? Read More
Defunding the police in the face of wages that have gone up, and keep going up. Plus physical vs. virtual futures for office space, and how to look like a boss in your next Zoom meeting Read/Listen More
Being "not racist" is no longer good enough. You must be antiracist, and it is time we seriously reflect on the changes that are surely coming to our society, Hamlin Grange told a group gathered for his webinar hosted by Algonquin College on Tuesday. Read more
By Hamlin Grange, Principal Consultant, DiversiPro Inc. Depending on whom you listen to, the current COVID-19 virus outbreak is either just a bad flu or a healthcare emergency of pandemic proportions. Either way, it is a crisis situation. And in times of crisis, the need for competent leadership is important. We continue to live in... Read More
There’s no denying the recent U.S. election has had an impact. Donald Trump was elected by polarizing voters into “Us vs. Them” camps and focusing on fears. Now the genie is out of the bottle: certain groups and individuals have become emboldened, saying and acting however they choose towards others. Trump’s ascendancy to the White... Read More
Public comments by politicians can bring issues such as anti-immigration and racism to the forefront in a powerful way. It’s easy to have an emotional reaction, whatever ‘side’ they’re on. However, it may help to understand what’s happening in an objective manner by looking at it through the lens of an assessment tool I often... Read More
The term “political correctness” has become code for so many things lately; from conversations about women and racial and ethnic minorities. It has become a license for some people to say anything they want, about any individual or social group without having to suffer the consequences or even think about the psychological or physical hardships... Read More