Conflict Style: A Podcast on Different Perspectives
Conflict happens in every team. But in global and multicultural teams, misunderstandings often arise because culture shapes how we disagree, express emotions, and resolve conflicts. When we misinterpret the behaviour of colleagues from other cultures, trust can quickly erode.
Anna Kostecka, an associate of DiversiPro hosts the podcast What Works Across Cultures. In this episode, she speaks with DiversiPro’s founder and principal consultant, Hamlin Grange…
Disrupting Resistance to DEI
An American DEI practitioner digs beneath the surface of the devaluing of DEI in organisations
If your organization is feeling the tension around DEI right now, don’t mistake it as a reason to pause or, worse, to quit. That tension is a sign the system is being stretched. And in that discomfort, real transformation is possible…. So, what will you do? Will you retreat or reimagine? Will you perform or transform? Will you protect your comfort, or practice courage?
Looking Ahead: Choosing Purpose in a Year of Disruption
“The challenge before us is not simply to react, but to respond with intention. To hold the line on equity and inclusion even when it is uncomfortable. To strengthen social cohesion by … refusing narratives that pit communities against one another. And to remember that progress, especially in turbulent times, is shaped by the choices we make.”
Bridging the Gaps: Improving Access to Culturally Specific Care
We sat down with Joefin Peter to discuss the lack of representation of BIPOC providers in sexual and reproductive health. Joefin emphasizes the importance of culturally specific care for racialized individuals and highlights how initiatives like the BIPOC Maternal Professionals Database are helping make this care more accessible…
Why Is It So Hard to Connect with Other Cultures?
For some time now, I have made it my mission to support connections between people, particularly those from different cultures. Yet, the more time I spend doing this, the humbler I become.
A week ago, while talking with friends, I initially stated that I respect and am open to all religions, but then went on to explain how the rituals in them made no sense to me and to question their relevance to one’s spiritual journey…
Off the Bookshelf: What If I Say the Wrong Thing?
If I was paid every time someone – often it’s a senior leader or manager in an organization – asked me “what if I say the wrong thing?”, I’d be a very wealthy man…
In Conversation With The Mental Health Commission of Canada
The mental health of employees is foundational to creating a diverse, equitable, and inclusive (DEI) organizational culture because psychological well-being enables individuals—especially those from marginalized or underrepresented groups—to engage fully and safely at work. Likewise, strong DEI programs can positively influence mental health by addressing systemic stressors and creating conditions for all employees to thrive.
Off the Bookshelf: Conflict is not Abuse
Sarah Schulman’s Conflict is not Abuse urges individuals and communities to distinguish between conflict and abuse, advocating for accountability, direct communication, and repair rather than punitive or avoidant responses. She critiques the overuse of victimhood narratives, warning against binary thinking that leads to unnecessary escalations in personal relationships, social dynamics, and state violence.
The Power and Disempowering of Language in the Trump Era
James Baldwin viewed language as deeply tied to power, identity and historical reality, particularly for marginalized communities. Language, he wrote is “meant to define the other – and in this indispensable, cruelly dishonest role, it can be employed to obscure the truth.” Writers like Baldwin remind us that language is more than just a tool for communication—it shapes thought, reinforces power structures, and influences the way individuals perceive reality.
Faith on the Margins: Christianity’s Evolving Role in a Diverse and Inclusive Canada
Her name was Debbie. I cannot recall her last name, and I have only the vaguest recollection of what she looked like. But I still recall vividly how she was the one person who stepped out of the classroom every morning while the rest of us recited the Lord’s Prayer.