“The road we travel is equal in importance to the destination we seek.”

Starting, even imperfectly, sets a precedent, creates momentum, and opens doors for improvement.

A Black founder noted that, to increase his chances of success, one of the most effective strategies he uses is turning off his camera during initial virtual investor meetings

In celebration of Asian Heritage Month, we dug deep to understand how capital flows to Asian and Pacific Islanders (AAPI), a diverse group of people that makes up roughly 20% of Canada’s population and an increasing share of newcomers.

Narinder Dhami moderated an intimate conversation with Kenneth Deer, an award-winning journalist, educator, and internationally renowned Indigenous rights activist, for some of our New Power Network members.

Women are more likely to be promoted to leadership roles when companies face crises. 

Over the past years, we have heard many pledges to support diverse communities and innovative initiatives, yet the reality often falls short of these commitments. How do personal motivations, our networks and echo chambers lead to a skewed distribution that leaves many diverse groups overlooked and needs unaddressed?

New Power Labs’ senior advisor, Garrick Ng, had a New Power Talk with Devika Shah from Environment Funders Canada. Devika noted, “Postal code is an indicator of quality of life.”

A paper published by Havard suggests that diversity or anti-bias training alone does not reduce bias, alter behaviour or change the workplace, despite being widely implemented.

What is currently blurry in your peripheral vision?

Social Capital Partners released the Billionaire Blindspot report, exposing Canada's significant wealth gap and urging policymakers to address inaccuracies in data collection to better understand and tackle wealth concentration.

Three steps leaders can take to adapt how we think about resilience, to account for biases and the resulting disparities.

We build trust by acknowledging our missteps.

In 2015, Canada was in the top ten of 95 countries in closing the gender parity gap. Yet, progress has stalled over the past decade — last year, Canada ranked 30th out of 146 countries.

My inspiration for Equity Shots originated from my daily reading of Seth Godin's blogs since 2015. See below for a recent one from Seth Godin that resonated.

What changed from 2020?

Hope is…

Diversity statements on job postings can be harmful to diverse candidates.

Many fear that revealing unflattering diversity metrics would undermine their reputation and credibility. Is this true?

Mark Cuban explains to Elon Musk the business case for equity, diversity, and inclusion.