Diversity
Construction Business
VRCA and VCC partner for new leadership course
VRCA is partnering with Vancouver Community College (VCC) to launch the Inclusive Leadership in Construction and Trades micro-credential course.
Construction Business
New partnerships support diversity in construction
Procore announced partnerships with the ACCA and CAWIC to support diversity, inclusion, and innovation within the construction industry.
Construction Business
VRCA’s new committee to foster equity
The Vancouver Regional Construction Association (VRCA) has launched its Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) Committee.
Canadian Property Management
CRE’s professional profile hinges on retention
An uptick in women and people of colour in the junior and mid-level ranks of commercial real estate belies the leakage of underrepresented groups higher on the career ladder.
Construction Business
Building a better construction industry
Technology has been the catalyst for significant advancement in the construction industry and can remove barriers and promote inclusivity.
Canadian Property Management
CRE’s demographic imbalance shifts tentatively
A majority of survey respondents are intent on broadening the industry's base of employees, but, for now, white men still fill the decision-making echelon to a disproportionate degree.
Canadian Property Management
Climate change and ESG pervade CRE projections
Climate change is more ominous than the spectre of regulations and taxes for a small majority of commercial real estate leaders responding to REALPAC’s recent survey of their expectations for the next decade.
Canadian Property Management
Real estate gender splits outdo TSX benchmark
Women are somewhat more conspicuous in commercial real estate’s executive suites and boardrooms than is the average for Canadian companies that disclose such information to regulators and unit/shareholders.
Canadian Property Management
Women promised more leadership roles at BGO
BentallGreenOak is pledging to elevate women into at least 30 per cent of its leadership roles within the near term.
Canadian Property Management
Measurable actions convey diversity resolve
The CREED Council’s 22-member board of directors is influentially placed in senior management roles in property management, development, leasing, finance/investment and various professional services.
Canadian Property Management
CREED Council to champion equity and diversity
A new volunteer council, gleaning insight and experience from all commercial real estate disciplines, is exhorting the industry to better reflect the society in which it operates.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Winnipeg multifamily manager named DISI leader
Adeayomi Adeyemi, a community manager with Hazelview Properties, has been named one of 10 leaders for 2021 through the Institute of Real Estate Management’s diversity and inclusion succession initiative.
Construction Business
Women in trades: the challenge of change
Change is not easy. And women entering the male dominated construction industry know that better than most, representing 4.5 per cent of the skilled trades.
Canadian Property Management
Cracking through entrenched social inequities
Commercial real estate investors, owners and managers are acknowledging that entrenched social inequities undermine their workforces, their tenants and the value of their portfolios.
REMI Network
Industry resource promotes diverse expertise
Developers of the European database, Women Talk Real Estate, are exploring demand for a similar resource to leverage insight from Black, Asian and other minority ethnic (BAME) professionals.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Sodexo Canada honoured for dedication to diversity
Sodexo Canada has been named WEConnect International’s 2018 Corporation of the Year in Canada for its focus on diversity, inclusion and gender equality.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Canada invests in Sikh Heritage Museum of Canada project
The Government of Canada is investing $380,000 to the Sikh Heritage Museum of Canada for its project “Becoming Canadians Eh! The Sikhs.”
