Consulting

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I have over 20 years of experience as a DEIAB consultant, advisor, facilitator, policy/systems auditor, workshop/learning designer, strategy and program development leader, leadership coach, keynote speaker, and trainer. More specifically, my DEIAB work can be articulated as follows:

Global DEIAB Strategy Development:
Build and launch a global DEIAB strategy across multiple geographies through: robust consultations, intercultural communications/engagement, forming global working groups, and developing annual work plans to organize and track strategy implementation (this approach ensures that the strategy is locally relevant and globally responsive).

Strategic Advice and Leadership Coaching:
Provide strategic advice, counsel, coaching and expert advisory services to leaders, corporations, small businesses, government departments and agencies, storytellers, creative artists, and non-profit organizations on DEIAB.

Learning Programming:
Design and deliver DEIAB learning, development and training programs in a range of areas including: accessibility and accommodations, anti-bias, empathy and allyship, anti-discrimination, inclusive content/inclusive storytelling, and leveraging the power of storytelling to advance DEIAB work.

DEIAB Audits:
Undertake and execute DEIAB process audits and policy reviews to: identify, extract and mitigate bias; identify disproportionate impacts of policies, systems and programs on underrepresented/equity-deserving groups; and foster more DEIAB through systems reform.

DEIAB Data Collection and Reporting:
Create and scale a DEIAB data collection and reporting strategy, including designing self-identification surveys, qualitative Pulse surveys, and preparing internal reports and annual public reports on DEIAB data and programming.

Talent/HR Consulting, Program Leadership, and Systems Design:
Analyse existing and build net-new inclusive Talent/HR and business systems at all points of the employee and external stakeholder lifecycles through change management, bespoke design methods and in partnership with Talent/HR leaders.

Community Building:
Create an internal and external community-building strategy to foster belonging, and to support the creation and growth of employee resource groups.

Inclusive Content/Inclusive Storytelling/Inclusive Marketing:
Provide expert advisory services and design leadership to brand, content, communications, PR, social, studios and storytelling teams on inclusive content, DEIAB crisis communications, audience engagement, and inclusive storytelling. Services in this space include the development of: inclusive content guidelines; DEIAB considerations for crisis communications; best practices for the content development and production phases; and systems, frameworks, and processes for inclusive storytelling.

Keynote Speaker/Panelist/Moderator:
Deliver keynotes on a range of DEIAB topics and serve as a panelist, moderator, host, MC, facilitator and trainer. For all speaking engagements and to learn more about my topics/focus areas, please contact me or the Talent Bureau.

Select DEIAB Clients

• Association of Film Commissioners International
• Aviso Wealth
• Bank of Montreal
• Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
• BrandActive
• British Film Institute
• Canada Life
• Canada Media Fund
• Canadian Blood Services
• Canadian National Institute for the Blind
• DNEG Animation
• Euroclear
• Government of Canada
• Law Society of Ontario
• Law Society of Saskatchewan
• League
• Manulife
• McCarthy Tetrault LLP
• National Children’s Botanical Garden of Canada
• Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP
• South Asian Bar Association
• Stikeman Elliott LLP
• Sundance Institute
• Super.com
• T1 Agency
• Toronto International Film Festival
• TD Bank
• Veuve Clicquot/Moet Hennessy
• Wealthsimple