With a background comprising finance, management consulting, and law, Tanya (who we call "Toni") De Mello has spent much of her career focusing on, and researching, unconscious bias. She is a human rights lawyer and a certified coach and mediator. She teaches at Ryerson University and was the Director of Human Rights there for four years. She is currently opening Ryerson's Faculty of Law, Canada's newest law school, as the Assistant Dean of Students. She has worked with elementary, high school and higher education institutions for over 25 years.
In addition to founding two NGOs, Toni has served in the United Nations High Commission for Refugees and the World Food Programme in Geneva (Switzerland), Senegal (West Africa) and Columbia (South America). Toni holds a dual Bachelor of Economics and Political Science from the University of Waterloo; a double Master in Public Policy and Urban and Regional Planning from Princeton University; and a dual law degree from McGill University. She recently completed her doctors at the University of Toronto, where she was looking at bias in hiring in Canada.
Sessions auxquelles Dr. Toni De Mello participe
Samedi 19 Février, 2022
Unconscious Bias. How do we create a more inclusive community in our schools and our Board? Diversity and equity have become buzzwords in business, NGO and government sectors but in reality, organizations, including educational institutions, have fallen short of reflecting and representing the broader population within which they work. Research shows that a 'sense of belonging' is key to a sense of job satisfaction. Moreover, it can determine the retention of employees. Feeling like ...