The Inclusive Project
Is your workplace reflective of the customer /clientele you serve?
If not we can help…and if already taking initiative we can improve.
Today, we are pleased to present the opportunity to learn about how 250+ communities can live in harmony in Edmonton. INCLUSIVE, a project under diversity magazine, is a strategic way to for organizations to effectively engage their diverse workforce, as well as Edmonton’s diverse communities, as a strategic advantage to boost sales/clientele through the promotion of inclusivity and diversity. Through our various options, we present a way for you to work with a publication that supports and promotes diversity and inclusion.
First Nations leaders have always call Edmonton “a great gathering place”. The great gathering and inclusive place spirit has led Edmontonians to create the first Mosque in Canada, invent the food bank, built a community league system, launched PCL, Stantec, The Running Room, Telus, Shaw, Ledcor and Bioware and many more.
Edmonton, lets engage and include newcomers and diverse communities to our city to live and work even better!
Objectives of Inclusive Edmonton: According to Statistic Canada’s 2011 NHS statistics, roughly 10,000 people immigrate to Edmonton each year. It makes good economic and social sense for Edmonton, or any organization to harness the power of diversity. This entire effort is designed to help residents from diverse backgrounds in the city live and work side by side in harmony.
The Inclusive Project will also generate great ideas to help organizations based in Edmonton to develop deeper insights into how to improve inclusion of their workforce.
This project help Edmonton as a city to attract others to move to Edmonton and or invest in Edmonton.
It will enable businesses to develop new markets as they use their diverse workforce to get closer to their pool of increasingly diverse customers and focus on talent attraction, retention, development, and promotion of the best people.
Interested to become a partner or an organization, please call 780.709.0965, 780.289.5134 or email: michelle@diversitymag.ca
Click Here to see what THE INCLUSIVE PROJECT and its partners have produced so far!
1. Diversity Magazine Print (every three months) and Diversity Online (every Friday): After 2 successful years in operation, Afro-Canadian Magazine has evolved to Diversity magazine to help build a more inclusive Edmonton and Alberta through engaging and sharing successes of everyone, as well as, share the rich and diverse culture of Albertans with the world through: print, online and all our social media platforms. As always, we count on your support! https://diversitymag.ca/staging/
2. Talents and Skills Development Project, monthly meetings at Diversity Magazine Office at 8819 118Av, Edmonton: Lots of young talents and skills in our community goundeveloped and thus, un-exploited for reasons ranging from lack of support networks, opportunities and funds, to lack of development, promotional programs and a stage to showcase talents. https://diversitymag.ca/staging/about-tsdp/
3. Diversity Business Membership: Do you want to make the transition from employee to self-employed and to employer but you are too busy with your current job? Do you want to take your business to the next level? Then you need to join an average of 20 people per week who talk to us to help start and grow their businesses and non profits through our business memberships. Lets hold your hand and help you realize your dream to start or grown your business TODAY! https://diversitymag.ca/staging/business-membership/
4. 7/11 Party, 118 Av and 89St Edmonton: Alberta Avenue used to be known for all kinds of negative things but today, the “7/11 Party” is working on changing this image, one party at a time. The “7/11 Party”, is one of such initiatives designed to cast a positive light on Alberta Avenue, by putting on exciting performances to get people drawing and painting, as well as poetry sessions to connect communities and showcase local talent. This event is trying to promote Alberta Avenue as a safe and vibrant part of Edmonton. The Party engages young talent in Edmonton with a focus on Alberta Avenue Area, in order to bring communities together. The first “7/11 Party” took place this year on August 17 in the parking lot of the 7-Eleven store on 90th Street and 118 Ave, from 7pm – 11pm. We look forward to 2015 and the involvement of many talents, skills and communities in Alberta Avenue and beyond. This project is a collaboration between the City of Edmonton, 7-Eleven store on 90th Street and 118 Ave, Nova Plaza, Diversity Magazine, Arts on the Ave, The Alberta Avenue Community League, The Mennonite Centre for Newcomers,The Rat Creek Press, the City of Edmonton’s Avenue Initiative Revitalization, and the Neighbourhood Empowerment Team with the support of hundreds of community members who came out to enjoy the party. It was great, fun, and exciting, and something for Alberta Avenue to be proud of.
5. Afro-Canadian Heroes:
It started in 2010 and currently working on the 2015 edition to appreciate contributions of Afro-Canadians in Alberta through awards and showcase of talents, skills, products and services. Next Afro-Canadian Heroes event is scheduled for October 2015.
What is Afro-Canadian Heroes Event all about?
Imagine hanging out with over 500+ of Alberta Afro-Canadian’s finest, sharing and discussing the question: “How Can I Move Forward or get more involved in the community?”
We know for a fact that you’ve got ideas and opinions and have seen things that others do and you wish you could do the same or even better or you and members of your community may have products and services to tell others about or want others to tell family and friends about or want to connect to those from other communities. Who knows, maybe you’ll visit a table at the Trade Show, talk to someone during the networking sessions, or hear an idea from an inspirational speaker that inspires you to start an amazing project or maybe your idea inspires someone else or meet an employer and find that dream job.
Regardless, we predict you’ll get a chance to catch up with friends and colleagues and meet some inspiring new friends who are up to incredible things. Join us and meet people from all works of life: politicians, doctors, pharmacist, accountants, politicians, HR reps, engineers, entrepreneurs, cleaners, sales reps, community leaders, artist, carers, family men and women and what have you. We are pleased to offer you an opportunity to connect to a very multicultural version of Alberta.
Charge: Entry fee is just $10 advance entry fee, $20 at the door and free entrance for kids! For tickets, please call 780.709.0965 or 780.803.9973 stop at our office at 8819 118Av Edmonton, Alberta, 10am-8pm. There will an on site daycare for a $10 fee for kids. Open cash bar at event \
Venue: Alberta Avenue Community League Hall, 9210 118Ave Edmonton.
6. Diversity Market at Cariwest Festival, Churchill Square, Edmonton: Sharing arts, crafts and rich culture with Albertans through table display and selling of stuffs.
Tim is 23. He lives in the north of Edmonton. He produces great chocolate which he sells in a couple of stores in Edmonton. Kim 30, a graphic designer who designs and sells fantastic photos, lives in the south of Edmonton. They all want more and possibly larger and even the largest stores to carry their products. Online is another area that they want to grow their business. They need investments to fill in new orders in these stores and want to tap into new markets in neighbouring cities in Alberta, Canada and the US.
In a world where the next big thing happening in business; internationally, AirBnB and Uber, and locally; Yardstick and more came from the start-ups of yesterday. Where business start-up programs are the engine of growth in the US and other countries. Where does Edmonton fit in this fast changing world? We thought Edmonton’s bright minds producing great ideas, wonderful products, and services, new initiatives and businesses, deserve the support of Edmonton to earn a place at the table of future start-up greatness.
We set up a program called Illuminate Edmonton to help start-up increase their reach in the market; in stores, online, and other users of their products and services; get a top class mentor; attract investment; find financing, and build a great team.
