Facilitated By: Lavinia Latham, Lawyer & Workplace Investigator
To build truly inclusive workplaces requires hiring practices that are not only equitable and attractive to diverse candidates, but that proactively remove barriers to participation. Everything we do during recruitment, from where we source candidates, to our job ads, to our application process and interviews, to our selection decisions, should promote inclusion and belonging.
In this engaging, interactive session, we will use case studies, activities, and small- and large-group discussions to help equip you with the skills to brand yourself as an employer who welcomes diverse job candidates, identify and remove barriers to inclusion throughout the hiring process, understand and mitigate the impacts of unconscious bias in hiring, conduct fair and inclusive interviews, and otherwise embed EDI (equity, diversity and inclusion) considerations in your recruitment practices.
Lunch will be served at 12:30 PM.
Speaker will begin at 1:00 PM.
Lavinia Latham is a leader in human rights law and was recognized as CIBWE’s 100 Black Women to Watch in 2019 and was more recently recognized as a 100 Accomplished Black Canadian Women honouree.
Before joining Bernardi Human Resource Law, Lavinia was the Human Rights and Equity Advisor at a school board. She also co-developed and launched an anti-racist leadership course for the Catholic Principals’ Council of Ontario. As a law student, she served as the National President of the Black Law Students’ Association of Canada.
Lavinia is passionate about helping organizations achieve a healthy, productive, and psychologically safe workplace environment that is free from discrimination. She has developed and led 100+ equity and human rights training workshops.
Lavinia has worked with school boards, universities, municipalities, police services, long-term care homes, and unions. She also works with these organizations to develop and provide training on respectful workplaces, racial sensitivity, and human rights compliance.
To access printable poster for this session, please use the following link: Inclusive Recruitment Poster
Thursday, September 26
12:30 PM – 4:00 PM
Four Points - Balmoral Ballroom
1150 Wellington Rd S
London, ON
N6E 1M3
FREE
Registration closes on September 25 at 12:00PM
* Ticket Types are based on the county you WORK in
** Elgin and Oxford participants, please use access key