Celebrating differences

By Trevor J. Adams

Do you know local businesses that champions the values of equity, diversity, and inclusion? If so, there’s still time to help them get the recognition they deserve: organizers have extended the application deadline for the Diversity Atlantic Awards until July 31.

TD and Advocate are partnering to launch this new awards program.

“Celebrating excellence in diversity and inclusion in the Atlantic Canadian workforce, these awards spotlight the power small- to medium-sized businesses have when providing a work environment that respects everyone and celebrates our differences,” says Jill George, Advocate’s senior marketing manager. “Diversity, equity, and inclusion represents a broad range of experiences from health impairments or neurodiversity to socioeconomic background, ethnicity, or starting life in a new country.”

Organizers intend to present nine awards in three categories: consumptive products/services (food/drink producers, processors and growers, or related industries), non-consumptive products/services (fashion, personal style, craft, home and garden, décor, construction materials, and travel), and information technology.

To submit a nomination or learn more, go to: diversityatlanticawards.ca