Board Diversity & Inclusion: Deepening Foundations and Embedding Actions
Board Diversity & Inclusion: Deepening Foundations and Embedding Actions
Strengthen your equity, diversity and inclusion knowledge and practices of your non-profit board.
Deepen your understanding of bias and inclusive culture and assess your board diversity practices! Board Diversity and Inclusion: Deepening Understanding and Practice equips board members with a deeper understanding of inclusive and welcoming board practices. This workshop looks into the ways that bias impacts board culture, and introduces a benchmarking tool to assess current diversity and inclusion practices of your board.
Learning Outcomes:
By the end of this workshop, you will be able to:
- Engage with advanced issues related to board diversity and inclusion.
- Assess opportunities to engage diverse community members in governance.
- Identify actions to further foster an inclusive board culture.
- Develop equitable and inclusive leadership skills to support the engagement of current and future diverse board members.
- Apply a tool to evaluate current board equity, diversity and inclusion practices.
Suggested Participants:
Non-profit board members, Executive Directors, or other senior staff who have engaged with foundational issues related to board diversity and inclusion and want to expand on that work.
Note: If your board is discussing diversity and inclusion for the first time, we recommend starting with Vantage Point’s workshop entitled: Board Diversity and Inclusion: Introduction to Key Concepts
Program Benefits:
Participants will explore:
- A deeper understanding of foundational concepts related to diversity and inclusion.
- Ways to increase the participation of equity-deserving groups in governance.
- Skills and tools to assess and strengthen diversity and inclusion beyond their current practices and priorities.
Workshop Facilitators:
Maria Turnbull
Maria brings over 20 years of leadership experience in staff and director roles within the non-profit sector, both here in Canada and in the UK. With a BA in International Relations and MBA, Maria is a skilled facilitator and consultant in board governance, organizational development, and management. She has consulted for Foundations, the City of Vancouver, various colleges, and hundreds of other non-profit organizations.
Amy Saini
Amy Saini is a multifaceted and energetic HR Consultant who has 18 years of experience driving organizational change in the non-profit sectors. Amy believes that strong HR practices are essential to realizing the overall organizational strategy.
A trusted and skilled advisor, Amy has implemented innovative and diverse initiatives and programs in different organizations. She enjoys working on people development, employee relations, engagement and supporting teams and leaders through change. As a social justice seeker, she is very motivated to work on HR programming which embeds diversity, equity and inclusion principles.