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[EQiSpace @EqiSpace]

After a hiatus, EQiSpace is back.

We’ve been working on a policy-research piece examining a growing but largely invisible issue in Canada: labour-market exile—where experienced professionals are pushed out, sidelined, or excluded from employment despite having valuable skills.

This is not just a workforce issue. It is a productivity, governance, and economic efficiency challenge.

A significant number of skilled professionals remain underutilized or detached from the labour market, often following workplace conflict, reputational harm, or failed re-entry. The result is lost human capital and weakened decision-making across sectors.

Our upcoming piece will explore:
• how labour-market exile operates (including “hidden” forms outside official data)
• why existing systems fail to reintegrate high-skill professionals
• practical, evidence-based pathways to bring this talent back into meaningful work

The objective is straightforward:
recover underutilized talent and strengthen organizational performance.

More to come shortly.

#LabourMarketExile #HumanCapital #WorkplaceCulture #Governance #PublicPolicy

[Statistics Canada @StatCan_eng]

In the 2021/2022 academic year, more than 1,725,000 Canadians were enrolled in postsecondary education. More than one-third of these students (592,950) belonged to a racialized group. https://t.co/60YV6QweRR #DiversityData #CdnEdu

[Statistics Canada @StatCan_eng]

Canada is truly a mosaic of people with very diverse ethnocultural backgrounds. Learn more about the country’s ethnocultural diversity: https://t.co/84gjg6syO2. #CanadianMulticulturalismDay #DiversityData

[EQiSpace @EqiSpace]

Our CEO's response to #LilyZheng on #LinkedIn re - #allyship.

#HR #DEI #Equity #Imposters

https://t.co/ixS7ibItQ8

[EQiSpace @EqiSpace]

In large measure, toxic leaders maintain their power - & their reign of workplace terror - through #ComplicitCareerists who refuse to call out abuse or wrongdoing.

#whistleblowers #nsicop #hr

Stay tuned for our article on wrongdoing & reference checks….

#DEI #Work #CdnPoli

[EQiSpace @EqiSpace]

Really?

The very fact that the little workplace surveillance robot exists speaks to a #GC #GoC management culture that doubts & devalues their employees.

We can help change that.

#EQiSpace #HR #Change #PitchDecks #CdnPoli #Trust #Values #Ethics #LpC #CPC #NDP #GPC

[CBC News @CBCNews]

A device public servants call "the little robot" began appearing in Gatineau office buildings this March.
Their union calls it intrusive and insulting.
The government says it's a tool to optimize workspaces and can't identify individual employees. https://t.co/grmJIGxzPC .

[EQiSpace @EqiSpace]

This racist imposter syndrome dynamic plays out in so many workplaces - especially against Black and nonwhite professionals.

We’re tired too. If you can’t change racist organizations from within, then build antiracist workplaces from the ground-up.

#HR #DEI #RacialEquity

[Yusra Abdullahi @ysabdullahi]

Teaching my first class this term, I dealt with a Dutch white woman student whose disrespect I was forced to tolerate for months. This person would roll her eyes at me in every class, gossip about me in Dutch, make comments about my face and hair, and question my qualifications.

[EQiSpace @EqiSpace]

#Juneteenth

[Human Rights Watch @hrw]

Juneteenth is a time to reckon with the devastating costs of suppressing information, including about slavery and its legacies.

Bold federal action is needed in the US to address how censorship has spurred a national education crisis.

Read more: https://t.co/HGEbgR2WsF

[EQiSpace @EqiSpace]

2/2

Since facts & evidence matter, here's the data set link for stats enthusiasts.

Anyone have comparable #USData to share?

https://t.co/hz7eEEC9WL

[EQiSpace @EqiSpace]

1/2

Canadian racial wage gap data to support @cthagod; yes Black people have to work harder to achieve economic parity.

BA or Higher: Black men earn 68% of White men; Black women earn 58% of White men.

#HR #RacialEquity #EQiSpace #CdnPoli #USPolitics #Statistics

[Real Time with Bill Maher @RealTimers]

FRIDAY: @BillMaher welcomes @cthagod, @ananavarro and @thejoelstein to Real Time @HBO!

Reply with a question and join the conversation after the show on #RTOvertime.

[EQiSpace @EqiSpace]

30% of Canadians aged 18 to 64 likely in poverty according to a two-item + material deprivation threshold.

Dovetails with our concern for discouraged workers & others who are marginally attached to the workforce or under-utilized in the labour market.

#HR #DEI #MDI #MBM #LFS

[Food Banks/Banques alimentaires Canada (inactive) @foodbankscanada]

Our landmark #MaterialDeprivationIndex (MDI) report, published with the support of @feedopportunity and @maytree_canada, shares a new way to gauge how many people in Canada are experiencing financial hardship.

[EQiSpace @EqiSpace]

This dovetails with the #CAF's recruitment & retention problems.

Canadians won't join a toxic environment resistant to change, but they will join servant leaders who can foster a culture of care.

#EQiSpace can help with that.

#HR #DEI #DND #CdnPoli #Sexism #Racism #Equity

[CBC News @CBCNews]

The lawyer representing the former head of the Canadian Armed Forces personnel branch is calling on the defence minister to bring in a civilian police force to review the "professional competency" of military police and its leadership. https://t.co/x9XEbT6KCD .

[EQiSpace @EqiSpace]

Out now on #EQiSpace

Opinion - Workplace Equity Outcomes Should be Determined by Total Population, Not Workforce or Labour Market Availability (WFA / LMA)

#HR #DEI #Stats #WFA #LMA #Canada #CdnPoli #Racism #Policy #Research #Equity #ESG #Investing

https://t.co/Nvj1eZGoWq

[EQiSpace @EqiSpace]

Dropping tomorrow on #EQiSpace.Com:

Opinion - Workplace Equity Outcomes Should be Determined by Total Population, Not Workforce or Labour Market Availability (WFA / LMA)

#HR #DEI #Stats #WFA #LMA #Canada #CdnPoli #Racism #Policy #Research #Equity #ESG #Investing

[EQiSpace @EqiSpace]

We've got the plan to build equitable race, gender, & ability representative workplaces from the ground-up. #Gender #Equity #EQiSpace #ESG #HR #Health #Finance #Construction

[Yahoo Finance @YahooFinance]

"It could take five generations to get to [gender] parity," World Economic Forum's @zahidi says. "There really needs to be a lot more acceleration when it comes to the efforts from businesses [and]... governments."

[EQiSpace @EqiSpace]

Upcoming on #EQiSpace, articles on:

- The Violence of Status Quo DEI in Canada
- How Weaponizing Reference Checks Help Workplace Bullies Get Ahead

#Racism #Equity #CanadianBusiness #Canada #CdnMedia #USMedia #DEI #Invest #ESG #HR #Health #Finance #Construction #Military #CAF

[EQiSpace @EqiSpace]

Tip of the iceberg on discrimination complaints in the airline industry.

Keep calling it out, otherwise nothing changes.

Trip reviews show nonwhite International travellers ditching Cdn airlines for carriers that treat them with respect.

Racism is costly! #HR #Aviation #DEI

[Colleen James @ColleenjamesKC]

I really wish this world were better. Unfortunately my husband and I will be filing a discrimination complaint against @WestJet. Sad times we are in.

[EQiSpace @EqiSpace]

As we move forward, we know we'll come under attack.

So if you get DM'ed by haters warning you off us, please ask them the following question:

What role did your network play in targeting a Black professional who stood with #EQiSpace? #HR #DEI #Canada

[EQiSpace @EqiSpace]

"How prevalent is blacklisting...& what are the social, economic, & professional consequences for people on these blacklists?"

#HR #DEI #Blacklist #Racism #Equity #EQiSpace

[Kareem Sadiq @KareemSadiq00]

Blacklisting professionals who stand for their rights & the rights of others is nothing new.

The mechanics remain hidden. #CdnMedia could do a better job of exposing the tools of the trade & the people who create the lists.

BIPoC pay a disproportionate price. #CBC #CdnPoli

[EQiSpace @EqiSpace]

3/3
Sole-source contracting isn’t a problem if justified & fairly allocated to a range of competent providers.

Sole-sourcing uniquely to favoured insiders is unethical & unfair to those who qualify on merit, but aren't connected to networks of influence.

That needs to change.

[EQiSpace @EqiSpace]

1/3
Nepotism, cronyism, & a culture of unaccountability allow for policies to be flouted.

Sole-source contracts are ok if justified; the problem is repetitively giving contracts to favoured contacts.

The issue is FAIRNESS in contracting.

#Procurement #AG #CdnPoli #CdnMedia

[CBC News @CBCNews]

The Auditor General says the federal government flouted proper contracting policies and was unable to show it got value for money when awarding $209 million in contracts to consulting firm McKinsey & Company. https://t.co/RjIceWal5H .

[EQiSpace @EqiSpace]

2/3
Sole-source contacts are ok when justified; the problem is repetitively giving contracts to favoured contacts.

If the govt moves to restrict sole-source procurement, it could paradoxically further limit access to contracts from qualified Canadians traditionally excluded.