Women
Women in Governance promotes women in leadership roles. In 2018 and 2019, BDC received this level of certification for gender parity in the workplace.
What is Bronze parity certification
In 2019, what percentage of BDC employees identified as being a visible minority?
What is 20%
1 in this number of BDC employees has a disability.
What is 1 in 7
Spoken at the commencement of an event, such as a meeting or ceremony to the traditional owners and ongoing custodians of a place or land territory.
What is an Indigenous traditional territory acknowledgement.
This initiative saw over 700 BDC employees sign up to support their colleagues.
What is the BDC Ally campaign.
This BDC leader was appointed National Lead for the Women’s Entrepreneur initiative in early 2017.
Who is Laura Didyk
Name two programs that BDC sponsors that support newcomer entrepreneurs.
What is NEST and ACCES' Entrepreneurship Connections
BDC partners with this organization in doing audits, research and advocacy.
What is CCRW (Canadian Centre for Rehabilitation and Work)
A dedicated team of BDC individuals who provide financing and understand the unique challenges Indigenous businesses face.
What is the IBU.
BDC recognizes this movement that educates people and promotes awareness about the residential school system and its impact.
What is Orange Shirt Day
In 2018, what was the percentage of women at BDC?
What is 49%
This BDC team helps New Canadians with resources and advice to jumpstart their businesses in Canada.
What is NEST (New Canadian Entrepreneur Success Team)
BDC supports this organization which provides financing and mentorship to people who are using business projects to rebound from mental health or addiction issues.
What is RISE
In 2018, this % of Indigenous employees self-identified as senior managers.
What is 0%
This national program, which BDC sponsors, provides transitioning Canadian military personnel and veterans with education, tools and resources to jump start their businesses.
What is Prince's Operation Entrepreneur.
46 people at BDC were involved in this 12-month pilot program, that wrapped up in December 2019.
What is the BDC Mentoring Program
We all have it. Defined as a prejudice or an unsupported judgment in favor of, or against a person or group.
What is unconscious bias
BDC is currently creating this kind of catalogue to support persons with disabilities.
What is an Assistive Technology Catalogue
BDC's "How to get a Business Loan" was translated in this Indigenous language.
What is Inuktitut.
This is the number of Indigenous persons employed at BDC today?
What is 37
What is the percentage of women that sit on BDC's Board of Directors?
What is 38%
In 2018, which country welcomed more refugees than any other nation in the world?
What is Canada
This is the name of a group of BDC employees who share a common interest and work to further support D&I vision and values.
What is BDC’s Employee Resource Group for Persons with Disabilities
In Canada, the term Indigenous refers to these three groups of peoples.
What is First Nations, Metis and Inuit people.
What is the most significant change that was made to BDC's Employment Equity self-identification questionnaire in F20?
What is non-binary