Steve McIntosh, CEO of CareerPoint, offers HR leaders tips on what to offer candidates to remain competitive in the tight labor market.

Marc-André Nataf, CEO of Cegid’s North American companies and the head of HR Tech strategic initiatives, understands the challenges ahead as countries combat the Omicron variant.

The legalese surrounding difficult employees can be tricky to decipher. HRD Canada recently caught up with Matthew Certosimo, partner at Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, who talked us through the notion of just cause in the workplace – an issue he analyses in depth in his best-selling book, Just Cause: The Law of Summary Dismissal in Canada.

Nancy Simms, director of human rights, equity & inclusion and Bharat Saini, manager of human rights equity & inclusion, both with Humber College in Toronto, discuss how HR professionals can support transformative equity, inclusion, and belonging in workplaces.

Canada is going through a virtual healthcare revolution. Accelerated by the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, digital solutions are providing increased convenience, simplicity, and improved health support. While these innovations are designed to improve Canada’s healthcare system, leaders still need to take a closer look and address important questions surrounding incorporating these solutions into their HR plans. In this episode, we chat with Daniel Martz, Vice President of Virtual Care at Telus Health on the evolution of virtual care technology in Canada. Learn the limitations of digital health solutions and how the right solutions merge technology with empathy and compassion.

Meaningfully engaging with the next generation of talent goes beyond creating a dynamic, socially appealing workplace. To reach and resonate with new talent, leadership must prioritize creating a workplace culture that fosters growth, creates meaningful work and encourages continued learning and development. To explore this, HRD Talk sits down with Judene Pretti, Director of the Work-Learn Institute at the University of Waterloo, and Maanasa Rajaguru, a third-year Honours English, Rhetoric, Media, and Professional Communication co-op student at the University of Waterloo, as they discuss current engagement trends and how organizations can better engage with young talent.

In part three of this series presented by Workplace Safety & Prevention Services Tony Gareri, CEO, Roma Moulding, discusses his role as a CEO in transforming and maintaining a positive workplace culture. Tony discusses what leadership success looks like and how employees can be engaged for improved company culture and overall performance

In part two of this series presented by Workplace Safety & Prevention Services Dr. Bill Howatt, Chief of Research, The Conference Board of Canada shares his personal journey around mental health and resiliency--and importantly, discusses how CEOs and leadership can accommodate employees dealing with mental health concerns in order to thrive.

In part one of this series presented by Workplace Safety & Prevention Services, Bill Borger, CEO, Borger Group of Companies, discusses leadership and his company’s tradition of fostering a safety culture in the workplace that promotes employee safety and organizational success.

This episode is presented in partnership with Workplace Safety & Prevention Services (WSPS)

There’s no neat ‘one-size-fits-all’ when it comes to tackling racism, says LeRon Barton. Speaking with HRD, the writer, author and much in demand TEDx speaker on all things race and equity says that he’s fed up of diversity groupings in HR – terms that essentially throw a blanket experience on anyone that’s not white.  “I think it's very lazy,” says Barton. “It essentially says that, oh, because you're not white, we all have the same experience, the same problem, the same issues. And yes, we do all suffer against racism and white supremacy – but our individual experiences with that are different. That’s why I think terms like BIPOC are goofy.”