‘Canadian Firms Are Heavily Engaged in Social Engineering’: Study Tracks DEI Training in Corporate Canada

Office towers, condos and apartment buildings are seen in downtown and the west end of Vancouver, on Jan. 19, 2023. The Canadian Press/Darryl Dyck

Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives are widely embraced by Canadian corporations, with 96 percent of firms implementing DEI training and 88 percent establishing demographic hiring goals, a new study suggests.

The study by public policy think tank the Aristotle Foundation also found that most of the top 25 TSX-listed Canadian firms it examined heavily engage in “social engineering.”