Research briefs, news, and event recaps related to racial minorities.
Black on Bay Street: Hadiya Roderique had it all. But still could not fit in.
GATE-funded researcher Hadiya Roderique talks about race and fit on Bay Street in the Globe and Mail
Discrimination in Hiring
As part of our Rotman Short Talks series, hear from Professor Sonia Kang about how diversity statements can have unintended consequences, leading to less diversity in hiring, not more.
‘Whitening’ and Self-Presentation in the Labour Market
Rotman Management Magazine
Sonia Kang, Katherine DeCelles, Andràs Tilcsik, and Sora Jun show that even companies that publicly espouse an inclusive environment continue to discriminate against candidates who appear to be from non-white backgrounds. Worse yet, many non-white job candidates are proactively ‘whitening’ their resumes in order to hide their racial identity.
U of T students protest lack of diversity on all-white social equality panel
Sarah Kaplan is interviewed on CBC's The Current
Four Short Talks: Changing the conversation on inequality
This event launched the publication of Rotman Magazine’s special issue on Inequality. We featured four short “TED-style” talks on inequality and what to do about it on October 03, 2017
Announcement of Best Paper Award
(Institute researchers awarded best paper award for “Whitened Resumes: Race and Self-Presentation in the Labor Market.” Administrative Science Quarterly)
Rotman Magazine Special Issue on Inequality
(New! We collaborated with Rotman Magazine on a special issue on Inequality, out this Fall!)
Unintended consequences of diversity statements
Pro-diversity value statements impact the applications of racial minorities but do not protect these applicants from hiring bias