Employment Equity

At IDRC, diversity is key to our success and we are committed to achieving employment equity in our workforce, reflective of the composition of Canada’s labour market and Canadian Society. Our goal is to create and maintain an innovative and responsive work environment in which employees are valued and respected. The information you provide will assist us in achieving our goal. This information will be used for statistical purposes only and is protected under the Privacy Act.

Designated Groups - Definitions

An Aboriginal person is a North American Indian or a member of a First Nation, a Métis or Inuit. North American Indians or members of a First Nation include Status, treaty or registered Indians, as well as non-status and non-registered Indians.

A person with a disability has a long-term or recurring physical, mental, sensory, psychiatric or learning impairment and who:
i) considers himself/herself to be disadvantaged in employment by reason of that impairment, or
ii) believes that an employer or potential employer is likely to consider him/her to be disadvantaged in employment by reason of that impairment.

As examples, disabilities may include:
• Co-ordination or dexterity impairment (difficulty using hands or arms, for example, grasping or handling a stapler or using a keyboard)
• Mobility impairment (difficulty moving around, for example, from one office to another or up and down stairs, etc.)
• Speech impairment (unable to speak or difficulty speaking and being understood)
• Blind or visually impaired (unable to see or difficulty seeing)
• Deaf or hard of hearing (unable to hear or difficulty hearing)
• Other disability (including learning disabilities, developmental disabilities and all other types of disabilities)

A person in a visible minority in Canada is someone, other than Aboriginal peoples, who are non-Caucasian in race or non-white in colour, regardless of birthplace.

As examples, visible minority groups include:
• Black
• Non-white Latin American (including indigenous persons from Central and South America, etc.)
• Person of mixed origin (With one parent in one of the visible minority groups listed above.)
• Chinese
• Japanese
• Korean
• Filipino
• South Asian/East Indian (includes Indians from India, Bangladesh, Pakistani, East Indian from Guyana, Trinidad, East Africa, etc.)
• Non-white West Asian, North African or Arab (including Egyptian, Libyan, Lebanese, Iranian, etc.)
• Southeast Asian (including Burmese, Cambodian, Laotian, Thai, Vietnamese, etc.)