"Physical Health Education (PHE) Canada hired Dipal to conduct an equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) assessment of the organization. Dipal conducted focus groups with our Board, Council of Provinces and Territories, Research Council, membership and interviewed our staff. In her repot to us she provided practical recommendations on how we can create a more diverse, equitable and inclusive organization and build on the initiatives we were already good at. One of the results coming out of the assessment is that our Board will be creating an EDI committee to move the recommendations forward. Dipal also provided insight to help us craft our strategic directions on EDI in our strategic plan. We valued Dipal’s engagement style tremendously and trusted her professionalism and sensitivity to the difficult nature of this work as she worked with our stakeholders across the country. Her insights and recommendations on how we can take our organization forward on EDI lay the foundation for change on a national scale.”
Melanie Davis, Executive Director, Physical Health and Education Canada
"CSMLS hired D&D Inclusion Consulting for our Diversity Training Project. The consulting team was hired to customize three diversity and inclusion products to facilitate the integration of internationally-educated medical laboratory technologists (IEMLTs) into Canadian medical laboratories. Dipal and Ted brought to the project in-depth knowledge, experience and expertise in diversity, equity and inclusion. With a diverse advisory panel, they were thoughtful in their approach; identifying the key inclusion issues that our workforce faces and developing the customized diversity products. The team worked closely with all stakeholders to ensure the project was on time and high quality throughout the process. I am very pleased with the quality and uptake of the online training video, infographic and resource links Dipal’s team developed for CSMLS."
Christine Nielsen, Chief Executive Officer, Canadian Society for Medical Laboratory Science.
“Hot Docs hired Dipal to conduct an employment equity systems review for our organization. She analyzed key organizational documents and met with the Senior Management Team to leverage current practices and suggest additional techniques to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. Dipal provided practical recommendations and tools to help our organization, including the development of an external and internal diversity pipeline and succession plan. She was a pleasure to work with and her expertise was highly valuable.”
Brett Hendrie, Former Executive Director, Hot Docs
“We hired Dipal and Ted to conduct research on baseline diversity and inclusion practices of Kingston employers and to better understand immigrant recruitment and retention in the Kingston-area. Their familiarity with diversity and inclusion, combined with their research expertise, was very helpful in defining the project. They provided high quality research and analysis through online surveys, a literature review, informant interviews and focus groups. Dipal and Ted were a pleasure to work with, communicating promptly, professionally, and with patience and clarity. They pushed well beyond the scope of the project to provide us with comprehensive research. We are very impressed with their final report and find it to be a thorough and interesting read that can guide us in our future work. We are excited to share the report with our partners and to work with the Kingston community to implement the findings.”
Amanda Dorter, Project Coordinator, KEYS Job Centre
“ONESTEP hired Dipal to evaluate the Embracing Inclusion Project over a span of three years. Her strong evaluation skills and her depth of knowledge on diversity and inclusion combined was a strong asset to the project - she was able to develop an evaluation plan and tools that gave us rich quantitative and qualitative information. She also used innovative evaluation methods such as The Medicine Wheel Evaluation Framework to mine information that is hard to capture using more traditional evaluation frameworks and tools. Dipal is a strong communicator: her reports are comprehensive, clear, concise and well written, and she gives very good presentations. She used exceptional project management skills to ensure the evaluation was on schedule.”
Angela Conners, Project Manger, ONESTEP
“Dipal brought strong evaluation skills to the project and provided concrete recommendations to help refine the York Region International Student Guide. Her strong project management skills were also appreciated as she was able to guide and complete the project within the timeline.”
Sutha Balasingham, Former Project Manager, The Regional Municipality of York
“Dipal brought strong evaluation and project management skills to the IDO! Project. She was hired to evaluate the training component of the project, where she designed our survey, conducted a focus group, and produced an informative report. Dipal was able to bring an added layer of sensitivity when conducting the focus group with women who have been through trauma.”
Hanifa Kassam, Project Lead, I DO! Project, Supportive Housing of Waterloo
