In April 2010, the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board conducted its first workforce census. The purpose of the Census was to gather demographic information about the unique and diverse composition of our workforce. This provided a snap shot of who we are as an organization, what is important to our employees at work, at home and in their community. In addition, the information shared also gave us a sense of our talent capacity, including linguistic and cultural abilities, to serve an increasingly diverse student and parent populations. This information has begun to inform key district initiatives such as: policies and procedures, professional development; recruitment and succession planning strategies.
Since the Census, the following initiatives were developed to put the findings into action:
- Strategic Diverse Workforce Working Group
- A Date with Diversity
- Employee Resource Councils