Calling someone a “diversity hire” is just code.

The Academy Awards are being handed out this weekend, honouring 2023’s best films, but people are still talking about the star and director of the year’s biggest, pinkest movie being left out of the nominations. With the fun and feminist Barbie nominated for Best Picture and having grossed over a billion dollars, it seems bizarre that its creators were passed over, especially when nominated co-star Ryan Gosling will be performing his ode to Ken at the ceremony. "It's defin

Breakfast Culture CEO Jefferson Darrell has been mentoring entrepreneur Pascale Joëlle, a genderfluid transmasculine nonbinary person who has founded Hello Gender to educate parents and leaders on issues of gender identity and expression. With so much misinformation and dangerous rhetoric around transgender children now, and in keeping with Breakfast Culture’s mission of education and empathy in business, we were pleased when Pascale agreed to share their story... “This can’

Some stories are inspirational, some are heartbreaking, and the story of Brendan Burke is both. In 2007, this son of one of the most celebrated managers in hockey was a goalie for his college team but risked it all when he came out as gay. Brendan’s brother Patrick told ESPN, “I don't think it's fair the face of homosexuality in hockey should be a 20-year-old college kid, but Brendan is more than willing to be the guy , which awes me.” Over the next three years, Brendan bega

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced in August 2022 that Canada will commit $100 million in federal funding for Queer community groups over the next five years, calling it the first Federal 2SLGBTQI+ Action Plan . This statement also officially streamlined a longer acronym that he used the previous October, 2SLGBTQQIA+, moving the “2S” that refers to two-spirited Indigenous peoples in order to honour them as among Canada’s First Peoples and to reflect beliefs like those of

Like many kids, I would escape from the trials of ordinary life through fantasy and science fiction books and films. One of my favourites...

When an organization begins the process of examining and addressing their own diversity, equity and inclusion standards, a lot of...