Strategy

Our strategy is to build a culture that integrates action and accountability, both culturally and institutionally, for instance developing inclusive leadership capability, supporting diverse talent, and partnering with our clients to further our efforts collectively.

Our leaders champion the values of equity, diversity and inclusion

• We have pledged ourselves to the Progressive Aboriginal Relations certification, at the commitment level
• We observe September 30 Orange Shirt Day / National Day of Truth and Reconciliation as a non-working day
• We committed to providing partner compensation information to an established professional association conducting research on pay equity
• We were a founding signatory to the BlackNorth Initiative, law firm pledge and our Chair Walied Soliman joined the board of directors
• We require unconscious bias training for all firm members

We establish targets, metrics, KPIs, and track and report on our progress

• We were the first firm in Canada to begin collecting comprehensive diversity data internally in 2013, and publishing it annually externally since 2018
• We have had targets in place to increase representation of women since 2014

We drive the attraction, selection, retention, inclusion and career progression of diverse talent

• We partner with and support external organisations to connect with and attract the broadest range of applicants
• We have consistent national recruiting standards to ensure an equitable process that minimises unconscious bias
• We support that career progression of our people with initiatives to improve mentoring, sponsorship, work allocation and career development
  
  

We embed diversity and inclusion in our discussions and decisions

• Increasing diversity and inclusive practices is a part of our key people processes, including recruitment, pitch teams, client teams, work allocation and assignments, performance evaluations, career progression, lateral opportunities and promotions

We demonstrate leadership in diversity and inclusion to clients and the external community

• We regularly report on our diversity and client team composition to clients and publish our aggregate firm data here.
• We share our knowledge and lead conversations through our ground-breaking events for clients, firm members and the legal community