Unconscious bias training for Senators, staff coming to the Upper Chamber

The course is one element of a larger, three-year plan tackling diversity and inclusion in the Senate that is currently being developed.

The front doors to the Senate of Canada Building at 2 Rideau St. are pictured on Dec. 10, 2020. Working with the Senate’s HR directorate, CIBA's subcommittee on diversity began reviewing the Upper Chamber’s diversity and inclusion efforts last June. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

February 17, 2021

With heightened attention in the Red Chamber on the issue of systemic racism, the Senate plans to introduce voluntary, online unconscious bias training for Senators, their staff, and the Senate administration this spring, with other efforts to address diversity and inclusion in the works. The Senat...

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