Concordia University
PAE-6: Diversity and Equity Coordination

Under the direction of the Executive Director of Human Resources, Employment and Organizational Effectiveness, the Senior Employment Advisor is responsible for the coordination of Concordia’s Employment Equity program. The program is committed to providing equal opportunities for employment, ensuring that selection, promotion, and professional development opportunities are based on competencies and qualifications and identifying and removing systemic barriers to employment opportunities. Concordia is committed to employment equity and in collaboration with our community, we analyze our workforce and our employment practices and work towards the achievement of a diversified and representative workforce of the designated groups: Quebec: Women, Aboriginal Peoples, visible minorities, ethnic minorities, and handicapped persons Federal: Women, Aboriginal Peoples, persons with disabilities, and members of visible minorities We make recommendations for setting institutional recruitment and selection strategies for staff groups; assist in the development of action plans for the hiring, promotion, and retention of members of the five groups designated by the Federal Contractors Programme (FCP) and the Provincial Employment Equity Act across all staff job categories.

Concordia has as core values Excellence, Opportunity and Quality of Life, for all community members. In addition, and for almost 25 years Concordia University has formalized its commitment to Employment Equity and to achieving a diversified and representative workforce. Concordia University is fully committed to this objective and continues to work toward its achievement. The University complies with the Federal Employment Equity Act, and Quebec’s Equal Access to Employment Act and participates in the the Federal Contractor’s Program and the Workforce Analysis conducted by the Commission des droits de la personne et des droits de la jeunesse (CDPDJ).