Elections and the Ethnic Vote: Numbers Lottery or Political Representation?

This coming Thursday, October 20th from 6 to 8pm, the South Asian Journalists' Association is co-presenting a public discussion at the Munk School of Global Affairs on the "ethnic" vote. The discussion is focused on answering questions like "Is there a South Asian ethnic vote?" and "Are political parties really interested in hearing new voices."

The discussion panel includes MPP-elect Jagmeet Singh (NDP) from Brampton-Gore-Malton, CBC TV's Steve D'Souza, The Agenda's Piya Chattopadhay, Rana Sarkar (former Liberal and federal candidate for Scarborough-Rouge River, and Sunil Rao, editor of South Asian Focus.

For more information or to register to attend this event visit the website at http://webapp.mcis.utoronto.ca/EventDetails.aspx?eventid=11115

Saying hello (again) to a healthcare employer

Mount Sinai Hospital, located in Toronto has been a TalentOyster employer since the early summer of 2010. In their first year they simply used our services to post their healthcare related jobs on our site.

This year though, having seen the value for diverse employees in using TalentOyster they expanded their solution package with us to include an employer profile page.

The profile page for Mount Sinai is a good example of what an employer profile page should be.

It starts by clearly identifying the employer and gives a general idea of what kind of industry and roles the employer is in. Then the profile lists some of the reasons that any candidate, but especially in the TalentOyster case a diverse candidate, would want to work at the employer. In this specific example beyond the basics of compensation and assistance the benefits of an inclusive environment embracing diversity are mentioned. It might seem like an obvious thing but letting diverse candidates know an employer has a diverse workforce and is interested in expanding it is a good thing.

At any rate be sure to check out their new profile page. And if you know someone who is looking for a healthcare related job in the GTA region let them know about all the opportunities they can find on TalentOyster. As an example there have been over 100 healthcare jobs posted on our site in just the past 3 1/2 weeks.