| Please describe your diversity programs and initiatives |
In 2013, the firm signed on to the Law Firm Diversity and Inclusion Network (LFDIN) demonstrating its commitment to advance diversity and inclusion in the legal profession through recruitment, retention, advancement and support. In July 2020, we signed the Law Firm Pledge with The Canadian Council of Business Leaders Against Anti Black Systemic Racism (the BlackNorth Initiative) as a sign of our commitment to increasing the representation of black lawyers in the legal community. We sponsor many diverse student groups and other organizations and events including the Black Law Students Association, PRISME LGBTQ2S, the Get Real Movement, Jean Augustine Centre for Young Women Empowerment and Give a Night to World AIDS for Stephen Lewis Foundation. We also recently created multiple renewable scholarships designed to support BIPOC and first generation law students to reduce the financial barriers to entry.
We support gender diversity. We sponsor the Women's Executive Network Annual Awards Gala, the Canadian Women's Federation Annual Breakfast, Allard's Annual Women in Law Celebration, Vancouver Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW Vancouver), Young Women in Law, BC Business Most Influential Women Reception and various women's groups at certain Canadian law schools. We also host various networking events for our female lawyers and clients and regularly host other sessions directed towards women on business development, networking and leadership. We regularly send our senior female associates to attend Rotman Business School's intensive 2-day program "Business Leadership for Women". We have also retained an external coach to work with our associates who have, or who will shortly become, new parents to assist with the challenges associates face with respect to balancing work and family.
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