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Opening Doors: Shaping Digital, Diverse and Empowered Workforces

 

Welcome! We're excited that you're thinking of joining the inaugural 2022-23 Opening Doors Cohort!

WHO CAN APPLY?
The program is open to those who identify as women and are between the ages of 25-35. Those working in private, public and academia are encouraged to apply as cross-sector collaboration and exchange increases the value of the program.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS
1. This program is open to those who identify as women, non-binary and gender diverse people, and are between the ages of 25-35.
2. You must make individual arrangements and seek approval from your employer or salary, benefits and leave of absence, if required. 
3. If selected, you must participate in the current year's program and cannot defer your acceptance to another date.
4. All participants must be a WCT member. If you are not already a member, you are encouraged to apply to the program without purchasing a membership.
5. Successful participants will need to purchase a membership upon acceptance to the program. Reduced membership rates are available for participants.
 
DISCLAIMER
The collection of equity-deserving information for this application is to ensure that the cohort reserves 50% of the delegate for the representation of these groups. All responses will be kept confidential and will be used solely for the purpose of this program. Disclosing this information is voluntary, however, it is strongly encouraged to complete this questionnaire to ensure WCT is ensuring an equitable, fair and representative environment for all. 

Applicant Information
Are you between the ages of 25-35?

This program is reserved for participants between 25-35. Please sign up for our newsletter to hear about other programs that may be a better fit for you: 

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Equity- Deserving Information

WCT is committed to selection based on merit by ensuring full participation of the four groups designated in the Government of Canada's Employment Equity Act (EEA): women, Aboriginal Peoples (Indigenous), persons with disabilities, and members of visible minority groups. In addition to this WCT is committed to the inclusivity of those in the LGBTQ2S+ community. The self-declaration form below is used to indicate that you are a member of one or more of the Employment Equity (EE) groups. Your response to the self-declaration questions is voluntary and will be used solely for the purpose of this program. 

We appreciate the time you take to fill out this information. 

Consent Option (please specify)
Indigenous Peoples: An Indigenous person is First Nation, Métis, or Inuit. This includes status as well as non-status and non-registered. Are you an Indigenous person?
Optional: If you wish to provide further details, please specify the group to which you belong.
Gender: Women are members of a designated group under the Employment Equity Act. Do you identify as a woman?
Visible Minority: A person in a visible minority group in Canada is someone (other than an Indigenous person as defined above) who is non-Caucasian in race or non-white in colour, regardless of place of birth. Are you a member of a visible minority group?
Optional: If you wish to provide further details, please select the box(es) that best describes your origin.
Person with a disability: A person with a disability has a long-term or recurring physical, mental, sensory, psychiatric or learning impairment, and 1. considers himself/herself to be disadvantaged in employment by reason of that impairment, or, 2. believes that an employer or potential employer is likely to consider him/her to be disadvantaged in employment by reason of that impairment, and includes persons whose functional limitations owing to their impairment have been accommodated in their current job or workplace. Are you a person with a disability?
Optional: If you wish to provide further details, please select the boxes that apply to you.
Are you a member of the LGBTQ2S+ community?
Optional: If you wish to provide further details, please select the box that best describes you
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