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Smart Shoe Helps Blind, Visually Impaired People With Its Ultrasonic Sensors That Avoid Obstacles

Remains of more than 200 Indigenous children found at an Indigenous school in Canada. Racial discrimination is still rife in UK businesses.

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Jun 9, 2021
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  • Remains of more than 200 children found at Indigenous school in Canada

  • $3,840 Smart Shoe Helps Blind, Visually Impaired People With Its Ultrasonic Sensors That Avoid Obstacles

  • ‘Woman In Motion’ Showcases The Trailblazing Star Who Brought Diversity To Outer Space

  • Racial discrimination still rife in UK businesses, study finds

  • LCBO director of talent: ‘This year is all about inclusion’

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Diversity & Inclusion news: Canada – Indigenous

Remains of more than 200 children found at Indigenous school in Canada

215 children’s remains have been discovered at one of what was once Canada’s largest Indigenous residential schools in British Columbia, Canada. This was never documented. For more than 170 years, more than 150,000 First Nations children were forced to separate from their families to be put in residential schools, in programs to assimilate them into Canadian society. Here is what residential school survivors say about their experiences and their lasting impact on their lives.

Who is hiring for diversity today?

Post Diversity Jobs
  • First Book is hiring for a Director New Business (Corporate Partnerships / Strategic Alliances / CSR)

  • Bitfocus is looking for a Senior Project Administrator to join their diverse team.

  • Service Technician – CDL Required ($7,000 Sign-On Bonus) at AmeriGas Propane, Inc. (Windsor,US)New D&I Jobs: AmeriGas

  • Account Executive Officer Construction at The Travelers Companies, Inc. (Federal Way,US)New Diverse Jobs: The Travelers Companies

Diversity & Inclusion news: Austria – People with Disabilities

$3,840 Smart Shoe Helps Blind, Visually Impaired People With Its Ultrasonic Sensors That Avoid Obstacles

Austrian scientists have invented smart shoes called InnoMake to help elderly, blind and visually impaired people avoid obstacles. These smart shoes have ultrasonic sensors at the tip which send vibrations or make noises when obstacles are detected up to 13 feet (4 meters) in front of a person.

Here is the Complete Guide to Disabilities: Types of Disability list, the latest disability statistics, benefits, and how to create/promote diverse and inclusive workplace, classroom, and society.

Diversity & Inclusion news: USA – BIPOC and Women

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‘Woman In Motion’ Showcases The Trailblazing Star Who Brought Diversity To Outer Space

To all the Star Trek fans out there! On June 3rd, a documentary will debut on Paramount+ – Woman in Motion: Nichelle Nichols, Star Trek and the Remaking of NASA. The 400-page report that Nichols wrote for NASA and her outreach tours have brought the most diverse group of scientists, engineers and astronauts (over 8000) in NASA’s history, and set the visionary foundation for the program.

Diversity & Inclusion news: World – Vaccine Equity

It has been over one year since the world pandemic started sweeping across the globe. The World Health Organization (WHO) made a call for action to countries to collectively fight the pandemic, lack of supply and inequitable distribution of vaccines 

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Which Universities, Colleges, & Higher Ed Organizations are hiring now?

  • Sustainability ConsultantSource: https://sustainability-jobs.org

  • Senior Advisor – Climate Change & SustainabilitySource: https://sustainability-jobs.org

  • Project Director, Reproductive Health Access for College SuccessSource: https://higher-ed-research.org

  • Sustainability Strategy DirectorSource: https://sustainability-jobs.org

  • Activities AideSource: https://sustainability-jobs.org

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