Employment equity and workplace diversity in Canada

International Handbook on Diversity Management at Work: Country Perspectives on Diversity and Equal Treatment

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 68-82

  Haq, Rana ^a   Ng, Eddy S W ^b  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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