Tania Saba

BMO Chair in Diversity and Governance, Université de Montréal

Tania Saba, Ph. D., CRHA, is the founder and holder of the BMO Chair in Diversity and Governance and Full Professor at the School of Industrial Relations at the University of Montreal. She is an expert on issues related to diversity management, workforce aging, intergenerational value differences, work organization transformations and future skills. Her publications have won numerous awards. She collaborates on major research projects with public and private organizations on issues of employment integration and adaptation of disadvantaged groups.

In addition to her academic career, Tania Saba has held several leadership positions at the Université de Montréal; first female Chair of the School of Industrial Relations (2008-2010); Associate Dean of Undergraduate Studies (2010-2012) and Associate Dean of Graduate Studies and External Affairs at the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (2012-2015). She acted as Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Science from 2015 to 2017.

Tania Saba oversees the Quebec and Francophone Communities in Canada chapter of the Women Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub, led by the Diversity Institute at Ryerson University (WEKH/PCFE). She is a member of the Interuniversity Research Centre on Globalization and Work (CRIMT), the International Observatory on the Societal Impacts of AI and Digital (OBVIA), and the Montreal Centre for International Studies (CÉRIUM).