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Research centred around EDI

Disaggregate data and qualitative research are essential tools for building community initiatives, developing equitable projects and advocating for social and policy changes. Researchers and faculty members at the Ted Rogers School are committed to applying an intersectional lens in their work in order to produce equitable analysis. The following is a recent selection of journal articles and conference presentations centered around EDI-related areas of business research related to gender equity, migration, accessibility, racial justice and more.

Research in progress

Kelly McShane

Building resilience to climate-related risks

Professor Kelly McShane’s current research undertaking is on the question of how conservation agriculture can empower women farmers in low- and middle-income countries and mitigate the effects of climate change. The project will investigate how this type of agriculture can empower smallholder women farmers and build resilience against climate-related risks to their living conditions, food security and health in low-and middle-income countries.

TMU professors receive funding for transformative research projects
Nükhet Taylor

Fostering Well-Being in the Digital World

Researcher Dr. Nükhet Taylor received, from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, an Insight Development Grant to support her research project titled: Fostering Well-Being in the Digital World.

TMU researchers receive SSHRC funding

Published research

Ted Rogers School of Management faculty and researchers are driving innovation and social change and advancing EDI in business. The following is a recent selection of journal articles and conference presentations centered around EDI-related areas of research.

Journal articles and book chapters
Dimanche, F., & Perzyna, M. (2024). Diversity, equity, and inclusion management in the Canadian hospitality industry (external link, opens in new window) . In A. Manoharan, J. M. Madera, & M. Singal (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Management in the Hospitality Industry. Routledge.
Wright, K. -A., & Dimanche, F. (2023). Canadian immigration policies: Implications for discrimination and biases in tourism employment. In S. Slocum (Ed.), Inclusion in Tourism: Understanding Institutional Discrimination and Bias (pp. 29-45). Routledge.
Dubois, L.-E., Newman, S., & Dimanche, F. (2024). Challenges and opportunities in cultural tourism: Insights from Canada. In A. Morrison & D. Buhalis (Eds.), Handbook of Trends and Issues in Global Tourism Supply and Demand (pp. 127-137). Routledge.
Conference papers and presentations
Dimanche, F., & Perzyna, M. (2023). Immigration and workforce diversity in the Canadian hospitality and tourism sector: An opportunity not to be missed (external link, opens in new window) . Proceedings of the Travel and Tourism Research Association (TTRA) Canada Conference. Kingston, ON.
Dimanche, F. (2023, Jun. 15). Invited research seminar titled, “Immigration, multicultural placemaking, and regenerative urban tourism development.” Institut Lyfe (formerly Institut Paul Bocuse), Lyon, France.
Yamamoto, H., Fels, D., Yasu, K., & Hiraga, R. (2024). Towards improving the correct lyric detection by deaf and hard of hearing people (external link, opens in new window) . In: Miesenberger, K., Peňáz, P., Kobayashi, M. (Eds.), Computers Helping People with Special Needs. ICCHP 2024, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 14750. Springer, Cham.
Kugai, K., Fels, D., & Kobayashi, M. (2024). TARGET: Tactile-audio DaRts for guiding enabled throwing (external link, opens in new window) . In: Miesenberger, K., Peňáz, P., Kobayashi, M. (Eds.), Computers Helping People with Special Needs. ICCHP 2024, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 14750. Springer, Cham.
Fels, D., Hiraga, R., & Shiraishi, Y. (2024). Making entertainment content more inclusive introduction to special thematic session (external link, opens in new window) . In: Miesenberger, K., Peňáz, P., Kobayashi, M. (Eds.), Computers Helping People with Special Needs. ICCHP 2024, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 14750. Springer, Cham.
Kumarasamy, T., Nam, S., & Fels, D. (2024). Using a novel conversational method for measuring comprehension of D/HoH viewers consuming captioning content for entertainment purposes. In: Miesenberger, K., Peňáz, P., Kobayashi, M. (Eds.), Computers Helping People with Special Needs. ICCHP 2024, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 14751. Springer, Cham.
Nam, S., & Tanvir, R. (2024). NERWEB: User-friendly software for caption quality assessment using the NER Model (external link, opens in new window) . In: Miesenberger, K., Peňáz, P., Kobayashi, M. (Eds.), Computers Helping People with Special Needs. ICCHP 2024, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 14751. Springer, Cham. 
Okafor, O. N., & Kalu, K. (2024, Mar. 16). Presentation of the article titled, “Integration challenges, immigrant characteristics and career satisfaction for immigrants in accounting and finance: Empirical evidence from Canada. (external link, opens in new window) ” Critical Perspectives on Accounting, 99, 102602. CPA Canada, Toronto, ON. (Discussion on how the CPA preparatory courses and professional education program can be made to be more inclusive.)
Okafor, O. N. (2023, Nov. 07). Presentation titled, “Managing strategically in a complex business environment – A financial perspective.” 2023 ICCC Toronto Equal Slice Program Seminar, University of Toronto Chestnut Conference, Toronto, ON. (Provided financial literacy education to small business owners comprising 85% Black, Indigenous, racialized entrepreneurs and over 60 women on strategic business management.)
Okafor, O. N. (2023, Oct. 19). Presentation titled, “Managing strategically in a complex business environment – A financial perspective.” 2023 ICCC Toronto Equal Slice Program Seminar. Virtual.
Okafor, O. N., & Kalu, K. (2023, Sep. 19). Presentation of the article titled, “Integration challenges, immigrant characteristics and career satisfaction for immigrants in accounting and finance: Empirical evidence from Canada (external link, opens in new window) .” Critical Perspectives on Accounting, 99, 102602. Ted Rogers School Research Seminar Series. Toronto, ON.