{"id":9503,"date":"2021-02-22T15:33:35","date_gmt":"2021-02-22T19:33:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/?p=9503"},"modified":"2021-02-22T15:48:25","modified_gmt":"2021-02-22T19:48:25","slug":"why-is-boyden-canada-a-job-recruitment-agency-that-offers-solutions-of-executive-search-interim-management-and-leadership-consulting-now-into-the-business-of-apartheid-of-talents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/2021\/02\/22\/why-is-boyden-canada-a-job-recruitment-agency-that-offers-solutions-of-executive-search-interim-management-and-leadership-consulting-now-into-the-business-of-apartheid-of-talents\/","title":{"rendered":"Why is Boyden Canada, a job recruitment agency that offers \u201csolutions of Executive Search, Interim Management and Leadership Consulting\u201d now into the business of Apartheid of talents, \u201cblack\u201d versus all the others?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Bambi would like to thank her friend Samer (name changed\nto protect his privacy) for sharing the following link:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/www.boyden.ca\/canada\/opportunities\/board-members-18686504\/index.html<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

From Boyden Canada, you can read the job description\n(shown further below), calling for \u201cApplicants\/Nominations to the Inaugural\nBoard of Directors for Black Opportunity Fund.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From this call, we learn about Black\nOpportunity Fund (BOF) meant to \u201ccombat anti-Black racism in Canada<\/em>\u201d. Yes,\nCanada is SO racist and so anti-black that it needs such initiatives now? As Samer\nwondered in a very candid way: \u201cIs there a white opportunity fund\u2026 or are\nyou telling us that all the funds available before were destined for whites\nonly?!!!<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Do you also see the hidden message underlying all these initiatives: If you have a black skin, you are not good enough to compete for the usual funds or usual business opportunities? Don\u2019t you see this as an insult, like Bambi does? Had she been a black (not just a so-called BIPOC) deer wanting to use the services of Boyden Canada, she would have been insulted to see this initiative, despite the good stated intentions. She bets many other business leaders would be asking the same question as Samer. Keep in mind that both him and her are so-called \u201cpeople of colour<\/em>\u201d. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why aren\u2019t we simply valuing the richest capital ever\u2014whom\nwe are as a person in life, that is with all our richness that has been built on\nthe integration of our heritage with our culture\/environment, along with our personal\nchoices\/decisions in life. Why aren\u2019t rewarding hard work, creativity, and agency?\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Plus, how are we going to assess the eligibility of those Applicants\/Nominations? Is it by relying on Teams or Zoom platforms\u2019 images (looking for a tanned appearance?). What if they may be Middle Eastern like Samer, but who tans beautifully over the summer? Are we going to administer a skin hue test to them then?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Once again, we are putting ALL so-called blacks\ntogether. We are not looking at a Canadian say from Nova Scotia who happens to\nbe of black heritage or a recent immigrant from Nigeria or a Qu\u00e9becker of\nHaitian descent. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We are also telling Canadians that they are racist in\nsuch as systemic and systematic way that we are now creating a two-tier society\n(or two-tier system of everything). Is this the ideal way to be truly inclusive?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The tragedy according to Bambi is that our\ngovernments, big companies, and even charities are talking this talk and\/or taking\nacts in this direction. What will be the end result of all this? Will it truly\nbring more social justice and more equality?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not only our federal government is behind with\nvaccines, compared to other countries, and decent basic living conditions to\nour first nations (i.e., running water, etc.), it is also dividing us further\nand further without any vision of unity and development of talents\/skills (https:\/\/nationalpost.com\/news\/canada\/from-vaccines-to-pipelines-to-clean-water-on-reserves-why-canada-cant-seem-to-get-anything-done<\/a>).\nFor Bambi, fostering tribalism in a society is VERY worrisome. It is the\nantidote to progress in a country. It is a dangerous game of playing with fire that\ncan burn us all, just like how Lebanon burned for 15-years during civil war. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

To conclude this post, further below you will see the text of Boyden Canada about this job application. Before that, Bambi feels like sharing the following: some of her friends who left Canada to work abroad many years ago do not realize how worrisome our situation is. They think Canada is still where they have left it. It is hard from far away to realize what Bambi is trying to explain in this post and in others. Some kindly still read Bambi\u2019s blog (thank you), even if they do not agree (others sometimes take some self-boycotting breaks from it). Yet many others\u00a0 thank Bambi for the posts or privately share opinions (some generously and even courageously nowadays write comments). Bambi hears sometimes comments about why is she talking like the \u201cfar-right\u201d (?), perhaps when she denounces the extremism of the far-left (we all know that the far-right is bad!). Well, Bambi\u2019s answer to all this is the following: If in her own family, one beloved relative known to be to the right, herself historically to the centre-left, and another beloved relative who was a communist in his youth are now all on the same page\u2026 Well, this must tell us something about what Bambi and Samer are denouncing. Why don\u2019t our political leaders stop and wonder about how to envision Canada (i.e., what are the implications of their flirt with this or that ideology on our best interests, as a society)? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whether we are to the left, right, a hardcore\nfederalist (lover of big governments and Trudeauists even), a hardcore\nsocialist or environmentalist, a proud Qu\u00e9becker or Albertan, or maybe simply a\nConservative\/Libertarian (advocating for small governments like Mr. Maxime\nBernier), or if we do not care about directions in life (just about Canada and\nthe future of our children)\u2026 let\u2019s pause and then critically use our brains before\nendorsing this or that policy. Plus, let\u2019s not accuse each other being racists\nbecause we are not anti-racists enough, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For an inspiring reading, if you want to take the\ntime, Bambi discovered this thoughtful article over the weekend. Food for\nthought\u2026 https:\/\/www.persuasion.community\/p\/john-mcwhorter-the-neoracists<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Job Description<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Call for Applications\/Nominations\nto the Inaugural Board of Directors for Black Opportunity Fund.<\/em><\/strong>
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\nBlack Opportunity Fund (BOF) has been established to combat anti-Black racism\nin Canada by building a sustainable and long-term pool of capital for the Black\ncommunity.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n


\nTo fulfill its mission to raise and mobilize the world\u2019s largest permanent pool\nof capital to serve and empower the Black community, BOF will be established as\na registered charity with three distinct pools of capital: a Philanthropic\nGiving Pool that provides support to charitable organizations that meet BOF\u2019s\ngiving criteria, a Black Business Pool used to provide financing for Black\nbusinesses, and an Investment Pool used to make responsible investments to\ngenerate income for BOF.
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\nBOF is currently governed by a Steering Committee, serving as an interim Board\nof Directors. Early in 2021, the Steering Committee will transition fiduciary,\nstrategic and generative duties to a Board of Directors comprised of 15-20\naccomplished individuals who are members of and\/or have a demonstrated track\nrecord of commitment to Canada\u2019s Black communities.
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\nComprised of exemplary individuals from across Canada, the newly formed Board\nof Directors will bring a mix of skills in Investments, Accounting\/Audit,\nLegal, Governance, Communications\/Marketing, Strategy, Investment Risk,\nNon-profit\/Granting, and Entrepreneurship\/Venture Capital. The Board will also\ninclude representatives with experience in the areas of Social Justice,\nEducation, and Health.
\nTo explore this exciting opportunity further, please click Apply to submit your\nresume and information.
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\nTo nominate someone, email their name and bio to nchambers@boyden.com. Be sure\nto write \u201cBOF Board Nomination\u201d in the subject line of your email.
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\nWe would like to thank all the applicants but regret that we are only able to\npersonally contact those individuals whose backgrounds best match the\nrequirements for the role.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Bambi would like to thank her friend Samer (name changed to protect his privacy) for sharing the following link: https:\/\/www.boyden.ca\/canada\/opportunities\/board-members-18686504\/index.html From Boyden Canada, you can read the job description (shown further below), calling for \u201cApplicants\/Nominations […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9503"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9503"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9503\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9508,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9503\/revisions\/9508"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9503"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}