On February 10, Ashanti Leadership and PDS, the Delmore Buddy Daye Institute, the Office of African Nova Scotia Affairs at the provincial level and within HRM, and the Nova Scotia Advisory Council on the Status of Women are partnering to…
“Every Nova Scotian deserves to feel safe, respected, and valued at work.” – The Honourable Nolan Young, Minister of Labour, Skills and Immigration Ann Divine, CEO of Ashanti Leadership & PDS Inc., led the education department at the Nova Scotia…
In the light of some organization’s and the Nova Scotia government recently ordering staff back to the office, Mariam Khalaf and Ann Divine explore contemporary issues in the workplace and share practical recommendations from senior leaders who are navigating workplace…
Are you responsible for learning and development in your growing workforce? With increased immigration, migration and prominence on social justice topics and requirements, it can be challenging to remain current. Through on-demand training, we support clients with one-off, periodic and…
Written by Ann Divine and Temitope Abiagom. Trauma is not new in the workplace, and it is not unique to front-line workers or occupations such as health and social services. As a human experience, trauma is widespread across various industries…
This article was written by Ann Divine, CEO, and Lillian Searl, Project Manager and first voice neurodiverse person of Ashanti Leadership & PDS Inc. Increasingly organizations are having to look at their employees’ individual needs more closely, recognizing that everyone…
International Women’s Day 2023 was no ordinary day for me. I deliberately took the day off to use it as a professional development day. Paused from work, I took some time out to reflect on what IWD meant to me.…