Abstract
The policy brief addresses the ongoing concerns from Arab youth across Canada regarding their experiences of exclusion and discrimination within their workplace. As diversity becomes an increasingly important issue within the workplace, employment equity initiatives have become an area of growing interest within organizations. This policy brief explores the indirect, and often direct, discriminatory practices in the workplace that impedes the professional development of Arab youth. This brief also provides recommendations for the growing need of inclusionary practices in the labour market.
Key Findings:
1) Institutionalized racial discrimination is deeply rooted in the labour market and continues to remain invisible despite recent workplace equity changes;
2) Visible minority immigrants, including Arab youth, in Canada are more likely to experience discrimination in the workplace;
3) The majority of the Arab youth respondents acknowledged that they are at a disadvantage in their current jobs;
4) The majority of the Arab youth respondents said that while it is up to them to culturally adapt to their workplace, their workplace must also accommodate their culture and religion.
