Dr. Anita Jack-Davies
AUTHOR | SPEAKER | CONSULTANT
Anita Jack-Davies is a cross-cultural expert specializing in workplace inclusion and belonging. She is the author of the much anticipated title, Lawrencia’s Last Parang: A Memoir on Loss and Belonging as a Black Woman in Canada. A sought after consultant and speaker, she’s a seasoned leader with expertise in strategic planning, operations, employee engagement and the development of long range plans to achieve wide-scale culture change.
My name is AJ! My life’s mission is to write and teach the world about social justice. I am a servant leader, living a purpose driven life.
Dr. Jack-Davies led the strategic planning process for agencies in Canada and the United States. She developed the inclusion and belonging strategy for Global Affairs Canada using a 360 degree review of the federal agency. Duties included hosting employee engagement meetings, reviewing all policies and procedures, creating benchmarks and setting goals using an Inclusion Scorecard used to identify goals and track progress over a five year period. Presented findings and recommendations to Deputy Ministers and senior leaders for buy-in and implementation.
- 2024. R/GA New York: Make/Change – Portraits in Culture
- 2022. Corrections Canada: Inclusion & Belonging Environmental Scan & Climate Review
- 2020. Global Affairs Canada: Inclusion & Belonging Climate Review
- 2020. City of Kingston: Human Rights Policy Review
- 2019. Queen’s University: Inclusion & Belonging Vision Statement (2019-2024)
AJ’s New Book
Lawrencia’s Last Parang: A Memoir on Loss & Belonging as a Black Woman in Canada
Lawrencia’s Last Parang: A Memoir of Loss and Belonging as a Black Woman in Canada is a snapshot of the author’s life after the passing of her grandmother Lawrencia, the woman who raised her. Written in the style of a patchwork quilt that takes the reader back and forth between past and present, she examines her grief from the perspective of a Canadian-born Black woman of Caribbean descent, and she begins to question her identity and what it means to be a Black Canadian in new ways.
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Attracting and keeping AAPI talent at R/GA. Medium.
This past spring Dr. Josephine M. Kim, a university professor at Harvard with expertise in mental health, gave a talk to our agency on psychological safety in the workplace for Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) talent.
Effectively Communicate Your DEI Strategic Plan in 6 Simple Steps
As you embark on your DEI strategic planning journey, you must literally go tell it to the mountain! Seriously, I cannot stress the importance of creating an effective communications plan so leaders, project managers and teams will understand why you’ve embarked on this journey and how it will impact your company. Last week, I posted […]
3 Strategic Planning Tools for Effective Culture Change
I often work with corporate leaders who are eager to change their workplace cultures to reflect increased levels of inclusion and belonging. However, culture change is a complex and long-term project that requires vision, planning and follow-through from leaders. Although the strategic planning process is quite involved, I outline three important strategies needed for effective […]
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AJ Speaks
In this interview, AJ speaks on the importance of mentors for BIPOC employees in the workplace in the feature:
103: Moving from Scarcity to Abundance: Mentoring as a Rising Tide with Dr. Anita Jack-Davies” [Audio podcast episode].
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