Twenty-third International Conference on Diversity in Organizations, Communities & Nations

  • Whose Accountability Revolution? Priorities, Incentive Structures, Organization Cultures
  • 22-23 June 2023
  • Toronto Metropolitan University, Toronto, Canada + Online

Research Network Chairs

Eugenia Arvanitis

Eugenia Arvanitis

Associate Professor of Interculturality & Diversity in Education, University of Patras, Patras, Greece

(English)

Carmen Miguel Vicente

Carmen Miguel Vicente

Profesora y Delegada de la Decana para la Diversidad y Sostenibilidad en la Facultad de Trabajo Social, Dpto. Trabajo Social y Servicios Sociales, Universidad Complutense de Madrid

(Spanish)

Mari Ángeles Medina Sánchez

Mari Ángeles Medina Sánchez

Delegada del Decano para Asuntos Sociales y Prevención; coordinadora de la Unidad para la Diversidad e Inclusión en la Facultad de Estudios Estadístico, Universidad Complutense de Madrid

(Spanish)

Conference Chairs

Joe Recupero

Joe Recupero

Associate Professor, RTA School of Media, Toronto Metropolitan University, Toronto, Canada

Laurel Walzak

Laurel Walzak

Associate Professor & Director, Global Experiential Sport (GXS) Lab, Toronto Metropolitan University, Toronto, Canada

Plenary Speakers

The Twenty-third International Conference on Diversity in Organizations, Communities & Nations featured plenary sessions by some of the world's leading thinkers and innovators in the field.

Erik Denison

Erik Denison

Lead Researcher, Sport Inclusion Project, Behavioural Science Laboratory, Monash University, Australia

Nicole Neverson

Nicole Neverson

Associate Professor of Sociology, Toronto Metropolitan University, Canada

Emerging Scholar Awardees

For each conference, a small number of Emerging Scholar Awards are given to outstanding graduate students and emerging scholars who have an active research interest in the conference themes. Emerging Scholars perform a critical role in the conference by chairing the parallel sessions, providing technical assistance in the sessions, and presenting their own research papers. The 2023 Emerging Scholar Award Recipients are as follows:

Tracy Mae Ildefonso

Tracy Mae Ildefonso

Dublin City University, Ireland

(In-Person)

Natasha Welcome

Natasha Welcome

Middlesex College, USA

(In-Person)

Michael C. Liu

Michael C. Liu

City University of New York, USA

(In-Person)

Pascale Caidor

Pascale Caidor

Université de Montréal, Canada

(In-Person)

Janielle Villamera

Janielle Villamera

University of Santo Tomas, Philippines

(Online Only)

Womai Song

Womai Song

Earlham College Indiana, USA

(Online Only)

Brendan Stevenson

Brendan Stevenson

Monash University, Australia

(Online Only)

Lea Clara Frömchen-Zwick

Lea Clara Frömchen-Zwick

Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Germany

(Online Only)

Fafa Sene

Fafa Sene

Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Japan

(Online Only)

Haiyi Cheng

Haiyi Cheng

Renmin University of China, China

(Online Only)

Benjamin Seyer

Benjamin Seyer

(Online Only)

Conference & Network Partners