Building LGBT Inclusive Workplaces: Engaging Organizations and Individuals in Change

Christine Silva manages and supports both Canadian and global research projects focused on gender and diversity issues. She played a lead role in the quantitative data analysis for the groundbreaking study, Career Advancement in Corporate Canada: A Focus on Visible Minorities ~ Survey Findings, and directed and co-authored the qualitative report in that series that explored critical relationships. She also served as lead author of Catalyst's first research report on LGBT inclusion, Building LGBT-Inclusive Workplaces: Engaging Organizations and Individuals in Change.Ms. Silva works closely with Canadian member companies to leverage Catalyst research in their diversity and inclusion initiatives. Previous Advisory Services engagements have included surveying employees, conducting focus groups and interviews, analyzing company-level data, benchmarking organizations against their industry, and highlighting points of success as well as opportunities for change.Ms. Silva received a Master of Industrial Relations from the University of Toronto, a Master of Science in Organizational Behaviour from Queen's University, and has completed doctoral coursework in Organizational Behaviour at Queen's University. She earned her Honours Bachelor of Science in Psychology and Employment Relations at the University of Toronto.

Anika K. Warren, Ph.D., leads and supports research projects focused on organizational change and effectiveness, women of color, and women in leadership and is a member of the Women of Color Issue Specialty Team. Dr. Warren has expertise in the areas of diversity consulting, multicultural training, people of color, work-life effectiveness, career coaching, and performance management. Prior to joining Catalyst, Dr. Warren was an Assistant Professor at Teachers College of Columbia University, where she continues to teach part-time. She also consulted to telecommunication and financial service companies, provided career coaching, and published research articles and book chapters on issues related to diversity and inclusion. She has served as an educator, consultant, and counselor to several Fortune 500 companies, universities, nonprofit organizations, government agencies, and community health organizations. Dr. Warren also developed training videos catering to the unique needs of multicultural clients and their organizational challenges.Prior to graduate school, Dr. Warren worked in finance at Gap Inc. and The Charles Schwab Corporation and was involved in recruitment and career development efforts at both corporations. She received her B.B.A. in Finance from Howard University and earned her M.A. and M.Ed. in Psychological Counseling at Columbia University, focusing on organizational and cultural psychology. She completed her Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology at Boston College.