Academy Lecture with Ratna Omidvar: Five Good Ideas to Strengthen Diverse Societies

Can diversity and social cohesion coexist? In her Robert Bosch Academy Lecture, The Honourable Ratna Omidvar, C.M., O.Ont., makes the case that they can and do – when we recognize their compatibility and policymakers legislate to bridge divides. 

Omidvar will explore what that looks like in practice, pulling from her extensive experience as a Senator and leading voice on diversity and inclusion in Canada and her observations from policy dialogues in Germany.

Following her lecture, Ferdinand Mirbach, one of the authors of the Robert Bosch Foundation Diversity Barometer, will join onstage for a fireside chat reflecting on how to respond to the promise of and pressures facing diverse societies. 

Following the conversation, we invite you to a reception to continue the discussion. 

Atje Drexler, Senior Vice President, Futures and Networks at the Robert Bosch Foundation, will provide opening remarks.