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Hamlin Grange is co-founder of the Innoversity Creative Summit. He is also President of DiversiPro a diversity and inclusion consulting firm that helps organizations to succeed in being reflective, responsive and relevant to the changing markets and communities they serve. He has made presentations and conducted workshops on diversity to media managers and senior leaders in the Netherlands, Belgium and Sweden as well as South Africa, the Caribbean and the United States and Canada.
Hamlin came to Toronto from Jamaica in 1964. He went to school in Toronto and then earned an athletic scholarship to the University of Colorado where he studied journalism, African American history and social movement in the United States.
During our conversation, Hamlin discusses:
– Some of his journalism journey
– When he decided to get into media (he was going to be an electrician)
– The history behind Innoversity Creative Summit and what does “Innoversity” mean
– The first Innoversity Creative Summit that occurred in the aftermath of 9/11 in which they had Malcolm Gladwell as a speaker
– Some the challenges with putting on the Innoversity Creative Summit
– Some of the presenters at this year’s Innoversity Creative Summit
– His thoughts on the current state of diversity in Canadian media and what needs to be done and what is happening to improve the situation
– What does this year’s Innoversity Creative Summit offer those who are attending
– A few success stories from Innoversity Creative Summit
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