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Cogeco Connexion receives an award for its outstanding commitment to employment equity
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\n\nCogeco Connexion receives an award for its outstanding commitment to employment equity\n\n/* Style Definitions */\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCogeco Connexion receives an award for its outstanding commitment to employment equity\nCanada NewsWire\nMONTRÉAL, April 4, 2016\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMONTRÉAL, April 4, 2016 /CNW Telbec/ - Cogeco Connexion is pleased to announce that it has received an Employment Equity Achievement Award (EEAA) in the Outstanding Commitment category from Employment and Social Development Canada. The award was presented this past Friday in Montréal during an event bringing together private-sector employers that are subject to federal regulation to discuss and share best practices in employment equity. \n\n\"I am very proud of this recognition of our tangible commitment to making Cogeco Connexion a diversified and inclusive company,\" said Louise St-Pierre, President and Chief Executive Officer of Cogeco Connexion. \"Diversity and equity are fundamental values that must be solidly rooted in the corporate culture. They are powerful drivers of innovation that are major vectors for growth.\"\n\nFor her part, Liette Vigneault, Vice President, Human Resources and Communications, Cogeco Connexion, stated: \"We are very enthusiastically implementing a series of initiatives that we have developed within our three-year plan for promoting and incorporating employment equity and diversity at Cogeco Connexion. From hiring and training to our employees' participation in activities that are both structuring and informative, we are attaining important milestones from one quarter to the next that are making us a company where diversity is perceived as an added value.\" \n\nCogeco Connexion's three-year employment equity and diversity plan stands out for including initiatives that target every stage of an employee's lifecycle at the company. The plan offers employees an extensive range of tools and guidelines, as well as training and awareness-raising activities, including a mandatory training for managers. Among the tools and activities comprised in the pl...