Diverse advantage
Diverse Advantage consultants have many years of experience providing organizations with diversity, equity and inclusion training, policy development, and strategic planning.
Our approach is to work with you wherever you’re starting from. We take a non-judgemental approach to DEI and recognize that we all have to start somewhere, and believe that all people have something to learn from each other.
We are a collective of consultants who each have their own areas of expertise that we’re able to draw on as needed - such as LGBTQ communities, accessibility, health equity, racialized communities, and gender diversity. All of our consultants have extensive experience and have completed courses, diplomas and degrees in adult education principles and diversity and inclusion.
We work with you to identify your goals and needs, we develop strategies that fit your organization, and work with you to embed diversity, equity and inclusion into every aspect of your organization.
Diverse Advantage is a certified diverse supplier through the Canadian Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce.
FOUNDER AND lead CONSULTANT:
Donna-Lynn Turner is a seasoned diversity, equity, and inclusion specialist with past experience as a communications professional. Donna-Lynn has a passion for creating positive change.
Donna-Lynn has worked with many organizations including government, health care organizations, corporations and non-profits.
Donna-Lynn has extensive experience working with organizations of all sizes to develop strategies and organizational policies that lead to positive change.
As a trainer, Donna-Lynn is very engaging and relatable with an easy and approachable style. She has the ability to make people feel comfortable and at ease even with complicated subject matter, receiving rave reviews from participants. She is an adult education specialist with a certificate in Teaching and Training Adults from Durham College.
Donna-Lynn’s education includes completing the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the Workplace Certificate with the University of South Florida, Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace through ESSEC Business School, People Analytics through the University of Pennsylvania, and Indigenous Canada through the University of Alberta. She is a lifelong learner who continues to work on her own biases, racism and socialization to reduce harm.
She is also a communications professional, with a diploma in Public Relations from Algonquin College and several years working in communications.
Contact Donna-Lynn today to chat about your DEI needs.
“I was fortunate enough to attend a Diverse Advantage Consulting workshop at my workplace recently. The session that I attended was to understand bias, anti-oppression, privilege and much more. Our instructor’s name was Donna Turner and she was quite informative and engaging. My co-workers and I were very comfortable sharing personal stories as Donna walked us through different perspectives and ways that we could handle unique situations. I think many peoples’ eyes were opened during this highly educational session as there are so many changes in our world that I feel need to be addressed in every workplace. I highly recommend Diverse Advantage Consulting and I thank you for providing this important service.”
Consultant:
Jordyn Samuels is a highly experienced trainer and facilitator with a focus on anti-oppression and anti-Black racism. She graduated University of Toronto with an Honours Bachelor of Arts, double majoring in Equity Studies and Sexual Diversity Studies. Her work focuses on implementing equitable and anti-oppressive frameworks in everyday life, communities, schools and workplaces. She has extensive experience facilitating equity and anti-oppression workshops and trainings over the past fourteen years with a variety of organizations.