Blacknorth Initiative Congratulates Telus for Setting and Surpassing Ambitious Board Diversity Targets For Gender, Visible Minority, and Indigenous Representation

TORONTO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Today the BlackNorth Initiative recognizes TELUS for being a Canadian leader in diversity and inclusion and one of a small number of Canadian publicly traded companies to adopt Board targets that include visible minority and Indigenous representation. TELUS has set a target to have at least two Board members who represent a visible minority or Indigenous groups by its annual meeting in 2023. According to the Osler 2020 Diversity Disclosure Practices report, which reviewed the disclosure provided by 231 publicly traded corporations governed by the Canada Business Corporations Act, only 1.5 per cent of these organizations have disclosed policies covering members of visible minorities, Indigenous peoples and/or persons with disabilities1. After exceeding its target for gender diversity with women representing 45 per cent of its independent Board member roles in 2020, TELUS is now on track to surpass its new diversity targets two years early at its upcoming annual g