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Ethics and Equity in the Workplace

Designed to help professionals become more ethically minded leaders, the Ethics and Equity in the Workplace Program is comprised of five one-hour modules that cover a broad range of topics at the intersection of ethics in the workplace. Offered in partnership with the Laidley Centre for Business Ethics and Equity, this free lifelong learning opportunity is offered exclusively to McGill University alumni and features the university’s foremost thought leaders in business ethics and equity. In these sessions, you’ll engage with important issues related to workplace equity and ethics. Upon successful completion of all five modules and the capstone evaluation, participants will receive an attestation of completion.

Our first cohort is currently in session and no longer taking registrations. To be notified when our next cohort opens, please complete the expression of interest form linked below.

Expression of interest

Note that while our recorded sessions are available on demand via YouTube, you must be registered and successfully complete the evaluation to receive an attestation of completion.

 

Educational Events and Workshops

  • McGill Regional Ethics Bowl 2026 (Co-sponsored, 2026) 

  • The Diversification of Canada’s Trading Partners: How do we expand into new markets while complying? (Hosted, 2026) 

  • Equitable Opportunity Conference (Co-sponsored, 2026) 

  • AI and Creative Industries Panel (Co-sponsored, 2025) 

  • Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About AI but Were Afraid to Ask (Co-hosted, 2024) 

  • McGill Regional Ethics Bowl 2024 (Co-sponsored, 2024)  

  • McGill Accounting Research Conference: Accounting for Sustainability (Co-sponsored, 2023) 

  • The Business of Food (In)Security: Considerations for the Transformation of Food Systems (Co-sponsored, 2022) 

  • Ethics in Action Case Competition at Dalhousie University (Sponsored McGill students to compete, 2022) 

  • Workshop – Pick Your Path (Co-hosted, 2022) 

  • Ethics Case Competition Information Session (Co-Sponsored, 2022) 

  • Workshop – Entertainment, Gifts & Favors: Recognizing and Dealing with Corruption in International Business (Hosted, 2022) 

  • Business and Reconciliation; Ethical Considerations for Equitable Sustainability (Co-hosted, 2022) 

  • Living Your Values: Turning a Commitment to Sustainability into a Successful Career (Co-Sponsored, 2022) 

McGill Regional Ethics Bowl

The Laidley Centre is delighted to sponsor the McGill Regional Ethics Bowl. The Ethics Bowl is a critical thinking competition for High School and CEGEP students, focused on real-world ethical issues. As the first Ethics Bowl of its kind in Quebec, the competition expanded ethics education for students in the province. McGill University is the first university to host Ethics Bowls in both French and English.

Director’s Community Service

Lindsay HolmgrenProfessor Lindsay Holmgren continues to serve the academic community through her leadership on ethics, education, and emerging technologies. At McGill, she serves on the AI Advisory Committee and served on the Subcommittee on Teaching and Learning (STL) Working Group on the Implications of Generative AI Tools, which created McGill’s policy recommendations on Generative AI.

Beyond McGill, Professor Holmgren advances ethics education by engaging with CEGEP and secondary school audiences. In Fall 2025, she delivered a keynote address on ethical leadership and agency for the Leadership Committee for English Education in Québec (LCEEQ) and served as a panelist for an LCEEQ discussion on the implications of Generative AI for education.

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