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SPOTLIGHT ON
DIVERSITY

and

INCLUSION

Cover Story
By Evra Taylor

hen the concepts of workplace In the optical industry, diversity and
diversity and inclusion began inclusion have a two-fold meaning:
emerging in the 1960s, 1) Various populations have distinct physical

Wcorporations started moving features and a bone structure that require
toward having more representative work adaptation in the eyeglass frames

forces and expanding product lines to manufacturing process. ECPs need to be
appeal to consumers from a broader range aware of the variations between ethnic
of ethnic backgrounds. Today diversity and groups. For example, they may need to
inclusion have moved beyond slogans and shorten, lengthen or widen various parts of
corporate public relations. These initiatives eyeglass frames in order to accommodate
have become key to business success and are these features. 2) Certain population groups
the minimum cost of entry for conducting are more prone to develop particular eye
business in Canada and globally. conditions. For example, Indigenous
1
Canadians are at a higher risk for Type 2
diabetes, which increases the risk for
age-related macular degeneration (AMD). 2

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