A survey of employees at Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada shows a number of participants asking for the creation of an independent office to report racism-related complaints.
"Being a black person here is an extreme sport. I kid you not. We are not protected," one employee is quoted saying in the document.
Employees are unnamed in the survey for confidentiality reasons. Pollara Strategic Insights was hired to conduct the work, and it interviewed 62 staff members.Pollara conducted a similar survey in 2021. Back then, multiple employees described supervisors and colleagues using offensive terms with racialized staff, who, they said, were also getting passed over for international postings and other professional development opportunities.
The survey noted a number of staff found the IRCC to be a better workplace than other federal departments where they have worked, "both in terms of its internal diversity and in terms of its commitment to tackle racism head on."Pollara also found employees saw a slight increase in the number of racialized staff getting hired or promoted, and praised "an increase in opportunities for employees to share their experiences with peers and allies through multiple working groups.
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