{"id":60719,"date":"2022-03-29T20:38:03","date_gmt":"2022-03-30T00:38:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev-cglcc-multisite.pantheonsite.io\/fr\/news\/procurement-revamp-can-create-greater-access-for-historically-marginalized-communities\/"},"modified":"2025-10-22T15:31:52","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T19:31:52","slug":"procurement-revamp-can-create-greater-access-for-historically-marginalized-communities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/queerchamber.ca\/fr\/news\/procurement-revamp-can-create-greater-access-for-historically-marginalized-communities\/","title":{"rendered":"Procurement revamp can create greater access for historically marginalized communities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>&#8220;Over the course of the pandemic, we have seen a disproportionate impact on businesses owned and operated by members of marginalized communities. Research shows that a higher percentage of businesses owned by women, Indigenous peoples, racialized people, members of the 2SLGBTQI+ community, immigrants, and persons with disabilities reported declines in revenue of 20% or more, compared with businesses overall.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.supplierdiversityalliance.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Supplier Diversity Alliance Canada (SDAC)<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An opinion piece published in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hilltimes.com\/2022\/03\/24\/procurement-revamp-can-create-greater-access-for-historically-marginalized-communities\/350188\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Hill Times<\/a> highlights the economic value of integrating Supplier Diversity into Federal Procurement strategies. Co-written by Silvia Pencak, CQCC&#8217;s Darrell Schuurman, Cassandra Dorrington, and Deidre Guy, the four founding members of the Supplier Diversity Alliance Canada (SDAC).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-a89b3969 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/queerchamber.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/SDAC_The-Hill-Times_Opinion.pdf\">Read the Full Press Release<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An opinion piece published in The Hill Times highlights the economic value of integrating Supplier Diversity into Federal Procurement strategies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":60721,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_tec_requires_first_save":true,"_trash_the_other_posts":false,"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"_tribe_blocks_recurrence_rules":"","_tribe_blocks_recurrence_description":"","_tribe_blocks_recurrence_exclusions":"","editor_notices":[],"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/queerchamber.ca\/fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/10\/1920-cargo-trucks-with-canada-flag-trucks-from-canada-loading-or-unloading-at-warehouse-dock-3d-rendering.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/queerchamber.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60719","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/queerchamber.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/queerchamber.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/queerchamber.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/queerchamber.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60719"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/queerchamber.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60719\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60720,"href":"https:\/\/queerchamber.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60719\/revisions\/60720"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/queerchamber.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60721"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/queerchamber.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/queerchamber.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/queerchamber.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}