Jocelyn is a published researcher, media commentator, and public speaker.

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Here is a sample of some of my publications. Click here to catch up on my PhD research.

J. O. Peltier-Huntley. 2023. Insights from equity, diversity, and inclusion allies: results from the second phase of an interdisciplinary study on the retention of underrepresented people in mining. Presented at World Mining Congress 2023 in Brisbane, Australia. Proceedings: https://wmc2023.org/proceedings

The traditionally male-dominated workplace cultures of Saskatchewan’s mining industry and engineering profession are seeking to be inclusive and welcoming of all existing and potential future employees. We argue that to create inclusive workplaces those in positions of power (leaders) and those in majority groups can be engaged, trained, and supported to act as “active allies”. In this study, researchers gained insights through semi-structured interviews with seventeen participants identified as allies by their peers. Questions were designed to understand participants' experiences with inequities in mining and engineering and their equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) journeys to allyship. Our findings demonstrate that allies become activated when advancing past a “realization stage” on their own EDI journey and within a supportive ecosystem of an organization. Furthermore, we found that organizations can tap into a potential ally’s motivation and values by providing resources and opportunities to create ecosystems that support activating more allies. Additionally, organizations can engage equity champions — early adopters who are experienced and activated allies — to lead EDI change within their organizations. The novel Equity Ally Activation Model theorized in this study can inform creating EDI training programs and allyship interventions. These interventions can aid in activating allies to practise inclusive behaviours and support equity champions to shift systems and implement equitable programs.

J. O. Peltier-Huntley. 2023. Responding to the Kairotic Moment: Advancing Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Through Allyship in Canadian Mining. Journal of Leadership, Accountability, and Ethics. https://doi.org/10.33423/jlae.v20i1.5986

Organizations are seeking to advance equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) to attract and retain their workforce. To support the mining sector’s transition from a traditionally male-dominated workforce, The Mining Association of Canada (MAC) has developed new EDI accountability frameworks. In this paper, I argue that Canadian mining organizations and their leaders are experiencing a kairotic moment — an opportune moment in time requiring action — and need to respond accordingly. Now that the window of opportunity has opened, mining leaders need to act, both to support organizational change efforts and in everyday allyship actions. This article published in the Journal of Leadership, Accountability, and Ethics (JLAE) holds significance to equip transformational change-agents.

Inclusion Growth Curve

This article, about my equity journey, was published in January 2021 with Women in Mining Women in Nuclear Saskatchewan (WIM/WiN-SK). Thanks to Alyse Swerhone, Director WIM/WiN-SK, for leading the publishing of this article.

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