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By leveraging our core competencies, supporting diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging, including Indigenous communities, and investing in innovation, we are committed to creating a more resilient, sustainable world.
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Committed to growth

We recognize we have obligations to our people, our stakeholders and the communities in which we work. We believe collaboration is key to positive social impact. We are committed to providing our people with a superior employee experience by ensuring a healthy, safe and engaging environment.

Our people

We understand today’s workforce expectation of a superior employee experience.

Diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging

Fostering an environment in which employees can bring their whole selves to work.

Indigenous engagement

Establishing meaningful relationships with Indigenous communities and resources for employees.

Community resilience

Dismantling barriers to resilience, from skilled resource shortages to technological access and healthcare gaps.

Innovation in STEM

Investing in STEM education and opportunities for tomorrow's expert workforce.

Our people

Our employees are our most valuable resource.

We understand to meet today’s workforce expectation of a superior employee experience, where everyone feels included and belongs, means enabling everyone to contribute to their full potential. Arming our employees with the tools they need to flourish enhances resiliency and our collective ability to meet the demands of our clients and communities.

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Why Calian CARES

Our employees are our most valuable resource. We understand to meet today’s workforce expectation of a superior employee experience, where everyone feels included and belongs, means enabling everyone to contribute to their full potential. Arming our employees with the tools they need to flourish enhances resiliency and our collective ability to meet the demands of our clients and communities.

How we manage this topic

We foster an environment of mutual respect, free from discrimination, violence or harassment through defined labour guidelines, policies and everyday cultural work practices. We offer competitive wages, benefits and recognition programs. 

Our collaborative culture is demonstrated through flexible working hours and vacations. Every employee recertifies annually to ensure we are living our company policies and values. Employee assistance plans and our health and wellness policy and committees, protect our employees and provide a safe and healthy workplace. 

UN SDG alignment

3 good health and well being.
8 decent work and economic growth.

Diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging (DEIB)

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Why Calian CARES

Promoting DEIB is central to retaining and attracting top talent, fostering innovation and offering opportunities to under-represented populations. Calian strives to create an environment where employees feel valued, respected and able to contribute authentically.  

How we manage this topic

Calian is committed to nurturing an environment and culture of belonging. We are an equal-opportunity employer throughout the employee lifecycle. To drive the change and build programs necessary for us to progress in this space, in 2022 we created a new role centred on DEIB, reporting directly to the CHRO. Our initial focus has been on creating baseline metrics and establishing KPIs to measure our success. In 2024, we introduced 3 more ERGs with over 550 (non-unique) members across all nine ERGs. 

UN SDG alignment

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Indigenous engagement

Why Calian CARES

We prioritize meaningful relationships with Indigenous communities emphasizing respect, cooperation and partnership, aligned with Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) calls to action, Calian is committed to Indigenous employment, business development and community relations, having engaged with over 50 Indigenous communities and businesses through various service delivery and supplier arrangements.   

Our clients, including the Canadian government, are asking businesses to do more: for example, the 2021 announcement of the Indigenous Benefits Plan (IBP) supports a five per cent federal Indigenous procurement objective for federal contracts.  

How we manage this topic

In 2019, Calian established an Indigenous strategy working group, which included ongoing community engagement. With input from Indigenous organizations and individuals, we developed our Indigenous Engagement policy, including a framework and overarching guidelines, to establish meaningful relationships. The policy is based on three pillars that focus on listening to, learning from and leveraging capacity in Indigenous communities, by engaging Indigenous partners, seeking joint opportunities and providing the highest quality services to Indigenous clients. 
We deliver a broad range of health, emergency management and resilience services in direct partnership with communities, and provincial and territorial authorities. Our approach puts the community at the centre of our engagement. We bring our best practices and knowledge to integrate traditional knowledge and preferences to support resilience.  

Beyond health and emergency management, we provide data security services for electronic health records and e-health management for Indigenous communities. Additionally, our nuclear team partners with Indigenous-owned companies to deliver environmental management services, including risk assessments and environmental evaluations for small modular reactors (SMRs). 

UN SDG alignment

3 good health and well being.
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8 decent work and economic growth.

Community resilience

Why Calian CARES

We recognize the increasing threat that climate change poses to communities, particularly public safety and, ultimately, community resilience. Calian is focused on eliminating barriers to resilience by overcoming obstacles such as scarcity of skilled resources, access to technology, reliability of communication infrastructure and the availability of healthcare.

How we manage this topic

To bring our best to our clients and the communities with whom we work, our operating segments often collaborate to bring all parts of Calian to meet a client or community requirement:

  • Health delivery and solutions
  • Learning and skills development
  • Emergency management
  • IT and cyber solutions  
  • Advanced technologies

Through community giving, sponsorships and event participation we support several underserved communities, including veterans (and their families), the LGBTQ community, women, visible minorities, individuals with disabilities, and those impacted by natural and man-made disasters. 

UN SDG alignment

3 good health and well being.
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9 industry, innovation and infrastructure.
11 sustainable cities and communities.

Innovation

Advancing STEM

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Why Calian CARES

We engineer innovative, creative solutions to address complex challenges that affect us all. To protect the planet, people and our business, it is important to continually innovate new solutions and products. We recognize the scarcity of skilled STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) resources, and are committed to supporting the next generation of students and innovators. 
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How we manage this topic

Internally, we continuously invest in development of new products to support customers. 

Externally, we invested in several university research projects including at Dalhousie University, University of Manitoba and University of Guelph. To support youth and students seeking STEM education and careers, we regularly participate in student engineering and computer science competitions, sponsor STEM-related conferences, participate in career fairs, support science camps, award scholarships, and hire students and interns. 

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The Innovation Council

In 2022, we established an Innovation Council that meets regularly to provide:

  • Pan-Calian innovation mechanism for inspiring idea creation
  • Forum for employees engaged in the innovation agenda
  • Insight and informed decision-making, regarding innovation/collaboration-oriented platforms, processes, principles and practices
  • Culture to drive innovation initiatives and platform adoption
  • Support for innovation getting to market

Canadian Institute for Military and Veterans Health Research

Since 2015, we have partnered with the Canadian Institute for Military and Veterans Health Research (CIMVHR) on various research and development projects. This includes funding for expansion of military markers in the repository of data on chronic diseases, knowledge translation, development of military family and veteran health reference guides and, currently, a project on pharmacogenetic testing focused on veterans.

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UN SDG alignment

9 industry, innovation and infrastructure.

Impact stories

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Terri Dougall

Vice President, ESG & Industrial Development

Calian Headquarters – Ottawa

770 Palladium Dr (4th floor),

Ottawa, ON K2V 1C8

1-877-225-4264

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Health

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Learning

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