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Lydie Koblan-Huberson Industrial relations · Diversity at work
Talks & training

Three formats, one standard.

Universities, public institutions, HR leadership: I speak in French and English, on site or remote, with data rather than slogans.

Lydie Koblan-Huberson

Keynote

A 45–60 minute talk built on data, followed by a frank exchange with the room.

45–60 min · FR / EN

Executive training

Half-day or full day with leadership: diagnosis, blind spots in HR processes, usable indicators.

½ day – 1 day

EDI advisory

A longer mandate: review of hiring and promotion processes, governance, and a follow-up plan.

3–12 month mandate

Speaking topics
01 Is the glass ceiling racialized?

What comparative France–Quebec data says about access to executive roles, and why aggregate representation figures hide the real problem.

02 Colonial legacies in contemporary organizations

From stereotypes forged under slavery to 'potential' assessments: how old tropes keep operating inside processes that believe themselves neutral.

03 EDI: leaving decorative policy behind

What separates an equity policy that changes careers from one that produces annual reports.

04 Hiring and promoting differently in the public sector

Selection processes, committees, sponsorship: the concrete intervention points and their legal and political limits.


Past engagements

2024

Acfas annual congress — paper (17 May)

Association francophone pour le savoir

2024

CIRA / ACRI conference — programme (25 May)

Canadian Industrial Relations Association

2023

LERA 75th Annual Meeting — "Workers and American Democracy: Challenges Ahead, Lessons from Before"

Detroit, Michigan · 1–4 June

2025

Panel — Freedom of expression and literature

Quebec City

2024

International conference on employment equity

Conference paper

2021

CRIMT competition — award holder

Interuniversity network

2017

Innovation in Government: The New Normal

OPSI / OECD, Paris