Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Diversity at PCK
At PCK, we are dedicated to creating and maintaining an inclusive environment where everyone’s individuality is valued. We maximize efforts to integrate diversity into all areas of our practice, from how we serve clients to how we recruit and collaborate as a team.
Our strategy focuses on these core goals: advancing equality and inclusivity, celebrating differences, and fostering inclusive leadership. We believe diverse teams bring a wider range of perspectives, helping us deliver better IP solutions for our clients.
Our Commitment
PCK is committed to promoting equity and inclusion both within our firm and in the communities we serve. We are proud to provide ongoing support through initiatives like our Diversity Scholarship Program, which offers financial assistance and professional opportunities to underrepresented students allowing them to thrive and contribute to the future of IP.
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Scholarship Program
Through our annual Diversity Scholarship, PCK supports students from Black, African, Caribbean, and Indigenous communities by offering financial aid and mentorship opportunities. This program reflects our commitment to fostering equal opportunities and empowering future leaders in the IP industry.
“The PCK team firmly believes, and the evidence shows, that long overdue and seriously needed reform will never take hold unless each of us takes concrete action”, said Andrew Currier, CEO.
PCK is launching three Ontario diversity initiatives that have been developed in collaboration with Roots Community Services. They all share the goals of relieving hardship or economic disadvantage to attempt to achieve equal opportunity. One of the initiatives is an annual scholarship for university students. We may also offer a regular “open-house” program, where professionals in the firm will provide educational sessions on intellectual property to disadvantaged youth, based on the IPO IP Patch program. Also, there may be an opportunity for a paid summer internship for a University student. These initiatives are specifically designed to support disadvantaged groups including Black and Indigenous youth.
As stated in the final LSO report, Strategies to Address Issues of Systemic Racism in the Legal Professions, “The Law Society works to ensure that the law and the practice of law are reflective of all the people of Ontario, including Indigenous peoples, Francophones and equality-seeking communities.”
We raise a challenge to all of our peers in the legal industry to implement their own programs. If we all work together in this way, we can make a difference.
For more information, please contact Andrew Currier, info@pckip.com.
Diversity Initiatives
PCK unconditionally supports the Black Lives Matter movement and all peaceful protesters who have been expressing the sorrow, grief and outrage at the violent deaths of George Floyd, Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, Breonna Taylor and, closer to home in Greater Toronto, D’Andre Campbell and Regis Korchinski-Paquet.
These deaths raise troubling questions about whether our legal system functions more as a tool of suppression than as an institution that supports the rule of law and equal treatment for all its citizens.
Paraphrasing the remarkable James Baldwin, our future depends on confronting and answering these questions.