CNO’s three-year diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) Strategy, Inclusion for All: Nothing About Us, Without Us, recognizes the diverse contributions, achievements and lived experiences of our system partners, registrants and the public we serve; all of whom enrich Ontario’s health care system.

Our DEI journey isn’t new. We will continue to develop our cultural awareness and fluency to review processes and practices through a DEI lens and to implement changes that ensure greater inclusion, equity and cultural humility.

We are committed to transparency and sharing data-driven insights, experiences and regulatory innovations. This work is key to CNO’s role as a health regulator and to reflecting our communities’ lived realities.

We acknowledge the relationship between health equity and social and environmental factors including income, race, where you live, gender and education. Together we acknowledge barriers and the bias that exists.

Inclusion for All: Nothing About Us, Without Us, shifts our focus from a journey of discovery to an organization-wide movement to achieve transformational change. The DEI Strategy is built on a foundation of broadly consulting and is underscored by four key actions: 

• Evolve
• Educate
• Engage
• Evaluate 

Together we can create more diverse, equitable and inclusive spaces for all. 

We would like to thank the diverse artists, who are passionate about representing Equity-Deserving groups, for sharing their artwork and being a part of our DEI journey.