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For more than 30 years, Cabling Installation & Maintenance has provided useful, practical information to professionals responsible for the specification, design, installation and management of structured cabling systems serving enterprise, data center and other environments. These professionals are challenged to stay informed of constantly evolving standards, system-design and installation approaches, product and system capabilities, technologies, as well as applications that rely on high-performance structured cabling systems. Our editors synthesize these complex issues into multiple information products. This portfolio of information products provides concrete detail that improves the efficiency of day-to-day operations, and equips cabling professionals with the perspective that enables strategic planning for networks’ optimum long-term performance.

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  • Physical Security: Focusing on the areas in which security and IT—and the infrastructure for both—interlock and overlap, we pay specific attention to Internet Protocol’s influence over the development of security applications.
  • Standards: Tracking the activities of North American and international standards-making organizations, we provide updates on specifications that are in-progress, looking forward to how they will affect cabling-system design and installation. We also produce articles explaining the practical aspects of designing and installing cabling systems in accordance with the specifications of established standards.

Levelling the Playing Field, Creating 'Diversity Champions'

By: 3BL Media

Association of Chinese American Professionals helps underrepresented minorities reach their potential

SOURCE: Enbridge

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Helping those from minority groups climb the corporate ladder has been a lifelong passion for Cecil Fong.

An immigrant from Taiwan, Fong worked for 34 years in the oil and gas industry in Houston, starting out as a chemical engineer and then moving into management. For years, he was involved with his company’s Asian American employee network, through which he helped colleagues advance their careers.

Today, Fong is executive director of the Association of Chinese American Professionals’ Diversity Summit, a yearly event delivering training and professional development opportunities to ensure people from underrepresented minorities have the tools to succeed in the workplace.

“Even though we’re seeing increased diversity in the population in the workplace, we still have challenges to make sure that (minorities) can reach senior leadership,” explains Fong, who attended the summit for several years before taking on the top job after he retired from oil and gas in 2010.

“We can help people each their potential regardless of what they look like or where they come from,” he adds.

Offered since 2001, the one-day Diversity Summit is hosted by ACAP, a Houston-based not-for-profit organization with members in Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas and Oklahoma.

Enbridge has been a sponsor of the summit since 2010, contributing funds to support the summit’s mission to eliminate barriers and empower people of all backgrounds to achieve their full potential.

At Enbridge, we believe diversity makes us stronger, driving innovation and better business decisions. That’s why we’re working toward a set of company-wide workforce representation goals across our organization to create a more diverse and inclusive workplace.

Amanda Scott, an Enbridge diversity, inclusion and talent acquisition specialist based in Houston, has served on the event’s planning committee since 2018, and helped to plan the 2022 event, held April 22. More than 250 people attended in person at Houston’s Westchase Marriott; 50 more attended virtually.

Guest speakers addressed topics such as building mental fitness; turning crisis into opportunity; resilience, belonging and success in the workplace; and bringing kindness into the corporate culture.

All presenters received strong ratings, something Fong says is “gratifying and helped give me comfort that what we’re doing does make a difference.”

The Diversity Summit is an example of “proactive action,” the only thing that leads to change, Fong explains. “If we don’t do anything, then nothing changes.”

In time, he hopes that everyone, no matter their race or position on the corporate ladder, will become advocates for equity, diversity and inclusion in the workplace.

“Not just people who are minorities, but everyone should become EDI champions in their companies,” Fong states. “Together we’re stronger.”

Tweet me: .@Enbridge sponsors the Association of Chinese American Professionals’ Diversity Summit, contributing to their mission to eliminate barriers and empower people of all backgrounds to achieve their full potential: https://bit.ly/3x8NXWz

KEYWORDS: NYSE: ENB, Enbridge, ACAP summit

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