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Good product is relative. Equality isn’t.

At MetaLab, we aim to be honest, not perfect. Throughout our history of doing things a little differently, we’ve tried to be open about the mistakes we’ve made and lessons we’ve learned along the way. As we reckon with the realities of systemic racism and our role in it, our commitment to transparency and accountability remains the same.

2022 Company Statistics

18-24
1%
25-34
52%
35-44
42%
+45
5%
Age
Woman
45%
Non-Binary
2%
Man
53%
Gender Identity
Asexual
2%
Pansexual
2%
Gay/Lesbian
6%
Bisexual
8%
Queer
3%
Heterosexual
79%
Orientation
Middle-Eastern
0%
Latinx
4%
Asian
12%
White
71%
Black
3%
Two or more
10%
Indigenous
0%
Race-Ethnicity
This data was sourced from an anonymous survey of the MetaLab team in September 2022. Some questions were opt-in only. While we feel confident in the conclusions of this data, it may not exactly match the general MetaLab population. We will update this data annually.

Gender Identity & Job Level

 
Man
Woman
Non-Binary
Executive
Management
Lead
Individual Contributor
43%
52%
58%
51%
57%
48%
40%
47%
0%
0%
2%
2%

Ethnicity & Job Level

 
Middle-Eastern
Latinx
Asian
White
Black
Two or more
Indigenous
Executive
Management
Lead
Individual Contributor
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
2%
7%
29%
8%
19%
9%
57%
84%
58%
74%
0%
0%
2%
5%
14%
8%
19%
5%
0%
0%
0%
0%

Our Actions

Representation, Equity, & Growth

  • We maintain equitable pay across all roles and examine promotion and growth opportunities for BIPOC employees, reducing any barriers that may exist.
  • Our hiring mentality is to look for “culture add” over “culture fit” to diversify and thereby strengthen the range of perspectives that exist on our team.
  • We focus recruitment and outreach efforts on a diverse range of communities in order to increase equal representation throughout the organization.
  • We provide unconscious bias training to all interviewers.

Training & Education

  • We provide mandatory Inclusive Culture training for all employees.
  • Our team has access to the complete library of Paradigm’s Reach online DEI training and resources.
  • We reimburse employees for the costs of anti-racist educational materials.

Organizational Change

  • We support Employee Resource Groups, and encourage their formation, to better foster a culture of inclusion and belonging.
  • We conduct annual surveys to understand how we’re meeting and/or missing the mark with our team.

Community Investment

  • We’ve committed $1M in services to Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC)-led startups or social impact products that serve underrepresented groups.
  • We provide STEAM-focused scholarships to BIPOC students in design or technology.

Investment Updates

We invested in partnerships with BIPOC entrepreneurs to launch social impact products that combat white supremacy and improve representation in the tech industry.

Anti-Racism Daily

Anti-Racism Daily provides anti-racism education and inspiration through online courses, speaking events, email subscriptions, and as a Slack app we helped build.
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Nappy.co

Nappy offers beautiful photos of Black and Brown people, for free. We collaborated with them to create the All Hands collection, a free set of photos for product mockups.
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IFFSA

The Islamic Family & Social Services Association  is a Canadian-based charity that provides culturally and spiritually safe social services to the Islamic refugee community in Edmonton. We designed a prototype for an intake app that they are using to secure funding.
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Koble

Koble is a Toronto-based startup disrupting the parenting & healthtech industry with their platform that provides parents affordable and accessible expert knowledge & support. We helped Koble get their MVP to market.
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