BUILDING GREAT GAMES AND A MORE EQUITABLE FUTURE STARTS HERE
Growing together, gaming together
For Ubisoft, putting diversity and inclusion at the heart of everything we do means providing an environment where employees can thrive, building open-minded communities where players can connect, and creating games that reflect the diversity of the world we live in. Our vision of diversity and inclusion is multidimensional.
We’ve designed a strategy centered around four pillars: colleagues, culture, content, and community.
01
Colleagues
We want to build the most creative, inclusive, and diverse teams across all fields. We will continue to increase representation in our company by building more inclusion across our systems and ensuring equal access to opportunities for everyone.
02
Culture
We will keep fostering a culture of inclusion where our teams feel seen, heard, and valued. To support this, we will empower global and local Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) to support global teams as they develop their understanding of inclusion and strengthen belonging for all.
03
Content
We will create gaming experiences that push representation forward by embedding diversity and inclusion across our processes, increasing representation in our teams, and offering access to resources that help teams to build more authentic inclusive, and accessible gaming experiences.
04
Community
We will set the standard for inclusion for our teams, players, and partners, and will collaborate with leading organizations to expand our knowledge, grow our reach, give back to the community and champion inclusion in our industry.
Meet Erin Roach,
Our Director of Diversity & Inclusion
Our Director of Diversity
& Inclusion
How we give back
Ubisoft Toronto strives to be a positive force where we live and work. Through our studio’s programs and collaborations with partners, our impact extends beyond the games we make and into how we show up for our communities.
Supporting the Canadian video game ecosystem
Making games is difficult and presents a lot of challenges: financially, creatively, and more. Since launching the Ubisoft Indie Series in 2016, our studio has drawn on its extensive network and strong internal expertise to support local independent studios with creative, marketing and financial tools to help propel the development of their business.
Fostering long-term success and meaningful careers
Named as one of Canada’s Top 100 Employer’s for Young People, our studio is committed to supporting students and new grads through programs like Hack the ROM, paid apprenticeships with Ubisoft Toronto NEXT, our mentorship program with Develop at Ubisoft, and our two-year career accelerator with the Ubisoft Graduate Program.
A mission of innovation
Acting as a bridge between academic research and video game production, La Forge combines Ubisoft’s assets and data with the expertise of university researchers to drive innovation forward in the video game industry, while contributing to solving real-world problems through scientific publications.
Protecting our planet
Carbon reduction
-10.8% is our reduction target per employee based on 2019 levels (which were of 9.5 tCO2e per employee).
100% renewable electricity
Transition to 100% electricity from renewable sources (vs. 74% in 2020).
Business travel
Maintain a low level of international business travel by continuously developing better remote collaboration tools.
Waste management
Eliminate single-use plastics, and reduce overall waste while optimizing recycling in all our workspaces.
Optimized workspaces
Optimize the power consumption of our buildings (heating, air conditioning, lighting, computer equipment).
IT Equipment
Extending hardware life cycles, and give a second life to hardware through reuse, recycling and/or donations.
From greening the studio with low-carbon, no-waste solutions, to our DIY bike maintenance series and urban gardening workshops, we’re rising to the challenge to make our planet more sustainable.
Our initiatives
Ubisoft Toronto NEXT
Ubisoft Toronto NEXT is an annual competition designed to showcase the talent of video game development students in Ontario and to help kickstart their careers in the industry.
Ubisoft Indie Series presented by National Bank
The Ubisoft Indie Series presented by National Bank is an annual competition for independent game development studios, offering cash prizes, mentorship, and creative, marketing and financial tools to help local studios and their games reach new heights.
Develop at Ubisoft
The Develop at Ubisoft program aims to attract and develop emerging talent who identify as women, transgender, non-binary, and/or Two-Spirit. It offers mentorship from studio experts across multiple fields and hands-on game development experience through a paid apprenticeship.
Hack the ROM
Hack the ROM connects Ontario students with Indigenous history through storytelling and builds students’ digital literacy skills, including coding.
Youth Fusion
Youth Fusion is a year-long experiential learning program for elementary and secondary school students that aims to teach students how to design their own video game with mentorship from Ubisoft Toronto developers.
Black Youth Action Plan Hiring Fair
The Black Youth Action Plan Hiring Fair, hosted by Interactive Ontario, prepares emerging Black professionals and post-secondary students with the tools, resources and networking opportunities to prepare for a career in the video game industry.
Impact in Canada
Our teams aim not only to enrich players’ lives with unforgettable experiences, but also to be a positive influence in our communities.
Learn more about our efforts to improve in-game and real-life worlds for the benefit of our players, our communities, and our ecosystem with our fellow Ubisoft Canadian studios.