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Maples Group welcomes all with arms open wide
M
ost of what Artem
Patyka knows
about Canada
and Montréal
he’s learned
through his employment at
Maples Group. Patyka came to
Canada via Ireland in 2022 from
his hometown of Kyiv, Ukraine.
Though the move was unplanned,
he had 13 years of experience in
digital marketing and, nine days
after landing in Montréal, got a
job with the financial and legal
advisory firm as a digital marketing executive.
“I came to Canada and started
to work right away,” says Patyka,
who’s since been promoted to
senior digital executive. “I’m
happy to be at Maples as it has
given me a community that has
helped me integrate into my new
life in Canada.”
He didn’t feel at all out of place
amid Maples Group’s diverse,
largely international workforce.
Though the Montréal office is a
major hub with 361 employees,
Maples has 14 other offices globally. Once a year it hosts an in-house
food festival where employees
bring dishes from their home
countries or cultures to share in
the office.
“What I like most is the diversity,
the friendly environment and the
opportunities for career growth,
for professional development,”
Patyka says.
The onboarding program and
in-house training opportunities
allowed him to find his footing
quickly, he notes. “If you have
something you need to know,
there is always someone willing to
help and explain.”
He’s also gotten to know colleagues from various departments
at company-paid outings, such as
skating and laser tag.
“As teams, we can decide the
social activities that we would like
to do,” Patyka says. “It’s a good
opportunity to connect.”
Maples Group celebrates
Black History Month and Pride
Awareness Week and has participated in an array of initiatives
to benefit the community. This
year, the office participated in a
clothing drive to support Dress
for Success Montréal, which
helps disadvantaged women
find jobs, and a school supplies
campaign to benefit the students
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Artem Patyka, senior digital executive (left), and Jiza Jimera, senior vice-president, fund accounting, at Maples
Group.
at Saint-Bernardin Elementary
School, mostly of whom are
immigrants. Last year, Maples
worked with Moms Against
Poverty and the Women’s Centre
of Montréal.
With Maples we can be who
we are and we can be our
best professionally and
personally.
— Jiza Jimera
Senior Vice-President,
Fund Accounting
But Maples’ commitment to
diversity, equity and inclusion
(DEI) goes beyond such events.
Managers meet with employees
once a year to set goals and measure progress to ensure advancement is tied to performance and
not unconscious bias.
“With Maples, we can be who
we are, and we can be our best
professionally and personally,”
says Jiza Jimera, senior vicepresident with the fund a
ccounting team. Jimera cites the
company’s DEI statement: “The
company is committed to creating
and maintaining an inclusive and
diverse group where all of us have
equal access to either promotion
or opportunities for advancement, regardless of any personal
characteristics.”
Jimera notes that 52 per cent of
managers and senior managers
are women. A mother of two
children, she herself has taken
advantage of Maples’ flexible
work schedules and 20-week
maternity leave top-up over her 12
