The Globe and Mail Sadaf Ahsan Published April 9, 2021 Bookmark For Agatha, a 30-year-old Chinese-Canadian substitute teacher in Toronto, working primarily with white colleagues can often make her feel like an outsider. She says the energy and style with which many of those colleagues communicate is very different than her own, and makes her feel like she’s somehow not good enough. She feels that cultural gap most in job interviews, and says that it’s led to a dip in confidence, a rise in anxiety and a lack of passion in her work. This is a common dynamic for people of colour, especially as companies place increasing emphasis on soft skills –