Maureen Fitzgerald – Maureen Fitzgerald, PhD

About Maureen Fitzgerald

Maureen F. Fitzgerald, PhD is a Gender Diversity Advisor, xLawyer and Author. She consults to corporations and governments on how to advance women and specifically attract, retain and promote women. Maureen is author of twelve books, including Occupy Women, Lean Out and Invite the Bully to Tea. She has a business degree (BComm) from the University of Alberta, a law degree (JD) from the University of Western Ontario, a master’s degree in law (LLM) with distinction from the London School of Economics and a doctorate degree (PhD) from the University of British Columbia.

Happy Holidays!

Have a WONDERFUL HOLIDAY! From my home to yours. Cheers, Maureen

By Maureen Fitzgerald|December 23rd, 2017|Categories: Events|Tags: holiday card|Comments Off

Best Talk by Reese Witherspoon

Here is an excerpt from Reese Witherspoon's talk of the year. "I think we are in a culture crisis in every field. In every industry, women are underrepresented and underpaid in leadership positions. Under 5 percent of CEOs of fortune 500 companies are women. Only 19 percent of Congress is women. No wonder we don't have the

By Maureen Fitzgerald|November 14th, 2017|Categories: Advancing Women, Ideas & Inspiration, Women Leaders|Tags: actors, feminist, gender diversity, gender equality, reese witherspoon, women, Women in politics, Women Leaders|Comments Off

I got rave reviews at my recent talk

BRAG ALERT! I gave a talk at the University Women's Club last week. It was a preview of my TEDx talk (that I am giving on Nov 12). I have been getting some flack recently since gender equality is still a bit of a HOT topic. So I was glad to get this positive feedback.

By Maureen Fitzgerald|November 10th, 2017|Categories: Advancing Women, Events, Gender, Lean Out, Women Leaders|Tags: Equality, equity, gender, gender diversity, implicit bias, Lean In, Pink and Blue Bias, TEDx, TEDx SFU, women leader|Comments Off

Come to my talk breaking down barriers for women leaders

I am speaking at the IDEAS SALON at the University Women's Club on Wednesday November 1, 2017 at 6:30pm. My talk is on how to advance more women into leadership. Please come. Its open to the public and olly $15. Click here to find out more.

By Maureen Fitzgerald|September 23rd, 2017|Categories: Advancing Women, Events, Gender, Glass Ceiling, Ideas & Inspiration|Tags: book, feminist, gender equality, leaders, Lean In, Lean Out, speaker, University Women's Club, Vancouver Women's Groups, women|Comments Off

Please come to my TEDx SFU on November 12

I am so excited about (finally) doing a TEDx talk! Please buy tickets since they might sell out. It is on Sunday November 12 in Vancouver on Granville Island at the Arts Club Theatre (on the water!). My talk is called: Lean Out, Don't Lean In- How to close the gender leadership gap. I explain why

By Maureen Fitzgerald|September 20th, 2017|Categories: Advancing Women, Gender, Glass Ceiling, Lean Out, Women Leaders|Tags: feminist, gender gap, IT, leadership, Lean In, Lean Out, speaker, TEDx SFU, women, Women Leaders|Comments Off

Must listen to Melinda Gates on sexism in IT

This is an amazing interview with Melinda Gates. Everyone should listen to it.

By Maureen Fitzgerald|September 20th, 2017|Categories: Advancing Women, Gender, Glass Ceiling, Women Leaders|Tags: CNN, feminist, gender bias, gender equality, Google, interview, Melinda Gates, Microsoft, sexism in tech|Comments Off

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