One women candidate is not enough Here is an excerpt from this recent research suggesting if we simply add women to the “pool” we can shift gender bais! Cool. “Despite the ever-growing business case for diversity, roughly 85% of board members and executives are white men. This doesn’t mean that companies haven’t tried to change. Many
Here is the recent research showing that even set targets for universities (research chairs) can’t be met. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/canadian-universities-fail-to-meet-diversity-hiring-targets/article29935311/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/canadian-universities-fail-to-meet-diversity-hiring-targets/article29935311
Watch this short clip if you want to be inspired to make positive change. Dancing with the Octopus
Motherhood is Madness.The best gift you can give your mother on Mother Day is to acknowledge her reality (it’s a dirty job!). In addition to flowers tell her you want to change our society so that we all value mothers and the role they play. Do this: Spend $15 to read my book (Motherhood is Madness: How
We need a new National Women’s Group. In Canada. Now. In 2001 our federal government closed the most important organization for the advancement of women in Canada. For 30 years the National Action Committee on the Status of Women (NAC) (founded in 1972) played a unifying role for the feminist movement in Canada. Its strength was
This is nothing short of brilliant. I am going to try to talk Equal Voice Canada in doing a similar things.Women 50 50 The campaign for at least 50% representation of women in our Parliament, in our councils and on public boards
EQUAL VOICE RELEASE: Conservative MP Michelle Rempel’s article about everyday sexism on the Hill in last week’s National Post is another sobering reminder of a male-dominated workplace in which women who occupy positions of power are met with varying degrees of hostility and/or ignorance far too often. This is not unique to Parliament Hill. Gender-biased
Why does the Globe and Mail not fire Ms Wente? Margaret Wente plagiarism. Here is another article by Shari Graydon (of Informed Opinions) that describes how many educated women feel about the things that Margaret Wente writes: Informed opinions
I just saw another (boring) article criticizing women’s groups for only having women speakers. Several men posted comment saying that is stupid for women to do this because men are in the know and can offer good advice. Here is my comment: “This has nothing to do with male and female speakers at all. These comments not only add to
Good article by the Guardian. Five ways to promote gender equality http://www.theguardian.com/women-in-leadership/2016/apr/20/five-things-to-promote-gender-equality-at-work?