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Femeconomy is a neat way to push gender diversity

There’s a great new website available for those who want to start using their money to do something about the lack of women in leadership. It is called Femeconomy and it offers a simple way to shop for the things you love through a gender lens – by presenting more than 700 brands that meet its

Canadians pay for RCMP harassment culture now what?

Although I want to celebrate the “win” for all the women in the RCMP who were treated so badly over so many years, its interesting that there is no HUGE apology from RCMP corporate office for MASSIVE mismanagement of each of the hundreds of complaints when they arose. The cost to the public for this

Canadian companies have failed at getting women on boards

According to the Olser website: A recent Bloomberg news piece by Natalie Obiko Pearson reviews the current state of gender diversity on corporate boards in Canada. In the article, Pearson cites research from Catalyst as well as from the Canada chapter of the 30% Club which is about to release a white paper revealing that

How to know when Gender Diversity is the norm

On Thursday, a huge publicly traded US company (Salesforce) announced that it has hired its first-ever chief equality officer. The new hire, former Microsoft and Hewlett-Packard exec Tony Prophet, will be responsible for leading the company’s equality initiatives, which will focus on gender, LGBTQ, and racial equality. He will report directly to chairman and CEO

What can a Premier do to Stop Sexual Assaults?

We all know that BC Premier Christy Clark disclosed that she too had been attacked as a young girl. This is a brave and good thing to do. However, as Daphne Bramham points out in her wise article, a powerful leader must do much more that just talk. Here is an excerpt from that

Rape Relief Run on June 16 by WAVAW

I love WAVAW. It is a Vancouver rape relief center that answers 4,000 crisis calls each year – with only one line. As a result some women who call get a busy signal instead of a support worker’s voice. One line is no longer enough. We want to expand our crisis line. So come join the Scotiabank

Top 10 List of Speeches by Women

This is a great selection of speeches by another lawyer: Favourite Speeches by Women https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/my-top-ten-favourite-speeches-women-kolarele-sonaike

Why does it take so long to get women academics to the top?

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

Women journalist harms women at multiple levels

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

SheEO is a great idea to advance women

I went to a great event last night at the funky offices of THNK-School of Creative Leadership in Vancouver. They hosted the celebration of the winners of the SheEO “Radical Generosity” fund. Not only was I surrounded by passionate socially conscious entrepreneurs but I got to witness a truly “female friendly” program that funds women without