According to a recent article by Yvonnne Zacharias, the glass ceiling is causing more women to leave corporations and become entrepreneurs. No real surprise. Between 2000 and 2011 self-employed women in Canada grew by 23%. An Ipsos Reid survey of 500 top female executives discovered the vast majority of women still feel the glass ceiling. Joanne Norris a VanCity […]
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Janet Austin is so smart. When recently asked why women can’t seem to get ahead she said that there are lots of great and well-educated women out there. But they are under-employed. In her opinion (which I share) we we create conditions that make it difficult (I say impossible) for these women to use their education and
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Watch this research-based video on how women are affected during recessions. <iframe width=”560″ height=”315″ src=”http://www.youtube.com/embed/AIkwtfpOAZw” frameborder=”0″ allowfullscreen></iframe>
Great research by Catherine Tinsley on women Read More »
Yeah to Joyce Murray who threw in her hat! We need more woman leaders in Canada!
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Alex Rister pulled this list of TED talks together. http://alexrister1.wordpress.com/2012/10/28/top-ten-ted-talks-delivered-by-women/
Great list of favourite women TED Talks Read More »
Equal Voice is pleased to announce that Alison Redford, Premier of Alberta, will be Ottawa on Monday, November 19th to accept the EVE Award (Ottawa) for 2012. She will be the guest of honour at the annual Women in Public Life Luncheon hosted by Equal Voice and the Canadian Club Ottawa. Tickets for the special event
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I love Eve Ensler. I just heard her on CBC radio talking about her new show on off-Broadway “I am an emotional being” you must see her on YouTube. She is great. She also spoke about a spontaneous visit last week to a US city where 5000 women showed up to listen to her do
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I am always suspicious of research that looks at how women lead. First of all, this research only looks at those women who have made it into a leadership position. Second these women are not only rare, the sample does not include those who did not make it to the top (perhaps more feminine types?). It is not solid research if it
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Good idea. Title IX as a law forced funding equality for female athletes. Maybe we need a similar law to force boards to hire women. Read Judith Samuelson’s article. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/judith-samuelson/corporate-boards-women_b_1761615.html/
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I hope you have been following the maternity debate sparked by the appointment of Marissa Mayer as the new CEO of Yahoo. The bottom line is this. Marissa Mayer told the Yahoo Board she was pregnant and they did the right thing by hiring her anyway. After all it’s illegal to not hire a person
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