Category: In The News

One of the few bright spots of COVID-19 is that it has highlighted an ugly truth and created a sense of urgency to address it: Working women face disproportionate challenges. Policy-makers and employers are responding by introducing accommodations that will shape the future of work. Huge public-sector investments in infrastructure, together with rapid advancements in science and technology, are also…

“We Can Do It!” boomed Rosie the Riveter, exhorting women to join the war effort in the 1940s. A new war, against a global pandemic and its crushing economic impact, is making it plainly clear that a Rosie-like empowerment movement is needed again.

Appointed in August, Chrystia Freeland — Canada’s first female finance minister — takes the economic reins at the pivotal moment when women are leaving the labour force in stunning numbers. Strong leadership is needed because the situation will impact the role of women in the economy for years to come.

Midway through 2020, we warned that Canadian women had paid—and would continue to pay—a heavier price than men during the pandemic–induced recession.

Did you know only 20% of the Chief Information Security Officer roles are filled by women? And 50% of women with a technical education leave the workplace at the midpoint of their career — double the rate of their male colleagues in similar roles?

Adrienne lives in fear of another school closure. The 35 year-old Registered Practical Nurse (RPN) is a single mother of two school-age children. She works in an urban hospital in Southern Ontario.