December 2024
What does a feminist city look like?
Re-thinking the advice to women to “lean in” and always negotiate
The blanket recommendation that women should always “lean in” and negotiate is unfounded and can even result in financial losses.
To confront or not confront: The psychological and social costs of (not) confronting racism
When faced with racism in the music industry, Indigenous, Black, and People of Colour workers weigh avoiding conflict to preserve relationships or confronting it to challenge injustice.
Anne Chow on ‘Lead Bigger: The Transformative Power of Inclusion’
Join us as we welcome former AT&T CEO Anne Chow. Drawing on her extensive experience, she offers strategies to help leaders build more dynamic, inclusive workplaces in today’s evolving world. | January 22, 2025
GATE Live: Meaningful Community Engagement for Inclusive Innovation
Join us for our third LinkedIn Live event, hosted by GATE’s Associate Director Lechin Lu and featuring GATE Advisor Chanel Grenaway, an expert on integrating equity, inclusion, and intersectionality practice into workplace cultures. Together, they’ll explore meaningful community engagement strategies for designing inclusive businesses and programs. | January 24, 2025
Navigating the Complexities of Homelessness: Fred Victor’s Multifaceted Approach to Sustainable Solutions in Toronto
Combatting homelessness requires a multifaceted and coordinated effort. Fred Victor, a Toronto-based charity, operates over 25 sites across the GTA, offering four key programs: housing solutions, health and wellness services, income generation and education, and food security and nutrition.
YWCA Metro Vancouver: Creating Affordable Homes for Single Women and Their Children
The Lone-parent households, predominantly led by women, are especially vulnerable to rising housing costs. YWCA Metro Vancouver, a registered charity within the global YWCA network, is addressing this challenge by providing 16 affordable housing communities to 291 single mothers and their children as of 2024.
Feminist City 5.0: Cities as Safe Havens
Our popular annual Feminist City event series is back! This year we explored how cities can respond to the gender-based violence epidemic, how we can meet the growing demand for access to safe and sustainable housing for our most vulnerable populations, and more. | December 3, 2024
Authentic enough? Navigating gender expression and social acceptance for transgender employees
This research examines how the gender expression of transgender individuals evolves as they transition at work.
Reporting on precarious ground: Women in digital journalism
The precarity experienced by women of colour working in digital journalism has been overlooked.