June 2018
GATE Newsletter: Our summer reading list ☀
The link between workplace culture and the “new” dad
This study looks at how men view themselves as fathers, and how organizations are constraining or empowering men to adopt more engaged parenting identities.
Addressing the gender confidence gap
This study explores the role of gender blindness and finds that gender blindness can improve women’s confidence without requiring women to change their behaviour.
Listen to local women
Rachael Goodman and Sarah Kaplan write for The Mark News about why many women find more value in building social networks and confidence than economic empowerment. (This piece was also picked up by the Helsinki Times, Japan Today, The City Paper Bogota, and the Peruvian Times.)
Meditations on the business case for gender equality
Speaking at the Wharton School, Sarah Kaplan pushes attendees to question the focus on making the “business case” for gender equality by asking three questions.
Starbucks staff get anti-bias training
Sonia Kang talks with CBC News about the effectiveness of Starbucks' anti-bias training initiative.
The Brief: Do gender quotas work?
This video explainer is based an Oxford-style debate on the effectiveness of gender quotas hosted by GATE in 2017.
The Brief: How can gender budgeting promote equality?
This video explainer is based on a workshop on gender budgeting hosted by GATE in 2016.
The Brief: Does diversity training work?
This video explainer is based on an Oxford-style debate on the effectiveness of diversity training hosted by GATE in 2017.
Women-focused co-working spaces increase in Canada
Sarah Kaplan weighs in on women's only co-working spaces in Canada with CBC news.