Meritocracy: From Myth to Reality
View this 1-hour webcast of Sarah Kaplan's presentation on meritocracy and the ways it can produce biased outcomes. It was given as part of the medical school's City-Wide Grand Rounds.
January 2018
GATE January 2018 Newsletter–latest cutting-edge research and news!
Debate: Does diversity training work?
Organizations are constantly challenged to create environments for every employee to feel included and valued. We report on our Oxford-style debate on the effectiveness of diversity training in achieving these goals.
Double standards in evaluation
Average men get the benefit of the doubt
Crowdfunding as activism
Why more women support female founders online and in underrepresented industries
Wage report for Hollywood film puts spotlight on gender gap
Sarah Kaplan is featured on CTV News discussion of the gender wage gap.
Women still earn 25% less as Canada slips down global rankings
Sarah Kaplan spoke on CBC's The Current about the gender wage gap, why we haven't made more progress, and the economic costs
Facing down backlash: What would it take to make real progress on gender equality?
Women of Influence
Sarah Kaplan and Alyson Colón write about the backlash on gender diversity, and how we can move forward by treating diversity as an innovation challenge.
The Mantra of Meritocracy
Stanford Social Innovation Review
Sarah Kaplan and GATE post doc Rachael Goodman write about how the mantra of meritocracy is being exported around the world. (Part 2 of a 5-part series with SSIR.)
#WomenOnBoards: Toronto students help big businesses shatter the glass ceiling
Our course, Designing for Equality, featured in MetroNews: using design thinking to solve gender-based challenges, including women on boards.