Asked to be a sponsor or mentor? 5 tips for a lasting impact
Mentorship and sponsorship are powerful opportunities, not to be taken lightly. To truly support your mentee and make the relationship meaningful, consider these factors.
How Comply-or-Explain Disclosure Regulation Can Improve Corporate Governance and Gender Equality
In 2020, the Nasdaq stock market filed a proposal with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission seeking permission to adopt a board diversity-related disclosure requirement for its listed companies. How can this improve gender equality in corporate governance?
Ottawa needs to act on a proposal for a guaranteed basic income for P.E.I.
The highly touted GBI plan could be a model for other provinces, but it will take full cooperation between federal and provincial governments. (Image credits: Policy Options)
Are you ignoring entrepreneur job candidates? You might be missing out on key skills
People from entrepreneurial backgrounds face huge barriers when trying to join the "corporate" or traditional work force. Don't leave those skills on the table; address the hiring biases.
Book review: Upholding Indigenous Economic Relationships: nehiyawak ᓀᐦᐃᔭᐊᐧᐠ narratives
Shalene Wuttunee Jobin unpacks how the current economic system is designed for exploitation, and offers an alternative economic model based in Cree worldviews.
Machine Learning and the Reproduction of Inequality
Equity-minded observers can bring a sociological lens to understand the potential for ML tools like ChatGPT to reproduce social inequalities even while appearing neutral and objective.
How Pay Gaps Lead to Durable Inequality
The cultural devaluation of female-typed job responsibilities has broad consequences for society.
For Students with Disabilities, Discrimination Starts Before They Even Enter School
Alleviating disability discrimination in schools will require bigger-picture changes, so that it’s not seen as a zero-sum game.
We need to talk about (career) reinvention
There are ways to sharpen your skills, test unknown vocations and find new passions — all in a low-risk way. There can be real opportunity in staying put but shaking things up.
5 myths about Gender Analytics
It's tempting to think that an inclusive approach to analytics is just an add-on to a day-to-day job, or worse, isn't profitable. But, those are all just myths.