How women’s empowerment messaging may impede gender equality
This brief examines five experimental studies which dispel the notion that women can reduce gender inequality in the workplace by simply “leaning in” and overcoming internal barriers like lack of confidence.
A Feminist Economic Recovery Plan for Canada
An exciting new collaborative release from GATE and the YWCA Canada, highlighting 8 pillars for recovery with a focus on supporting the care economy, investing in social infrastructure and lifting up women-owned businesses.
Transitioning Employers: A survey of policies and practices for trans inclusive workplaces
An exciting new report looking at the first trans inclusion workplace policies audit across Canada’s largest employers by GATE and Pride at Work Canada.
Parents’ Gender Roles Predict Children’s Aspirations and Beliefs
This brief highlights a study which tested whether parents’ behaviours, as well as their implicit beliefs about gender, also impact children’s aspirations and beliefs.
How Crime Events Affect Employment Discrimination Against Black Men
This brief examines how hiring managers' exposure to violent crime events affects their decisions to hire Black job applicants with and without a criminal record.
How LGBT employees encounter inequality at work
This study looks at how LGBT employees encounter inequality in their day-to-day workplace experiences from an intersectional lens. It suggests that organizations need to do more than implement LGBT-inclusive policies.