Research briefs, news, and event recaps related to public policy.
The Brief: How can gender budgeting promote equality?
This video explainer is based on a workshop on gender budgeting hosted by GATE in 2016.
Kielburgers: Transparency needed to close gender wage gap
Sarah Kaplan discusses the gender wage gap with Craig and Marc Kielburger, co-founders of the WE movement, for the London Free Press.
Sarah Kaplan appears before the Standing Committee on Social Policy regarding Bill 3
Sarah Kaplan spoke before the Standing Committee on Social Policy regarding Bill 3 on April 18, 2018, to discuss the sources of the gender wage gap, and the potential impact of the proposed legislation.
Britain reveals big gender pay gaps at Canadian firms
Dionne Pohler is interviewed by the Globe and Mail to discuss the effects of British pay transparency laws on Canadian companies.
CBC Toronto News: Ontario Sunshine List
GATE MBA fellow Ria Dutta and Sarah Kaplan are interviewed by CBC News to discuss the Ontario Sunshine List.
Closing the wage gap: Manager says women never ask for more money
Faculty Research Fellow, Dionne Pohler, speaks to CBC's "Ontario Today" to answer questions about Ontario's pay transparency legislation.
International Women’s Day: U of T expert on Canada’s gender equality legislation, #MeToo
What impact will Canada's gender legislation actually have? Sarah Kaplan provides some insight to UofT News.
Pay transparency legislation
Speaking to CBC Business News, Sarah Kaplan discusses the impact of pay transparency legislation in Ontario.
Canada’s gender pay equity strategy likely to stop short of Iceland’s: experts
For CTV News, Sarah Kaplan examines how similar legislation recently passed in Iceland would work in Canada.
A budget nudge isn’t likely to be enough to close the gender gap
The Globe and Mail's Campbell Clark quotes Sarah Kaplan in this piece discussing the impact of motherhood on the gender wage gap.