Category Archives: At work

'Paradox of power': Women in leadership roles face more sexual harassment than others

Posted on by Leave a comment

IMAGE: Johanna Rickne, Professor of Economics at Stockholm University. Courtesy: Magnus Bergström/Wallenbergstiftelserna A higher status in a company does not insulate against sexual harassment, according to new research. It may even amplify it: According to the study from the Swedish Institute for Social Research at Stockholm University (SOFI), which examined corporate conditions in three countries, women in senior supervisory positions are

Read more

Co-op programs benefit STEM students more than students from other disciplines

Posted on by Leave a comment

STEM students who participate in co-op programs are more likely to find a permanent job that relates to their field, according to a new study from the C.D. Howe Institute. While students from all disciplines appear to benefit from co-op training, STEM students seem to profit more. Analysis of data from Canada’s National Graduate Survey, government-collected statistical information on Canadian post-secondary students collected

Read more

43 per cent of employers say they value online portfolios, websites

Posted on by Leave a comment

On the hunt for a job? You might cut through the competition with an online portfolio or website, according to a new survey conducted by staffing firm Accountemps. About 43 per cent of the employers who participated in the survey cited access to online resources as a big plus when looking for a candidate. The Canada-based survey included responses from

Read more

How ‘weight bias’ is harming us all

Posted on by Leave a comment

Written by:Sara FL Kirk, Dalhousie University; Angela Alberga, Concordia University; Erin Cameron, Northern Ontario School of Medicine ; Mary Forhan, University of Alberta, and Shelly Russell-Mayhew, University of Calgary People who live in large bodies find themselves the target of fat-phobic and body shaming messages on a daily basis. Ellen Maud Bennett died of cancer on May 11, 2018, and

Read more

"Boys clubs" are still keeping minorities out of leadership roles, study finds

Posted on by Leave a comment

Image courtesy: Canva. “Old boys’ clubs” — a moniker used to describe social advantages men have over women in professional settings — could be responsible for a third of the corporate gender gap, according to a new study by Zoe Cullen of Harvard Business School and Ricardo Perez-Truglia of UCLA. “We find that when male employees are assigned to male managers, they

Read more

It will take 99.5 years to close the global gender gap, according to new survey

Posted on by Leave a comment

Image courtesy: World Economic Forum It will take 99.5 years to close the gender gap in health, education, work, and political sectors, according to a new Global Gender Gap Report by the World Economic Forum.  The assessment is nearly a decade better than 2018’s estimate, which calculated it would take 108 years to reach global parity. The improved outlook is attributed to an

Read more

Diversity & inclusion is more likely to succeed if we train people to be allies: Here are some tips

Posted on by Leave a comment

Photo courtesy: Unsplash. Terms like “glass ceiling” and “boy’s club” — monikers representing academic and professional barriers that prevent advancement — are slowly being replaced with “diversity and inclusion” (D&I) and a focus on retention, support, and increased visibility of minority participants. But in some instances, D&I programs fall short. A four-year study focusing on women of all ethnicities  found that efforts

Read more
« Older Entries