We often hear that workplaces are meritocratic. But if that was true, would white women and people of color still be earning so much less than men? Would those board rooms be quite so male? Sarah Kaplan speaks to the National Organization for Women’s Feminism Now podcast about how the notion of meritocracy is a tool of the patriarchy, justifying bias towards the people in positions of privilege and harming the careers of people who have not had this same wind at their back.

In this episode of The Pink Tax Podcast, we speak with Sarah Kaplan, a leading expert in gender and the economy. We discuss the persistent issues of gender inequality, the challenges of proving the business case for diversity, and the backlash against DEI initiatives. We need more innovative solutions to promote gender equality, and we must recognize caregiving roles in leadership. We also dove deep into what meritocracy is, whether or not we actually live in one and the limitations of meritocracy.

Sarah Kaplan speaks with Google Exec Stephanie Wong for the In Real Life podcast about what we really know about workplace equality. You’ll be in for some surprises.

Professor Sarah Kaplan, an expert on stakeholder engagement, views trade-offs between stakeholder needs as opportunities for innovation. However, navigating these challenges is far from easy. Her advice in the face of failure? Don’t give up – try something else. She appears on the Pi-Squared podcast.

The Governance Solutions podcast welcomes Sarah Kaplan to talk about corporate governance, corporate purpose and diversity on boards. Her focus is applying an innovation lens to understanding the challenges of achieving gender equality, and other social goods, has helped us to change (and understand) the society that we live in.

Business leaders and policy makers often fail to consider how their policies, products, services and processes can have impacts on inequality. To unlock innovative opportunities using an intersectional gender lens, GATE joined with our Rotman partner, the TD Management and Data Analytics lab, to host a one-day conference called “Gender Analytics: Possibilities” (or GAP). This limited-edition GATE Audio productions podcast hosted by Sarah Kaplan shares panel conversations from the conference on topics like decolonizing data and design, inclusive government policy, responsible AI, and more.

The labour market never started off level for women and men. Women have and continue to be clustered in the “5Cs”: cleaning, catering, cashiering, clerical and caring. Dr. Sarah Kaplan, Director, Institute for Gender and the Economy (GATE), talks to Level the Paying Field host Kadie Ward, Commissioner and CAO of Ontario's Pay Equity Commission, about gender’s role in today’s labour market, and whether we are moving to a meritocracy.

What role should the office play, and can companies create equitable and sustainable work from home (remote work) policies that work for all employees? Rotman's Sarah Kaplan and Carmina Ravanera weigh in on the future of hybrid work for the Executive Summary podcast.

Sarah Kaplan speaks to the Say Hi to the Future podcast about how research can change the conversation on gender equality and how we can turn anger into hope for gender equality and women’s advancement in leadership.

This episode of the Oxford Policy Pod discusses the economic challenges and opportunities facing women all over the world. The economic crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic displaced millions of women from the global labour force and unraveled several decades of progress in closing economic gender gaps. Governments around the world will need to prioritize gender-based policymaking in the years ahead in order to regain this lost ground and achieve true gender equality. This episode takes a look at key elements of gender-based economic policymaking alongside two experts in the field, Dr. Sarah Kaplan and Sanchita Mitra.

In this episode of #ChamberBreakers, Lianna Brinded, director at Yahoo, and Xavier White, CSR and innovation marketing manager for Verizon Business, speak to professor Sarah Kaplan, director of the Institute for Gender and the Economy at the University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management. Kaplan coined the term “gender capitalism” to describe how today’s capitalist economic system is defined by the dominant gender — white cisgender males — in everything from policy making, to product and service design, and allocation of capital.

New legislation about gendered pay inequity will go into force on August 31, 2021. But there are still those who say that a gender pay gap doesn't exist in Canada at all. The Canadian Women’s Foundation podcast Alright, Now What? was joined by Dr. Sarah Kaplan, Director of the Institute for Gender and the Economy and Distinguished Professor of Gender and the Economy and Professor of Strategic Management at Rotman. She addresses what the gender pay gap really is and what needs to happen to end it.