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How to Create a Remote Work Policy that Works Everyone
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.
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, say GATE's Sarah Kaplan and Lechin Lu in an interview for the Rotman Insights Hub.
Say Hi to the Future: Gender Equality & Opportunity for Leadership Roles
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.
Testimony before Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology
Sarah Kaplan appeared before this committee to discuss the implementation of Gender-Based Analysis Plus in the government.
International Women’s Month: Closing the Economic Gender Gap
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.
Medicine's Gender Power and Wage Gap | The Agenda
New data from Ontario's biggest hospital corporations reveals barriers to leadership roles for women in the medical field. At the physician level, female surgeons earn 24 per cent less in hourly wages than their male counterparts. Steve Paikin on TVO’s The Agenda explores the gender power gap in medicine with general surgeon and researcher Dr. Fahima Dossa; investigative journalist Robyn Doolittle; and economist Sarah Kaplan.
The Globe and Mail: Women, Work & Financial Wellness
Canadian women face an uncomfortable truth: they generally make less money than their male counterparts. And yet there’s no shortage of financial planning advice focused on how women can manage their personal expenses, invest in their future, and navigate the impact of major life events, including motherhood, that might uniquely affect their career progression. The Globe and Mail invited a group of female leaders to discuss how organizations can help women bridge the gap between personal responsibility for their wallets, and systemic inequity in levels of compensation.
#ChamberBreakers: How a Gendered Economy Sets Women Up to Fail
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.
Alright, Now What? Yes, the Gender Pay Gap Exists, and it's Complicated
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.
A Feminist Recovery from COVID-19
Sarah Kaplan appears in the Lancet Voice podcast on the gendered health and economic impacts of COVID-19 and what we can do about it.
Strategic Human Capital Spring Seminar Series: Pandemic Effects
Pandemics touch every aspect of society. This seminar addresses two important topics in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic: Workplace Inequality and Remote Work. Workplace inequality is pervasive. For example, it is well established that women face greater barriers for career progression compared to men. In this seminar, Sarah Kaplan (U. of Toronto) discusses how the pandemic has differentially affected women’s vs. men’s career opportunities, as well as how it has adversely affected marginalized minority groups. How can scholars use the pandemic to better understand the drivers of workplace inequality?
The Consequences of the Gender Power Gap
For the Globe and Mail, Sarah Kaplan, Director of the Institute for Gender and the Economy at University of Toronto Rotman School of Management, discusses the gender Power Gap in leadership, its consequences, and one way to start to close the gap.