March 27, 2024
AIMCo Signs WCM’s Parental Leave Pledge
WCM is pleased to announce that AIMCO has signed its Parental Leave Pledge. Launched in June 2022, the WCM Parental Leave Pledge lists seven key commi...
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Cision Newswire | February 20, 2024
WCM Return-to-Work Program Provides Structured Pathway for Participants, and Strategic Inv...
WCM today announced that 18 women have been hired through its annual Return to Bay Street (RTBS) Program in 2023. Successful candidates receive paid w...
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February 06, 2024
WCM Perspective | Black Excellence in Canadian Finance: Celebrating Heritage, Shaping the ...
A long overdue transformation is seemingly underway in Canada’s finance industry. It's a change defined not by numbers on a balance sheet, but by the ...
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Cision Newswire | January 16, 2024
WCM announces appointment of Tanya van Biesen as President and CEO
Read moreWCM actively engages with the media to bring gender diversity issues to the forefront of the public and corporate dialogues. Through awareness and education, our goal is to inspire meaningful action to drive change and increase women’s representation in our industry, in our economy and in our country’s leadership teams.
Read on for updates on our advocacy initiatives and interesting media coverage. You can also check out our Research and Reports section for in-depth research and leading data on the economic imperative of gender parity and related topics.
June 30, 2022
WCM’s Return to Bay Street Program brings 13 women back into the finance industry
WCM’s 2022 Return to Bay Street (RTBS) Program has had another successful year, with a total of 13 recipients. RTBS is an industry-wide collaboration ...
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June 30, 2022
WCM (Women in Capital Markets) launches a Parental Leave Pledge to increase the use of par...
The Pledge invites organizations in finance to commit to increasing fathers’ and non-birth parents’ use of leave upon the birth or adoption of childre...
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June 15, 2022
Highlights from WCM's 2022 Champions of Change Gala
This year marked the 20th annual Champions of Change Gala. Three years after our last in person Gala, more than 400 financial professionals gathered i...
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June 06, 2022
Announcing the 2022 WCM Champions of Change
WCM recognizes 18 senior leaders driving equity, diversity and inclusion in Canadian finance at the 2022 Champions of Change Gala
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May 26, 2022
WCM Announces Changes to Board of Directors
WCM (Women in Capital Markets) held its Annual General Meeting and announces the following updates.
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May 17, 2022
Post-Secondary Event Series: How to Network Effectively & Grow Your Professional Network
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May 17, 2022
WCM Report | The Future of Work in Finance
WCM's latest report provides key insights on how organizations can support equitable and productive hybrid work models.
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May 05, 2022
Earning the trust of Canadians
In her first speech with the Bank of Canada, Senior Deputy Governor Carolyn Rogers talks about building and maintaining trust.
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April 14, 2022
WCM Announces the Resignation of CSO Katie Squires-Thompson
After 8 years of wonderful work and commitment our Chief Strategy Officer, Katie Squires-Thompson, is leaving WCM.
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March 18, 2022
How WCM’s returnship program, Return to Bay Street (RTBS) provided the on-ramp for a new c...
For Meric Koksal, meeting a former WCM CEO & President in early 2015, was the introduction she needed to relaunch her finance career in Canada.
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Toronto Star | March 12, 2022
Hybrid work can work for everyone
How can we design a long-term, hybrid work model that increases EDI in Canadian workplaces?
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Report on Business | March 08, 2022
How #BreakingBias can shatter the Glass Ceiling
Here’s how leaders and employees can interrupt bias in their organizations.
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March 03, 2022
WCM Return to Bay Street Info Session | Industry trends and their impact on finance careers
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February 22, 2022
WCM Research | Call for participation
Share your experience to help shape the future of work in finance.
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