Below is a compilation of prominent industry research and reports which outline the clear, economic case for greater gender parity in the Canadian economy, in our corporations’ leadership teams and in our boardrooms. These resources provide an overview of our situation, identify the common barriers to achieving parity, and outline recommendations and best-practices to accelerate the pace of change.
WCMS's The Future of Work in Finance report provides a snapshot of employee experiences with remote work in the pandemic specific to Canadian finance and offers targeted recommendations for organizations to support building equitable and productive hybrid work models....
WCM | May 26, 2022 View report
WCM's The Parent Potential provides a snapshot of corporate parental policies in Canada's finance industry. The report includes a pulse check on employee experiences and pain points as it relates to parental leave....
WCM | November 15, 2021 View report
Psychological safety is a cultural pillar of high-performing companies. This handbook outlines four ways leaders and people managers can ensure they cultivate psychological safety in their organizations....
October 07, 2021 View report
The Equity Equation is an industry-wide analysis of employee experiences in Canada’s finance industry, looking at how personal identities including gender, race and sexual orientation, impact experiences at work. The report includes a new, innovative roadmap to equity, diversity and inclusion, and is a must-read for any professional or firm looking to advance ED&I. The findings are based on survey...
WCM | October 26, 2020 View report
WCM's research on representation targets for women and racialized persons confirms that support for targets, written policies and term limits has increased materially since the implementation of the OSC’s Comply or Explain. A survey of 500 capital markets professionals reveals the majority of respondents are strongly in favour of targets for executive and board roles and amending legislation to su...
WCM | August 27, 2020 View report
COVID-19 has created more challenging and stressful work environments and homelives for the majority of survey respondents. These respondents report heavier workloads in both the professional and domestic realms, as well as decreased mental health and happiness. Female respondents report negative impacts at higher rates than male respondents. This research outlines supportive actions employers ca...
WCM | July 10, 2020 View report
This case, prepared by the Institute of Gender and the Economy with content and research contributions from WCM President & CEO Camilla Sutton, is based on a design sprint jointly by both organizations in 2018 at the Rotman School of Management. This report offers an analysis as to what is hindering women from careers in capital markets....
Institute for Gender and the Economy | July 31, 2019 View report
"Capital markets leaders are trying to create a more diverse and equitable workforce. Organizations like Women in Capital Markets (WCM) are developing opportunities for women to learn critical skills and build a network of peers. Unfortunately, current efforts and existing diversity and inclusion programs are struggling against a well-established, male-dominated culture."...
Institute for Gender and the Economy, Rotman School of Management University of Toronto | June 21, 2019 View report
For the last two years, LeanIn.Org and SurveyMonkey have partnered to understand better what men and women are experiencing in the workplace. Here’s what we learned....
Lean In | May 17, 2019 View report
Women are too often the manager of household chores and it limits their ability to focus on their careers and rise into leadership roles....
BCG | April 23, 2019 View report
Why haven’t we cracked the code yet on gender equality in leadership? Deloitte set out to reframe the issue starting from an unlikely source: the perspective of men....
Deloitte | April 11, 2019 View report
"Lower engagement from men hinders gender equality initiatives in the workplace. Bain Partner Chio Verastegui identifies five themes that can spur action in Australian organizations and individuals, making the gender equality movement more gender equal itself."...
Bain & Company | March 19, 2019 View report
"This report is the fourth instalment of the Face of Leadership™ BC Scorecard, an annual report that gives an updated snapshot on the representation of women and Indigenous women on corporate boards and in senior executive leadership in BC’s leading companies."...
Minerva | March 08, 2019 View report
"KPMG's Women in Alternative Investments (WAI) Report spotlights the bold practices of investors and firms that seek to drive meaningful change in gender diversity. This Report is valuable for investors, firm leaders, diversity and human resources personnel and other change agents who want to improve diversity within alternative investments."...
KPMG | February 05, 2019 View report
"Despite notable advancements in education and labour force participation over the last half century, women continue to be less represented relative to men among top income groups, accounting for one in five workers in Canada’s top 1% in 2015. This paper fills an important information gap by providing a gender-based analysis of key socio-demographic and employment characteristics of working women ...
Statistics Canada | January 19, 2019 View report
"According to the latest Women’s Leadership Study from KPMG, seven in ten women (69%) are open to taking small risks to further their career, but far fewer (43%) are open to taking the bigger risks associated with career advancement. These results suggest that women looking to move into leadership positions in today’s business world may benefit by taking more risks over the course of their career...
KPMG | January 18, 2019 View report
"This multiyear study published by the Alliance for Board Diversity (ABD), provides powerful metrics on the slow change of diversity in the boardroom, and may help encourage corporate boards to continue to embrace the benefits of diverse board composition. Though still a slow pace in relation to the rapidly shifting demographics in the US, the shifts point towards greater diversity in America’s bo...
Deloitte | January 16, 2019 View report
"This annual report tracking CEO pay is now in its twelfth year. These reports have consistently followed the average pay of the top 100 highest-paid CEOs from companies on Canada’s S&P/ TSX Composite, the largest 260-odd publicly traded companies in Canada. The report finds that extreme bonus pay observed at the CEO level is also driving a yawning gender pay gap between the top male and female ex...
Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives | January 02, 2019 View report
"The Global Gender Gap Index was first introduced by the World Economic Forum in 2006 as a framework for capturing the magnitude of gender-based disparities and tracking their progress over time. The Index benchmarks national gender gaps on economic, education, health and political criteria, and provides country rankings that allow for effective comparisons across regions and income groups."...
World Economic Forum | December 17, 2018 View report
"In Canada, 19% of women and 13% of men aged 15 to 64 reported that they experienced at least one type of harassment in the workplace in the past 12 months. More particularly, about 4% of women and less than 1% of men reported having experienced sexual harassment or unwanted sexual attention in the workplace." Read more about the prevalence, type, and sources of workplace harassment among Canadian...
Statistics Canada | December 17, 2018 View report
In 2018, Egon Zehnder surveyed large company boards across 44 countries to go beyond the numbers and look at who really serves on these boards. A summary of their findings: 84.9% of large company boards across 44 countries included at least one woman among their directors; 20.4% of all directors in the countries studied are women — up from 13.6% six years ago; and women hold only 20.4% of boardro...
Egon Zehnder | December 11, 2018 View report
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