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.
"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
"Employers’ requests for an applicant’s salary history in the hiring process, and reliance on that information to determine compensation, forces women and, especially women of color, to carry lower earnings and pay discrimination with them from job to job. As a result, several federal courts and an increasing number of cities and states are prohibiting employers from basing compensation on an empl...
National Women's Law Centre | December 03, 2018 View report
The Gender, Diversity and Inclusion Statistics page is a resource hub for stats regarding gender and D&I within all sectors in Canada. Topics include: Business performance and ownership; Labour; Population & demographics; Science & technology; and Income, pensions, spending and wealth....
Statistics Canada | December 01, 2018 View report
"This year’s ILO Global Wage Report – the sixth of its series – provides a detailed examination of gender pay inequalities so as to better understand the gender pay gap as a form of unacceptable inequality in the world of work. The second part of this year’s report is devoted to the gender pay gap: first providing a critical assessment of the standard measures commonly used to estimate gender pay ...
International Labour Organization (ILO) | November 26, 2018 View report
"The Hampton-Alexander Review, an independent, business-led initiative supported by Government, builds on the success of its predecessor, the Davies Review. In 2016 the Review set five key Recommendations aimed at increasing the number of women in leadership positions of FTSE 350 companies. This third annual report assesses progress, shines a spotlight on emerging best practice and current challen...
Hampton-Alexander Review | November 14, 2018 View report
"This report shows how labor force participation rates have diverged for men and women in the US and Canada. It finds that 3/4 of the difference in participation between the two countries can be explained by the growing gap in labor force attachment of women. It discusses how employment and social policies in Canada have made it easier for women to remain in the labor force while raising children....
Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco | November 13, 2018 View report
"This report is a summary of extensive academic research. It is a framework that we hope will help investors, employees, employers, customers, and other interested individuals understand, assess, and explore what it is to be a good employer for women.It is a suggestion of key outcomes to track and assess a company's impact on the women it employs."...
Wharton Social Impact Initiative | November 01, 2018 View report
The final pillar of the 5 part inquisition into the status of women in business in the U.S. and Canada, this report begins by taking inventory on the status of gender representation in both the TSX & S&P. The report then identifies 5 key elements of a strategy for achieving gender diversity in leadership: A business priority & leadership commitment; Holding leaders accountable; Capturing data & me...
Canada-United States Council for Advancement of Women Entrepreneurs & Business Leaders | October 29, 2018 View report
In October 2016, the Government of Canada made a commitment to table new, pay equity legislation until the end of 2018. In research for this legislation, the government surveyed over 40 stakeholders who broadly supported the principle of pay equity. This report is a compilation of the responses gathered, reflecting the current attitudes and statistics regarding equal pay in Canada....
Employment and Social Development Canada | October 25, 2018 View report
Women in the Workplace 2018 draws on data from 279 companies employing more than 13 million people. The report found that the progress of gender representation in corporate America has stalled and that the underrepresentation cannot be explained by attrition. In addition to the delve into the status of women in corporate America, the report presents 6 actionable takeaways for companies. ...
McKinsey & Company | October 23, 2018 View report
PwC’s Annual Corporate Directors Survey has gauged the views of public company directors from across the United States on a variety of corporate governance matters for more than a decade. Key findings from this issue: Setting the corporate tone through middle management is key; 64% of directors evaluate company culture using their "gut feeling"; 94% of directors agree that board diversity brings u...
PWC | October 17, 2018 View report
This annual report on gender equality presents the Top 200 companies globally, insights per country and sector, as well as key findings on gender equality. ...
Equileap | October 04, 2018 View report
Responsible Investing: Charting a Sustainable Advantage explores the conclusions drawn from RBC GAM's 2018 survey of institutional asset owners and investment consultants from the US, Canada, Europe and Asia on their attitudes towards responsible investing and ESG integration. Key findings include: Gender diversity on corporate boards continues to be important; and responsible investing is increas...
RBC Global Asset Management | October 04, 2018 View report
This report outlines key trends from a recent review of disclosure regarding women on boards and in executive officer positions. The key trends are based on a review sample of 648 issuers. Takeaways include: 15% of board seats were held by women; 4% of issuers had a female CEO; and 16% of issuers adopted targets for the representation of women on their board....
Canadian Securities Administrators | October 01, 2018 View report
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