With hockey fans currently glued to their screens watching the IIHF World Junior Championship in Alberta, Tim Hortons and Hockey Canada are excited to surprise Canadians with a brand-new collection of trading cards, which for the first time ever, includes stars from Canada’s National Women’s Team. The Tim Hortons Team Canada Trading Cards collection will be available in participating restaurants […]
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Women’s Worth – Pay Equity is our Pathway to Economic Recovery
Amid a global pandemic, the global economy saw unanticipated yet devastating regression in women’s labour market participation and exacerbation of the gender wage gap. While Ontario has had the most advanced pay equity legislation globally for the past 30 years, the gender wage gap persists and threatens to widen at home as women’s employment plummets with rising […]
Make the Invisible Visible: Catalyst #BiasCorrect
Catalyst is observing International Women’s Day (IWD) 2021 by challenging companies to join its #BiasCorrect “Make the Invisible Visible” global campaign, providing virtual backgrounds that encourage courageous conversations about unconscious bias in meetings. Catalyst research shows that invisible barriers for women in the workplace, particularly women of color, have proliferated in remote working during the pandemic: 1 in 5 women […]
Millennials and women worrying more about finances due to COVID-19
Nearly 40% of Canadians are worrying more about their finances since COVID-19 began, spending an average of 16 hours a week worrying. Meanwhile, 28% of Canadians say that they do not spend any time worrying about their finances. Millennials age 18-34 (45%) are worrying more about their financial health since the start of the COVID-19 […]
Financial caregiving burden on women is particularly high, causing current and future loss of income, retirement savings
With an estimated 5.8 million Americans living with Alzheimer’s, dementia or other memory disorders, a figure that is expected to double by 2040 with the aging population, new research from RBC Wealth Management – U.S. and Aon uncovers just how financially devastating cognitive decline can be on both individuals and families – even those with […]