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How maternal bias fuels the gender pay gap
Since the 1970s, gender pay discrimination has been illegal in Canada. But today in 2022, more than 50 years later, women still earn 89 cents for every man’s dollar—a disparity which is even more significant for Indigenous women, disabled women, immigrant women, and racialized women (Canadian Women’s Foundation 2022). The World Economic Forum just published its most recent Global Gender...
What To Do If Your Employee Has a Miscarriage
It’s likely that someone you know has experienced a miscarriage. It is so important to have practices in place to support mothers who have endured a miscarriage, both publicly and privately.
5 Things To Consider Before Going on Maternity Leave
I have worked with hundreds of women over the course of my 20-year career and navigating maternity leave has been one of the biggest challenges I have witnessed women struggle through. When to tell your employer? How to tell them? What happens...
How I Became a Maternal Gatekeeper Without Realizing It
When my first daughter was born I didn’t know what I was doing. Although I went to pre-natal classes and signed myself up for all the baby emails, neither of those did much to prepare me for the day-to-day life of motherhood. I began my new role...
