Although women now represent half of the labour force, fewer than five per cent of Canadian companies have a woman CEO.
A commentary by a writer on Vancouver Island and in Toronto; she was a management consultant at McKinsey and Company and has advised not-for-profit organizations.
In my first month as a business analyst, I thought I would let my individuality shine. Instead, I was advised to wear higher heels, darker colours and only skirts above the knee. Canadian business is now welcoming my eldest daughter, Sophia, with respect, support and mentorship. But vast challenges to gender parity remain.
Thirty years after the massacre of 13 female engineering students at École Polytechnique in Montréal, fewer than a quarter of Canada’s STEM workers and only 14 per cent of Canadian professional engineers are women. No amount of affirmative action or corporate programming can solve a numbers problem like this one. We need to better understand why women and girls are dropping analytics at such young ages.
Canada needs to equalize its educational opportunities to develop its best possible pool of talent. We need to bolster math and science curricula, develop recreational math and science programs for girls and attract more science and math professionals to teaching.
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