Gender Equality

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Let’s Discuss Girl Math: Just a Social Media Trend or Something More?

“When we don’t think deeper about what exactly the trend is promoting, we fail to change harmful dialect and discourse.” If you’re on...

What it Really Means to Hire Diverse Teams

By Patrick David October 2021 The reason why is clear: Diverse teams are better teams. Extensive studies by the folks at HBS, McKinsey,...

Why Women Carry More, and How to Overcome This

The feminism movement has come a long way. We have earned our right to vote, to work, and to lead. For a while, I never realized how far...

QWIL EDII Commitments

Although we are an organization that aims to promote and strengthen gender equity in the Commerce society and the workplace, we have not...

Learning the ropes

About the Author Victoria Staff is a UBC Neuroscience graduate and has recently returned to live in Toronto after studying in Vancouver....

Opinion Series: Prudent Powerplayers - How Women Run the Show

Kayla Charchuk: A discussion on media representation of women, females who prompt global change, and societies that have women in leadership

Speaker Series: Women in Politics with Kathleen Wynne

By: Roya Shidfar Introduction to Women in Politics On the world stage, Canada is seen as a progressive and modern democracy. When...

Perspectives of a Professional with Loblaw Inc. - An Interview with Sara Jetta

By: Sara Jetta and Suhaana Sidhu Suhaana Sidhu: What led you to pursue a career in digital innovation? Sara Jetta: The simplest way to...

Speaker Series - Women in Finance with Camilla Sutton

By: Amy Ramsundar Introduction to Women in Finance The past decade has seen significant improvements in gender equality in the workplace,...

Perspectives of a Professional with Burgundy Asset Management: An Interview with Robyn Ross

By: Robyn Ross and Suhaana Sidhu Suhaana Sidhu: Can you tell us a little bit about your career growth at Burgundy? Robyn Ross: Burgundy...

A Critique of the Women's March: The Struggle of Intersectionality Amongst a Diverse Crowd

By: Georgia Haynes Georgia Haynes is a second year Concurrent Education student at Queen's University, majoring in Gender Studies. ...

Chairs, Tables, and Other Systemic Sexism in the Workplace

By: Kate Wallace I work as an intern at an executive head hunting firm, and usually sift through around 20-30 resumes daily. Recently, I...

Three Stories, One Purpose

We recently joined Q.WIL as Frosh Representatives. These are our stories of why we became inspired to join the Q.WIL team: Nicole...