Ask men and women why the gender wage gap exists, and you will get a variety of answers, most of them based on common “myths” about women, work, and compensation. In this episode, we deconstruct some of these myths with the help of subject matter experts.
HOSTS
- Kadie Ward, Commissioner and CAO, Pay Equity Commission of Ontario
- Alison Chan, Program Specialist, Pay Equity Office of Ontario
GUEST
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- Janelle Benjamin, Founder of All Things Equitable
- Ed Gough Jr., Member of the Dad Central Ontario Steering Committee
- Ian Howcroft, Executive Director, Skills Ontario
- Alyson Colón, Associate Director, Institute for Gender and the Economy at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management
RELEVANT LINKS
- Final Report and Recommendations of the Gender Wage Gap Strategy Steering Committee (ontario.ca)
- The gender wage gap in Canada: 1998 to 2018 (statcan.gc.ca)
- Why don’t women advance through the corporate world like men do? Seven reasons why, and three women’s stories – The Globe and Mail
- Do Women Ask? (researchgate.net)
- Table 14-10-0296-01 Labour force characteristics by occupation, monthly, unadjusted for seasonality (x1,000)
- Parental leave: Why we need to talk about fatherhood | Gender and the Economy (gendereconomy.org)
- Equal is not equitable: A look at gender-neutral parental leave policies in academia | Gender and the Economy (gendereconomy.org)
CITATIONS
Artz, B., Goodall, A. H., & Oswald, A. J. (2018). Do Women Ask? Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society, 57(4), 611–636. https://doi.org/10.1111/irel.12214
Gender Wage Gap Strategy Steering Committee. (2016, June 6). Final report and recommendations of the Gender Wage Gap Strategy Steering Committee. Government of Ontario. Retrieved May 1, 2021, fromhttps://www.ontario.ca/page/final-report-and-recommendations-gender-wage-gap-strategy-steering-committee
He, J. (2019, January 30). Parental leave: Why we need to talk about fatherhood. Gender and the Economy. Retrieved May 1, 2021, from https://www.gendereconomy.org/parental-leave-why-we-need-to-talk-about-fatherhood/
Pelletier, R., Patterson, M., & Moyer, M. (2019, October 7). The gender wage gap in Canada: 1998 to 2018. Retrieved May 1, 2021, from https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/75-004-m/75-004-m2019004-eng.htm
Statistics Canada. Labour force characteristics by industry, annual (x1,000) (n.d.). Retrieved May 1, 2021, from https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=1410002301