Season 2
Ep1: What is the Gender Wage Gap?
What is the Gender Wage Gap (GWG), and how is it measured? What are gender gaps and how are they related to the GWG? Kadie Philp, Commissioner and CAO of Ontario’s Pay Equity Commission, speaks with Paulette Senior, President and CEO of the Canadian Women’s Foundation.
Ep2: Biases from Daycare to Workplaces
Bias begins very early in life, influencing how girls and women see themselves as leaders. Early intervention is crucial. Dr. Julie Cafley, executive director of Catalyst Canada, joins Kadie Philp, Commissioner and CAO of Ontario’s Pay Equity Commission, to discuss how to bust these biases once and for all.
Ep3: Paternity Leave and Internal Bias
Parental leave: motherhood penalty vs. fatherhood bonus. Kadie Philp, Commissioner and CAO of Ontario’s Pay Equity Commission, is joined by Maya Roy, Director of Research and Impact at Women at the Centre, to look into how we can encourage more equal distribution of parental leave between parents.
Ep4: Care and "Domestic" Bias
How does the gendered nature of the care economy impact wages across the sectors? Katherine Scott, Senior Researcher of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, joins Commissioner Kadie Philp to reflect on the need to reassess the value of care work and what the path forward may look like.
Ep5: Labour Market Bias
The labour market never started off level for women and men. Women have and continue to be clustered in the “5Cs”: cleaning, catering, cashiering, clerical and caring. Dr. Sarah Kaplan, Director, Institute for Gender and the Economy (GATE), talks to Kadie Philp, Commissioner and CAO of Ontario’s Pay Equity Commission, about gender’s role in today’s labour market, and whether we are moving to a meritocracy.
Ep6: Confronting Bias to Close the Gender Wage Gap
Kadie Philp, Commissioner and CAO of Ontario’s Pay Equity Commission, and Dr. Anthony Greenwald, Professor Emeritus, University of Washington, and co-author of “Blindspot: Hidden Biases of Good People”, discuss hidden or implicit biases that contribute to the gender wage gap. Together, they review possible approaches to remedying discriminatory biases.