November 2022 – CCWESTT

Safe Workplaces for All – Addressing Sexual Harassment in Canadian Mining MiHR’s Safe Workplaces for All research project aims to support the development of mining sector awareness and capacity to respond to sexual harassment and violence in the workplace – issues that are not unique to the sector and have a significant impact on society. […]

“A Space of their Own?” Professional Women’s Groups in the Alberta STEM Resource Sector

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| Resources, SETT Research Papers

“A Space of their Own?” Professional Women’s Groups in the Alberta STEM Resource Sector The objective of this research was to explore the social relations and power structures involved within the work environment that categorized where STEM women’s groups are created, why they are created, and the strategies used in addressing gender disparities and inequality. […]

Negotiating gender in the male-dominated skilled trades: a systematic literature review

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Negotiating gender in the male-dominated skilled trades: a systematic literature review ABSTRACT: Occupations in the skilled trades are highly segregated with women comprising 1–3% of this workforce in Western nations. We report on a systematic review of 26 articles, from 1998 to 2019, which explored women’s recruitment and retention in the skilled trades. Two research […]

Inequality regimes in male-dominated trades: What role do apprenticeship intermediaries (GTOs) play?

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Inequality regimes in male-dominated trades: What role do apprenticeship intermediaries (GTOs) play? Abstract: In Australia and internationally, women continue to be underrepresented in male- dominated trade occupations. A notable barrier is the apprenticeship system, which requires women to overcome obstacles in employment and training. Government and industry stakeholders have encouraged women’s apprenticeships in male-dominated trades […]

Women who ‘talk the tools’ and ‘walk the work’: Using capital to do gender differently and re-gender the skilled trades

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Women who ‘talk the tools’ and ‘walk the work’: Using capital to do gender differently and re-gender the skilled trades Abstract: Social and cultural capital are valuable assets that assist individuals to succeed in work. This article reports on gender segregation in the skilled trades. We use Bourdieu’s theory of capital to illuminate how women […]

How Men can be better Allies to women in SETT Workplaces – WinSETT discussion with Drs W Brad Johnson and David G Smith, authors of the ‘Good Guys: How Men Can be Better Allies for Women in the Workplace’

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How Men can be better Allies to women in SETT Workplaces – WinSETT discussion with Drs W Brad Johnson and David G Smith, authors of the ‘Good Guys: How Men Can be Better Allies for Women in the Workplace’ WinSETT Program Director Erica chats with gender-in-the-workplace experts Drs W Brad Johnson and David G Smith, […]

Video – Humanize Diversity and Inclusion

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Video – Humanize Diversity and Inclusion Damien Hooper-Campbell, the Chief Diversity Officer at the tech company eBay, gives an extremely well-received presentation that is thought-provoking and clarifying. He manages to humanize the discussion about equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI), which is not always a fun conversation to have in most companies where many groups of […]

“I think the young women have it easier”: Age, Gender, and Women’s Experiences in Canadian Engineering

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“I think the young women have it easier”: Age, Gender, and Women’s Experiences in Canadian Engineering Abstracts: Engineering has long been a male-dominated profession, with a reputation of being less than welcoming to women. In Canada and other Western countries, efforts to attract more women into the field date back decades. As a result of […]

“I never want to leave part of myself at the doorstep”: Experiences of Canadian LGBTQ2S+ postdoctoral scholars in the sciences

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“I never want to leave part of myself at the doorstep”: Experiences of Canadian LGBTQ2S+ postdoctoral scholars in the sciences Abstract: Diversity and inclusion in science improves the field for all, but cisheteronormative cultures can make academic science departments difficult for LGBTQ2S+ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, 2-Spirit1, and other identities) individuals to navigate. Evidence […]

Who Gets Counted as STEM? A New Approach for Measuring the STEM Workforce and its Implications for Identifying Gender Disparities in the US Labor Market

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Who Gets Counted as STEM? A New Approach for Measuring the STEM Workforce and its Implications for Identifying Gender Disparities in the US Labor Market Abstract: Defining who works in STEM has traditionally relied on top-down categorizations of occupations, typically based on predetermined occupational coding schemes. This study takes a bottom-up approach and directly surveys […]