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Month: June 2025

Infrastructure Trends and Innovations: Implications for Employment and Skills in Canada

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Infrastructure Trends and Innovations: Implications for Employment and Skills in Canada At a time when significant investments in housing and infrastructure are required, Canada’s construction industry faces a productivity crisis, record retirements and forecast skilled labour shortages. Exacerbating the challenge, the structure of Canada’s construction industry (dominated by micro firms) and its cyclical nature have […]

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Building Equitable Trades – A Photo-Research Exhibit of Diversity in the Skilled Trades

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Building Equitable Trades – A Photo-Research Exhibit of Diversity in the Skilled Trades In academic contexts, we often use language related to building and constructing inclusive spaces, yet there is a lack of research focusing on the people who build and construct, literally. So, why have we neglected inequities in this context (vs. academic research) […]

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Why aren’t women working in trades? Creating safe and inclusive workplaces for women

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Why aren’t women working in trades? Creating safe and inclusive workplaces for women Bonnie Douglas, Project Manager at CCWESTT, reflects on why there are so few women in trades and what Canadian employers can do about it. Credit: Labour Market Information Council Date: 2021 For more information on this resource click here. View

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Pain, pride and pills: Why Canadian trades workers are dying in silence

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Pain, pride and pills: Why Canadian trades workers are dying in silence A new survey links stigma, stoicism and unsafe job sites to high substance use and untreated mental health issues among trades workers. Credit: Alexandra Keeler Date: 2025 For more information on this resource click here. View

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#TURNINGTABLESINSTEM – A Photo-Research Exhibit Featuring Girls & Women in Science at the Table

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#TURNINGTABLESINSTEM – A Photo-Research Exhibit Featuring Girls & Women in Science at the Table This photo-research exhibit celebrates success in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) among girls and women spanning nine decades of experiences. Featured scientists represent fields like physics, biology, zoology, chemistry, and engineering. Credit: Laurier Centre for Women in Science (WINS) Date: […]

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ESS Final Report – Engendering Success in STEM Consortium

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ESS Final Report – Engendering Success in STEM Consortium Through rigorous design and interventions grounded in solid theory and the best scientific practices, our social scientists have developed and tested evidence-based strategies to break down gender biases and advance inclusion impacts for underrepresented genders in STEM settings. Credit: Engendering Success in STEM Date: 2025 For […]

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More Than Just Numbers Revisited: Progress on Women in Engineering Since 1992

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More Than Just Numbers Revisited: Progress on Women in Engineering Since 1992 This report, More Than Just Numbers Revisited, reviews the progress made in advancing women’s participation in engineering over the past 30 years. Credit: Diversity Institute Date: 2025 For more information on this resource click here. View

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Pay Transparency Annual Report – June 2025

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Pay Transparency Annual Report – June 2025 The Pay Transparency Act has put discussions on the gender pay gap in British Columbia in the spotlight – and we are starting to see results. Since the last annual report, the gender pay gap in B.C. has decreased to 15 percent. This means women earned 85 cents […]

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Foundations for Peace: Canada’s National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security – 2023 to 2029

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Foundations for Peace: Canada’s National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security – 2023 to 2029 Decades of research are unequivocal: Gender equality is the foundation for a more peaceful world. Where it is most lacking, states are almost twice as likely to be unstable and more than three times as likely to have a […]

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What’s at stake – A scan of federal government action on gender equality in Canada: 2015-2025

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What’s at stake – A scan of federal government action on gender equality in Canada: 2015-2025 With winds of change swirling as 2024 came to an end, and a historical period that looked to be winding down, a moment opened to review progress on gender equality in Canada over the previous decade. Credit: Canadian Women’s Foundation […]

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  • Why aren’t women working in trades? Creating safe and inclusive workplaces for women
  • Pain, pride and pills: Why Canadian trades workers are dying in silence
  • #TURNINGTABLESINSTEM – A Photo-Research Exhibit Featuring Girls & Women in Science at the Table

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