The 2024 CCWESTT Policy Forum report serves as a roadmap for moving beyond individual-focused solutions to address the root causes of gender inequity in Canada’s Science, Engineering, Technology, and Trades (SETT) sectors. It was written to synthesize the knowledge shared during the 2024 CCWESTT Victoria conference, specifically aiming to teach leaders how to recognize and dismantle systemic barriers—like exclusionary procurement and inadequate safety standards—rather than coaching women to adapt to them. By documenting a collective "Theory of Change," the report was created to provide a unified strategy for government and industry to fundamentally redesign workplace structures, ensuring that inclusion is built into the system by design.
Credit: CCWESTT, written by Alicia Bjarnason
Date: 2024
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CCWESTT acknowledges that our greater science, engineering, trades and technology (or SETT) community is situated on the ceded and unceded traditional territories of First Nation, Inuit, and Métis peoples from coast to coast to coast in what is known as ‘Canada’. CCWESTT fervently believes SETT is enriched through collective relations and knowledge sharing and is committed to helping enhance and build these relations. Full land acknowledgement here.
