Status of Women committee  This is what happens. Women are very good at problem-solving on our feet. This is what we do. We get stuck in a certain situation and we will deal with that situation, but we won't turn it into a practice or a recommendation. The recommendation is education and awareness, and it

Status of Women committee  You see? Mindsets.

Status of Women committee  I actually don't know anything about that, so that's probably an indication of how effective it's been so far.

Status of Women committee  On changes in the workplace, this is something that I am learning about on the go as part of TechGirls, as are micro-aggressions. Flex schedules have gains not just for women but for all caregivers, and yes, women are still predominantly the ones who are taking care of dependan

Status of Women committee  My very specific recommendation would be that, as a government, you could gain a lot for us by incentivizing industry to change behaviours within workplaces. As a government, you cannot sit in boardrooms, cannot sit in on performance reviews, cannot sit in on all these other touc

Status of Women committee  A micro-aggression would be if you sit down for a performance review and somebody tells you that when you're sitting with clients you should smile a lot more. That's a micro-aggression because that comment would not apply to a male counterpart. “Smile more”, “be polite”, “be nice

Status of Women committee  Absolutely, I would love the opportunity to do that. Thank you.

Status of Women committee  I think what you've said is very important and I wouldn't want to disagree with it by saying don't try it at all. Try it and measure it. The only thing I would flag with that message is that when you're looking at jobs within STEM that pay better, let's also look at the fact that

Status of Women committee  May I very quickly answer your previous question? What I'm hearing right now, just as a marketing professional, is that your biggest challenge is communicating to people that opportunities are already out there, and we know this with women who are already in the workforce. Crea

Status of Women committee  This is a touchy-feely subject. It's very uncomfortable, because how do we change social behaviour when you are talking about government and governing? Providing support for organizations like TechGirls and not just organizations.... These guys are very important. It's about main

Status of Women committee  One of the key challenges we're tackling with industry right now is that male counterparts have great difficulty actually articulating what these barriers are, because they've never had to face them. They're not naturally able to draw the connection between harassment, say, or sa

Status of Women committee  —and you could put money there as well, you know.

Status of Women committee  The 20% is an average. It's not specific to STEM sectors. The last statistic in my statement is from U.S. Labor. I don't have a comparable one for Canada. I did have an opportunity to go through the meeting notes from the committee's previous meetings. Generally speaking, what

Status of Women committee  Transparency; when it comes to payment and performance reviews, you need to set standards. This is where we're looking to government for leadership, because industry will always move ahead. It's business as usual. But until we start changing things in government, we're not going

Status of Women committee  Yes. The changing the ratio campaign looks at both compensation and representation. One of our first campaigns for TechGirls Canada was a very simple campaign, which I think anybody on this panel would be able to relate to. I will share my frustration about it after the fact.