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Status of Women committee I think it's an opportunity at the same time, because you get to be placed. But the reality is that there aren't fewer women than men. That's the reality. Even though it's two-sided, even though it's an opportunity to be somewhere, I believe you don't just put them there. You hav
June 1st, 2017Committee meeting
Ramona Benson
Status of Women committee Absolutely. I do believe that you need to train, educate, and mentor people for certain jobs whether they be men or women so that people can be good at their jobs and competent. They don't want to be benchwarmers, though I do believe, yes, that you need to have representation of
June 1st, 2017Committee meeting
Ramona Benson
Status of Women committee Yes. I graduated from Carleton University. I studied criminology and criminal justice, and I was lucky enough to do a one-year internship at Correctional Service Canada, which hired me when I finished my field placement. That's what it was called back then. I worked in a departme
June 1st, 2017Committee meeting
Ramona Benson
Status of Women committee Absolutely. In my own work—and I can only state this from my experience and from that of other women I have met, in telecommunications in the the voice and messaging and data industry—I have been in the 1%. Now there are more women in our industry, but I'm still at a senior level
June 1st, 2017Committee meeting
Ramona Benson
Status of Women committee Thank you for having me here today. The economic security of women cannot be addressed unless we look at three factors: education, employment, and entrepreneurship. What I'll do is go backward and start with entrepreneurship. I've looked at a study conducted by the OECD in 201
June 1st, 2017Committee meeting
Ramona Benson