Women in Business Archives

Jo-Borrelli-(left)-and-Mack-Johnston-U-of-A — Jo Borrelli (left) and Mack Johnston co-founded The Red Bench to help women and LGBTQIA+ individuals feel empowered to learn welding skills in an inclusive workshop. “We want our members to feel the way (we) feel when we finish a weld — strong and confident.” (Photo: Supplied)

Education

Student-run welding workshop gives women, LGBTQIA+ maker space

Born out of frustration with a male-dominated industry, The Red Bench is as much about community building as welding

Former U of A president Indira Samarasekera (left) and former UBC president Martha Piper, co-authors of the new book, Nerve: Lessons on Leadership From Two Women Who Went First, talk about taking risks, handling crises and balancing priorities, dealing with failure and more. (Photo: Taehoon Kim)

Books

Women leading in a landscape shaped by men

Research shows men are given second chances much more than women

Raylene Whitford, a Métis businesswoman and PhD student at the U of A, has been appointed to the new federal Task Force on Women in the Economy. Whitford brings her unique professional and personal experiences to the group, created to advise the Canadian government on a feminist approach to spurring equitable economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo: Supplied)

Life

Métis PhD student, businesswoman appointed to new federal task force

Raylene Whitford brings unique experience to national group advising Canadian government on equitable economic recovery from a pandemic that is disproportionately affecting women

Business

Substantial pay gap between men and women persists

Alberta women were most likely to have left an organization due to a colleague of equal standing but different gender receiving greater compensation

Business

Slight increase of women directors on corporate boards

Among the 31,266 director seats for 10,108 corporations in Canada in 2017, Statistics Canada said 18.1 per cent were held by women

Business

Calgary women in business awards seeks nominees

Nominations close Jan.10 for the inaugural event, which will recognize seven female business leaders and one male in Calgary

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