INSTITUTE FOR
2018
The Mission The Institute for Gender and the Economy (GATE) at the Rotman School of Management is using rigorous research to change the conversation on gender equality.
Our Work At GATE, we are changing the conversation on gender equality by: Funding, translating, and disseminating innovative, academic research Investigating the hidden mechanisms that propagate gender inequality Engaging executives, policy makers, and students to create new solutions for achieving equality, advancing careers, and creating economic prosperity
"We have to understand that what is necessary for some, is good for all." Jeewan Chanicka, Superintendent of Equity, Anti-Racism and Anti-Oppression at the Toronto District School Board, speaking at the Behavioural Approaches to Diversity (BAD) Conference in September 2018. Learn more at badconference.com
Our Four Pillars Creating New Insights Shaping Practice Training Leaders Building Community
The Honourable Patty Hajdu, Minister of Minister of AttendeesWorkforce at The BAD Conference,and hosted jointly by GATE Employment, Development Labour, (right) at a andchat BEAR (Behavioural Economics in Action) fireside with Rotman students on October 31.at Rotman.
2018 In Review
Creating New Insights
convened leading research scholars
8 grants for a total of $52,000
Compounding losses: Labour struggles of immigrant women in STEM Immigrant women face some of the biggest labour market challenges in Canada. Nadia Caidi and Saadia Muzaffar seek to document the gendered “work-finding” hurdles for immigrant women in STEM fields in order to begin examining the Loss on Investment (LOI) absorbed by the Canadian economy due to this untapped talent.
2018 Grant Recipients Salary disclosure laws and the gender wage gap (Michael Baker, Yosh Halberstam, Kory Kroft, Alexandra Mas, and Derek Messacar) Compounding Losses: Labour struggles of immigrant women in STEM (Nadia Caidi and Saadia Muzaffar) Gender differences in labour income dynamics as drivers of financial decision-making (Michael Hasler, Mariana Khapko, and Chayawat Ornthanalai) Choice architecture and women’s leadership ascension (Joyce He, Sonia Kang, and Nico Lacetera) Think-Leader-Think-Women: People turn to women leaders for teams with hidden goals (Jing Hu and Geoffrey Leonardelli) The labour market impacts of import competition on female workers: Evidence from Peru (Hani Mansour, Pamela Medina Quispe, and Andrea Velasquez)
Choice architecture and women’s leadership ascension Research suggests that the process of selfnomination for promotions could put women at a disadvantage. Approaching this problem from a behavioural science perspective, Joyce He, Sonia Kang, and Nico Lacetera will use theories of “choice architecture” to applications for leadership positions. They hypothesize that using the “opt-out” choice framework will take the onus off women to “lean in” in order to apply and compete.
Creating New Insights
convened leading research scholars
roundtable 1 research with 50 participants
Erin Kelly, Sloan Distinguished Professor of Work and Organization Studies at MIT, presents her research titled, "Overload: How good jobs went bad," at our 4th Research Roundtable.
Featured discussion: Parental leave Parental leave is often understood to be synonymous with maternity leave, but that’s only half of the story. Indeed, data from Statistics Canada shows that in 2017 90% of mothers took maternity leave, but only 12% of fathers took or intended to take paternity leave. What are the barriers preventing more fathers from taking leave, and how can we remove them?
View the research brief at gendereconomy.org/parental-leave-why-we-need-to-talk-about-fatherhood
Shaping Practice
changed the conversation
17 Research Briefs 8 Articles for Practitioners 6 Explainers 24 Videos 17 Event Recaps
Postdoctoral Fellow Bretton Fosbook on the Trans@Work project Although transgender and gender diverse people are more visible in the workplace, barriers and biases remain. This project is conducting research that centers the economic experiences of trans people in order to improve the economic possibilities for trans Canadians and change the binary discussion of gender inequalities. Learn more at gendereconomy.org/team/bretton-fosbrook/
The Honourable Patty Hajdu, Minister of Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Labour (above), and Sarah Kaplan, Director of the Institute for Gender and the Economy (right), at a fireside chat with Rotman students on October 31.
ACHIEVINGPractice IMPACT: Shaping
CHANGEDthe THEconversation CONVERSATION changed
58 media mentions and interviews in 33 outlets
Listen to Local Women “Organizations that want to empower women need to ask women directly what they find valuable and worthwhile about development projects and what changes they think would be most helpful to their lives. Their answers may not be what we expect, but their suggestions will be more likely to lead to stable, enjoyable, secure and successful lives. That's pretty powerful." Rachael Goodman, GATE Postdoctoral Fellow, and Sarah Kaplan for The Mark News in February 2018, also syndicated by the Helsinki Times, Japan Today, The City Paper Bogotá, and the Peruvian Times.
Shaping Practice
changed the conversation
17 panels, lectures, and events with over 1,800 attendees
Iris Bohnet, Roy E. Larsen Professor of Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School, gives a keynote at The BAD Conference titled: "What Works: Gender Equality by Design."
Selected 2018 Events Journalism and #MeToo Featuring New York Times journalists Jodi Kantor, Emily Steel and editor, Jessica Bennett
Women in STEM Featuring Huda Idrees (Dot Health), Andrea Stairs (eBay Canada), Marisa Sterling (U of T) and Jessica Yamoah (Innovate Inclusion)
See upcoming events and recaps at gendereconomy.org/events
"Why Young Men: Rage, Race, and the Crisis of Identity" Jamil Jivani, founder of the Citizen Empowerment Project and visiting professor at Osgoode Hall Law School
"That's What She Said: What Men Need to Know and What Women Need to Tell Them" Featuring Joanne Lipman, author and former Editor and Chief of USA Today
"Beyond Trans: Does Gender Matter?" Featuring Heath Fogg Davis, Director of Temple University's Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies Program
Training Leaders
inspired new ways of thinking
6 MBA students appointed as GATE Student Fellows
Verónica Hernandez Herrera Conducting a study to understand the values associated with masculinity at Rotman.
Lechin Lu Collecting the stories of students who are managing family responsibilities while working toward their MBA/ EMBA degree.
Narjis Premjee
Alicia Riolino
Adil Sethi
Alison Zimmer
Creating a podcast series that explores how and why people "cover" parts of their identity at work.
Researching a white paper on how men and women make career choices; particularly in capital markets.
Creating and identifying key metrics that would encourage corporations to sponsor more women's athletics.
Studying men’s attitudes and behaviours with regards to parental leave in order to identify ways to increase shared leave.
Training Leaders
inspired new ways of thinking
Taught the MBA Designing for Equality Course with students
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MBA Fellow and course participant, Narjis Premjee, presents her group's work on improving savings and investment behaviour among new parents to Canadian bank executives.
Asked controversial questions
Investigated solutions in the field
Does the Gig Economy have unintended gender consequences?
Using cutting-edge business design methods, students developed a fact-based understanding of issues that are often ‘overly simplified’ and misunderstood.
Do pay transparency laws help close the gender wage gap? What does it really take to get women on boards? Are women held to a different standard than men in real-world evaluative situations?
Students worked with each other, Instructor and Executive-inResidence Vanessa Iarocci, and industry leaders to complete a series of assignments to ‘reframe problems’ and design solutions.
Prototyped and tested new ideas Students used Rotman’s business design methods to tackle real world problems such as helping people of all genders balance careers and personal lives, motivate more women to be investors, and help promote savings behaviour. They pitched their solutions to Canadian bank executives.
Training Leaders
inspired new ways of thinking
Hosted 2 diversity and inclusion competitions with over 120 students
Women in Capital Markets Design Sprint challenge question: You have complete control to design the ideal capital markets workplace. How might you design this workplace so that a female employee could develop a long-term and meaningful career?
Winning idea: Workload Delegation Tool Team 6 (Franklin Tafadzwa Gumeyi, Jack Shi, Yurisleidy Zoreda Vazquezi, and Asli Zayim) proposed a software that would distribute new work based on bandwidth, priority, and capability. This would ensure that one team member wouldn't be overwhelmed and every employee’s work would be visible, accounted for, and recognized. See more from this design sprint at gendereconomy.org/fostering-inclusion-women-in-capital-markets-design-sprint/ Learn about the LGBTQ+ case competition at gendereconomy.org/the-letters-diversity-and-inclusion-case-competition-fall-2018/
Building Community grew our online presence
+65% LinkedIn followers +40% Twitter followers
In 2018, we experienced tremendous growth of our digital community, and expanded our reach across several countries.
+50% Website visits +35% Subscriptions
United Kingdom
Canada
France
Netherlands Germany
United States India
Philippines
Malaysia
Where's our audience?
Australia
Building Community gained partnerships Industry Partners to co-create insights
Industry partners are a select group of organizations that are front-runners in creating, leading, and managing change.
Media Partners
Academic Partners
We have partnered with media outlets to publish and promote our ideas.
With our Academic Partnerships, we will continue to advance rigorous research.
to spread the word
to advance research
Who We Are “Canada today has the opportunity to be a global beacon of light when it comes to gender equality." Sarah Kaplan before the Senate Standing Committee on National Finance regarding Bill C-86 in December 2018.
From left to right: Bonnie Lam, Interim Associate Director; Alyson Colón, Associate Director; Sarah Kaplan, Director; Victoria Heath, Digital Communications Officer
Vanessa Serra Iarocci
Nika Stelman
Nouman Ashraf
Maja Djikic
Sonia K. Kang
Executive-in-Residence;
Alumna-in-Residence;
Faculty Teaching Fellow
Faculty Teaching Fellow
Faculty Research Fellow
Dionne Pohler
Kim de Laat
Bretton Fosbrook
Rachael Goodman
Heather Sarsons
Faculty Research Fellow
Postdoctoral Fellow
Postdoctoral Fellow
Postdoctoral Fellow
Postdoctoral Fellow
Instructor
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