GATE Annual Report 2023

Annual Report 2023

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Director’s Letter Facing today’s social and economic upheavals, the phrase “think global, act local” rings truer than ever. At GATE, we remain focused on overarching problems and solutions by empowering our local community of changemakers—including students, faculty, researchers, and community organizers—to better understand and improve how gender and its intersections shape people’s experiences of the economy.

It’s been a busy year. We’ve funded 13 exciting new academic research projects, convened two research roundtables and two conferences, and launched our inaugural cohort of BMO GATE MBA Student Fellows, all while training the next generation of leaders, producing cutting-edge executive programs, courses, and public events, and making myth-busting research and practical tools available via our podcasts, videos, research briefs, and other digital storytelling initiatives.

In a world obsessed with disruption and rapid change, GATE is unique in our rigorous, careful, and evidence-based approach. This supports our mission to shore up traditionally overlooked and undervalued parts of the economy, like care work and efforts to alleviate and eliminate gender-based violence (GBV). A great example of this type of work was our social media campaign for the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence, which showcased the impactful work that community organizations across Canada are doing to prevent GBV and support survivors. This social media event launched our “Beyond Surviving” report on access to GBV support services (produced in partnership with the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health). We also continue to spread the impact of our Gender Analytics methodology—which can help companies, governments, and nonprofits embed equity in the design of their products, services, and policies—via podcasts, a global conference, our Coursera courses (which have now engaged more than 20,000 learners worldwide!), and our brand-new Executive Program, Rotman Gender Analytics: Inclusive Product and Service Innovation.

All of this is made possible by generous support from our donors, including our Power Circle and individual sponsors, and a transformational $1.5 million gift from BMO. We are still focused on our $10 million campaign and invite you to support our work by attending our events, spreading the word about our digital storytelling, and, if you’re able, investing financially in our vision. We’re in this for the long haul, and hope you’ll continue to join us on the journey.

Yours in community,

Sonia Kang Academic Director, Institute for Gender and the Economy (GATE) Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto

Our Mission The Institute for Gender and the Economy (GATE) is using rigorous research to change the conversation on gender equality.

We achieve our mission by: Creating New Insights Training Leaders Shaping Practice Building Community

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“When I tell people about GATE’s work, they often hea “gender” and think “women.” But, our mission extends well beyond the challenges of women in business to think about all of the ways that gender shapes our ability to survive and thrive.”

— Sarah Kaplan, Founding Directo

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Supporting Cutting-Edge Rese Our research grants program received record high interest from a multi-disciplinary group of scholars. We were able to fund innovative projects, for a total of

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$55,690.

Gender Differences in Job Application Strategies: An Experimental Investigation; Alexandra Ballyk & Annabel Thornton; Economics.

Female Economic Immigrants Driven Out of Japan Due to Gender Inequality: Exploring their Economic Integration in Canada; Izumi Sakamoto; Social Work.

The Promise of Ranked-Choice Voting: Can It Improve Diversity? Kristen Duke, Rachel Gershon, & Ivuoma Onyeador; Marketing.

How Marginalized Actors Develop New Market Strategies After Institutional Reform; Amrita Saha; Strategy.

Gendered Patterns in the Language that Experts Use in their Endorsements; Daniel Goetz & Verina F. Que; Marketing.

Revolutionary Care: Technology Use in Precarious Care Work; Laura Lam; Centre for Industrial Relations and Human Resources.

Gender-Based Price Discrimination: An Antitrust Concern; Maximiliano Machado; Economic Analysis and Policy.

Where Does Creativity Come From?

How the Gendered Nature of Creativity Beliefs Impacts Organizational Recruiting; George Newman, Rachel Ruttan, & Grusha Agarwal; Organizational Behaviour & Human Resources Management.

Quantifying and Understanding Gender Disadvantages in Reactions to Incorrect Teaching; Mia Radovanovic & Jessica A. Sommerville; Psychology.

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Regulating Biases: The Impact of AntiDiscrimination Policies on Firms; Ting Xu; Finance.

Gender Inequality and Household Purchase Decisions: The Case of Automobiles in China; Han Zhong & Zachary Zhong; Marketing.

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Learn more about our 2023 grant recipients: GenderEconomy.org/research-grants

Creating New Insights

The Effect of Federal Fair Lending Regulations on Sexual Orientation Discrimination in the Mortgage Market; Scott Liao & Lulin Song; Accounting

Supporting Cutting-Edge Rese We hosted 93 participants across 2 research roundtables.

Work-In-Progress: Insights from GATE-funded researchers GATE-funded researchers shared their latest research and received valuable feedback from their peers at our 7th annual research roundtable.

View 10 insights from this research roundtable

The future research agenda to combat gender-based violence (GBV) We convened a research roundtable with researchers and practitioners who are working to combat GBV. The roundtable laid the groundwork for future collaboration on innovative interventions that will help society prevent and address GBV, which was exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. This research roundtable was funded by the Institute for Pandemics at the University of Toronto.

View the key themes from the presentations and lively discussions 6

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Creating New Insights

GATE PhD and Postdoctoral Fe

We’re proud to support a diverse and talented group of eme and intersectional research related to gender and the econom

PhD Fellows Grusha Agarwal

Daphné Baldassari

Gender Differences in Accusations and Believability

Oscars Voters so White?

Effects of an Evaluator’s Diversity Intervention on Hiring

Postdoctoral Fellows Dr. Lucienne Talba

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Dr. Angie Min Ah Park

Dr. Victor Marsh The Role of Social Movements and Moral Pressures on Organizational Leaders’ Decision-Making

Pedagogy for Adult EDI Learning and Practice

The Impact of 3G In on Cultural Chan

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Laura Lam

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Wage Penalties among Highly Educated Temporary Workers in Canada

DEI U-Turns: When and Why DEI Supporters Become Opponents

The Effect of Household Earnings on Child School Mental Health Designations: Evidence from Administrative Data

Training Leaders

The Role of Gender in Knowledge Contribution and Patenting

Inaugural BMO GATE MBA Stu Inspiring new ways of thinking

Gracious support from BMO allowed us to award five $10,000 rese projects related to our mandate.

Syed Ahmad Nafisul Abrar How Corporations Can Support Newcomer Integration in Canada

Alex Foty

Wendy Nguyen Young Women Cancer Survivor’s Return to Work Experiences

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—A The new faculty lead for this program is GATE Faculty Research Fellow, Professor András Tilcsik.

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Corrina Vali

Colourism in Indian Corporations

A Case Study on Innovative Microfinance Products for Rural Women Entrepreneurs

he BMO GATE MBA Fellowship has been a game-changer my research on the challenges that women with ADHD e in the workplace. The invaluable mentorship and pportive, judgement-free community have empowered e to confidently address the complex and vital topic of vocating for neurodivergent individuals.”

Alex Foty, 2023-24 BMO GATE MBA Student Fellow Learn more about BMO GATE MBA Student Fellow projects: Gendereconomy.org/education/mba-student-fellows/

Training Leaders

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Engaging students Inspiring new ways of thinking Two MBA Student Interns, Anjalee Beri and Vania Sembiring, wrote four compelling cases that explore how organizations gain a competitive advantage and create social impact by using inclusive analytic insights to create innovative products and services.

MEDA: Breaking the cycle of poverty by investing in entrepreneurs Reina: Breaking the Concrete Ceiling in Housing Development Knix Period Underwear: Navigating Growth in a Market Neglected by Venture Capital Equilo: Unleashing the Power of Gender Equality and Social Inclusion Analysis

Vania Sembiring

Anjalee Beri

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Three undergraduate work-study students, Muskaan Aggarwal, Boi Doanh (Jenny) Lam, and Maia Taruc-Pilling, joined GATE as editors and project coordinators of our first student zine—a student-led publication featuring art, writing, and other creative work related to inequality in our economy.

Training Leaders

Boi Doanh (Jenny) Lam, Muskaan Aggarwal, and Maia Taruc-Pilling

Professional Courses and Trainin Inspiring new ways of thinking

Three different courses for established and emerging leaders: Inclusion by Design Executive Program 98 leaders have completed this two-week course to learn game-changing strategies to recruit and lead diverse teams since 2021.

Gender Analytics Courses on Coursera 20,000+ learners enrolled worldwide 4.9/5 average rating NEW! Rotman Gender Analytics: Inclusive Product and Service Innovation This self-paced online Executive Program blends three powerful skillsets—business analytics, design thinking, and inclusive leadership—to reveal untapped opportunities for innovation through intersectional gender-based analysis.

Click here to learn more about our Executive Programs

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course gave me the right ologies to talk about gender equity y and practical tools to analyze realues. The examples shared during urse opened my eyes to see things critically.”

— Learner testimonial

Shaping Practice: Gender-Based Violen Beyond Surviving: Examining Inequities in Access to GBV Support Services for Racialized Women

“Literature on GBV often talks about “survivors,” but our analysis suggests that, with the right support services, racialized women can move beyond surviving to regaining safety, agency, and self determination”

— GATE Report: Beyond Surviving Examining Inequities in Access to GBV Support Services for Racialized Women (2023)

Check out our report on GBV and access to support services gendereconomy.org/intersectional-analysis-of-gender-based-violence

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Professor Beverley Essue joined GATE as a new Faculty Research Fellow and GBV Project Lead

GATE launched a social media campaign to amplify the impactful work of GBV researchers and community organizations across Canada to mark the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence

9 women’s rights organizations and community services

12 guest speakers 9,538 post impressions 4,982 video views

Shaping Practice

Click here to learn more about Beverley’s work

GATE’s 2023 in Highlights

56,000 New website visitors 13,021 Newsletter subscribers 5,067 LinkedIn followers 2,804 Podcast listeners 40 Features in TV, radio, and print media 30 Videos 12 Research briefs 10 Public events 4 Case studies 2 Conferences 2 Research roundtables

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Shaping Practice

“Our social class origins might have a lasting effect on our income levels by shaping the kinds of occupations in which we end up.”

— GATE Faculty Research Fellow András Tilcsik on his research on the effect of social class on the wage gap (Forbes)

Thought-provoking Conferences We hosted 245 attendees at 2 conferences Breaking Barriers and Building Bridges (BBBB) Conference We co-hosted the Breaking Barriers and Building Bridges (BBBB) conference with the Engendering Success in STEM Research Consortium (ESS).

The event brought together leaders from academia, industry, and government to generate new ideas and deepen existing collaborations for evidence-based interventions to promote gender inclusion in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM).

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Gender Analytics: Possibilities Conference We co-hosted the first Gender Analytics: Possibilities (GA:P) conference with Rotman’s TD Management and Data Analytics Lab (TD MDAL). Attendees shared learnings and capitalized on insights from intersectional gender-based analyses.

We also hosted three day-long, industry-specific, advanced workshops for learners from the business sector, government, and the non-profit community.

This conference was made possible by support from:

Shaping Practice

Check out the key takeaways, highlight videos and podcast at theGAPconference.com

Public events We organized 10 thought-provoking events with 1,416 attendees

Upholding Indigenous Economic Relationships with Shalene Jobin

Janine Rogan on ‘The Pink Tax’

Click here to view our past events!

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“Immigrant women in the process of migration, settlement, re-settlement are impacted differently than men […] When we think about immigration policies, they’re really connected to housing policy, access to childcare, and to labor markets, and the jobs that immigrant women are likely to take […]are more precarious in nature.”

— Sara Asalya, Feminist Cities 4.0

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Growing Our Network We received a a generous gift from BMO to support GATE’s cutting-edge research, including work on the care economy and studies of behavioral interventions to create more equitable organizations.

“GATE’s research is driving the discourse on gender and the economy forward, providing important data and evidence that can be used to inform systemic change here in Canada and around the world.”

— Helen Seibel, Head of Employee and Community Giving, BMO

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“My experience as a post-doc fellow has been profoundly enriched by the resources at GATE. These resources have been pivotal in advancing my research on the resistance and backlash against diversity initiatives. Immersing myself in the wide range of research, insightful perspectives, and the vibrant community at GATE has greatly enhanced my work, sparking deeper reflections on how my research can effectively address and impact societal challenges.”

— Camellia Bryan, GATE Postdoctoral Fellow

Corporate Supporters

Community Partners

Academic Partners

Building Community

GATE partners with government, nonprofit, and corporate leaders to change the conversation on wide-ranging issues including diverse representation on corporate boards, women’s entrepreneurship, pay equity, diversity, and inclusion in small and medium enterprises, and transgender inclusion.

Our Supporters Individual sponsors are passionate about creating, leading, and managing change.

Cara L. Allaway Sarah Albo (MBA ’18) Hugh J. Arnold Craig Barlow Andrea Vasquez Camargo Heather Campbell (MBA ’19) Teresa Catalano Anna Y. Chau (MBA ’17) Jillian E. Darroch Chown (MBA ’06, PhD ’16) Darlene E. Clover (BA ’94, PhD ’99) Linda Dudek The Evangelist Family Kecen K. Fan Kimberely Fletcher Delee Fromm Jingqi Guo Bilal Habib Dr. Wei He (PhD ’01) Rocca Morra Hodge Verónica Hernandez Herrera (MBA ’19) Janet Hudgins Farah Huq Celeste Jalbert (MBA ’17) Dilek Karasoy (MBA ’20) Dolores Keating-Mallen Lindsay Manning Jennifer A. Molluso (MBA 2005) Carolyn Morris

Bonnie Gar-Kay Lam Jennifer Lancaster and Blaine Padgett Elizabeth Lee Ruth Mandel – WHO GIVES Fund Tushar Mathur Nancy Martin Ken McGuffin Ashley Nagi (MBA ‘20) Pablo L. Nazé (MBA ‘20) Chinedum Nwaogwugwu (MBA ‘20) Narjis Premjee (MBA ’19) Rebecca Reuber Katie R. Rock Adil Sethi (MBA ’19) Kim Shannon (MBA ‘93) Dilip Soman Brian Silverman Camille Simardone (BCOMM ’14) Marilyn Spink The Mehta-Rahim Foundation Geoffrey and Kenya ThompsonLeonardelli Myha Truong-Regan Helen Vavougios (MBA ’16) Rosemary Williamson (MBA ’20) Stacy Zosky Anonymous

Donate to support GATE: uoft.me/support-GATE

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Power Circle members pledge $50,000 or more to support GATE in making disruptive change to promote gender equality.

The Mark S. Bonham Charitable Foundation Molline Green (MBA ’98)

Sarah Kaplan (Distinguished Professor of Gender & the Economy and GATE Founding Director) Jonathan Lister (B.A. ’94, MBA ’00) Kevin Lobo (MBA ’95) Kerrie MacPherson (B.Comm ’86, MBA ’91) Anita McGahan (George E. Connell Chair in Organizations & Society) Barry McInerney (B.Comm ’85, MBA ’87) Rosemary McInerney (B.A. ’86, B.Ed 88) Florence S. Narine (MBA ‘05) Hilary Partner (MBA ’18)

Click here to learn more about supporting GATE

Building Community

Vanessa Serra Iarocci

Making Change We are making change—The $10 million goal Our research is creating impact. With BMO’s gift, we are closer to achieving our $10 million fundraising goal.

With visionary philanthropic support, we will amplify and expand on this impact. Together we can build a robust research, education, and community outreach program. We can set the future course of gender equality in our economy — both within Canada and around the world.

But, we can’t do it without contributions from GATE supporters like you. You can sponsor our research, policy briefs, digital storytelling, student engagement, and more!

If you are considering making a major gift to support GATE’s mission, please contact Lindsay Manning, Director of Development at: Lindsay.Manning@Rotman.Utoronto.ca

Donate to support GATE: uoft.me/support-GATE

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“My favourite thing about GATE is its seminar series where I get to sharpen my academic skills by presenting my research or helping other scholars with theirs while getting to spend time with some of my favourite students and scholars in the field.”

— Manuela Collis, GATE PhD Fellow

Building Community

Meet the GATE Team

Grusha Ag PhD Fellow

Camellia B

Postdoctoral F

Sonia Kang

Lechin Lu

Academic Director

Associate Director

Chanel Gre Advisor

Yongah Ki

Faculty Teach

Lindsay M

Interim Execu Advancemen

Salwa Iqbal Digital Storyteller

Carmina Ravanera Senior Research Associate

Nika Stelm

Alumna-in-Re

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Nouman Ashraf

Kate Bezanson

Faculty Teaching Fellow

Daphne Baldassari

Faculty Research Fellow, on leave

PhD Fellow

Bryan

Manuela Collis

Maja Djikic

Beverley Essue

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PhD Fellow

Faculty Teaching Fellow

Faculty Research Fellow, GBV Project Lead

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Vanessa Serra Iarocci

Sarah Kaplan

Executive-in-Residence; Instructor

Kourtney Koebel

Founding Director

Postdoctoral Fellow

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Nicola Lacetera

Laura Lam

Faculty Research Fellow

Hyeun Lee

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PhD Fellow

Gender Analytics Project Lead

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Angie Min Ah Park

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Victor Marsh

Postdoctoral Fellow

Dionne Pohler

Postdoctoral Fellow

Faculty Research Fellow

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Lucienne Talba

András Tilcsik

Postdoctoral Fellow

Sara Wolfe

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Faculty Research Fellow, MBA Fellowship Faculty Lead

Executive-in-Residence

The Institute for Gender and the Economy operates on the traditional land of the Huron-Wendat, the Seneca, and most recently, the Mississaugas of the Credit. Today, this meeting place is still home to many Indigenous people from across Turtle Island and we are grateful to have the opportunity to work on this land.

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