Catalyst's research series explores how visible minority women and men perceive their career advancement and development in corporate Canada based on research conducted by Catalyst and the Diversity Institute in Management & Technology at Ryerson Institute in Toronto.
By 2017, visible minorities are expected to represent one in five people in Canada’s available workforce; by 2011, they will comprise all net growth in the labour force. These talented, hard-working women and men will be critical to the performance of Canadian companies and firms in the decades to...
Scotiabank’s is a far-reaching, business-driven initiative focused on seven strategic pursuits providing a global framework designed to attract, retain, and advance women. The initiative has improved women’s representation by leveraging existing business processes, programs, and platforms,...
This report shows that lawyers, particularly women lawyers, continue to perceive flexibility options as detrimental to their careers. In this third and final report in Catalyst’s series on , lawyers state their case on job flexibility. They suggest what needs to happen to law firm work...
is the third in a series of research reports examining the representation levels of women in the Investment Dealer and Retail Private Client lines of business of the Canadian Capital Markets industry. In 2005, a new addition to the series highlights company practices from the industry—programs,...
Catalyst has been tracking the representation of women in corporate governance in Canada since 1998. The census lists women board directors alphabetically by company, and provides lists of the numbers of women directors and total directors by company revenue, industry, province/territory,...
Work-life balance dissatisfaction at law firms is not inevitable. This study demonstrates that law firms can positively impact the work-life balance experiences of lawyers. Indeed, lawyers' perceptions of performance norms (e.g., advancement depends on putting career before personal/family life)...
Curious about the number of Canadian women at the top? This company-by-company count of women officers in leading Canadian companies will give you the the detailed statistics you want to know.
In the last 20 years, through our research activities, member outreach, and extensive advisory services practice, Catalyst has learned that the first step in making organizational change is to understand and widely communicate the “business case” for change. In the case of law firms, the first...
