Catalyst in the News

Press Releases |
Catalyst in the News |
Newsletter |
Media Registration

Filter by:

01/06/2012	The Serendipitous Side of Networking, The Globe and Mail Leah Eichler Article about how women can reap the most benefits from networking quotes Deborah Gillis, Senior Vice President, Membership & Global Operations at Catalyst: “You really don’t know where and when someone that you have met, or worked with, or been introduced to, may present an opportunity that may not only be career-changing but can be life-changing,” she said.
01/02/2012	Only One Woman Among 100 Highest Paid CEOs in Canada, Toronto Star Dana Flavelle Column flagging Nancy Southern of Atco as the only women among the highest-paid CEOs in Canada cites Catalyst Census.
12/26/2011	Women in Charge, in Canada and Abroad, Financial Post Nicolas Van Praet Article exploring women's advancement in Canada cites Catalyst research.
12/19/2011	Workplaces Missing Out on Valuable Contributors, Financial Post A discussion of Catalyst Census results explores potential reasons behind women's slow progress in joining boards and executive suites.
12/14/2011	Female Execs on Wane at Fortune 500 Firms, CBC News Blog post outlining results of Catalyst Census quotes Deborah Gillis, Senior Vice President of Membership & Global Operations at Catalyst: "Women are promoted based on performance and men based on potential."
12/06/2011	Cause and Effect, Financial Post Terence Corcoran An exploration of the connection between the number of women on corporate boards and corporations' financial success quotes Deborah Gillis, Catalyst's Senior Vice President, Membership & Global Operations.
11/17/2011	Diversity in the Boardroom Is Not Just a Matter of Appearance, The Globe and Mail Diane Peters Discussion of the importance of diversity on boards cites Catalyst's new report about the link between diverse boards and Corporate Social Responsibility programs.
11/16/2011	Finance and Utility Companies More Likely to Have Women on Boards, Vancouver Sun Fiona Anderson Blog post cites Catalyst's new study exploring the tie between women's presence on corporate boards and Corporate Social Responsibility programs.
11/04/2011	Beyond Mentoring Women at Work: Sponsoring, The Globe and Mail Leah Eichler Article about the importance of sponsorship to women's careers cites Catalyst research.
10/26/2011	Senator to Renew Push for More Women on Boards, The Globe and Mail Janet McFarland Senator Céline Hervieux-Payette has reintroduced a Senate bill to create a mandatory rule requiring that boards have at least 40 per cent women, or men, within six years of the legislation being enacted; article cites Catalyst research.
10/24/2011	We Can Do Better Than 18 Per Cent, Canadian HR Reporter Todd Humber Blog post about Catalyst Canada Honours event questions why only 18% of senior positions at Canadian companies are held by women, and encourages organizations to follow Catalyst's lead in order to do better.
10/21/2011	Quotas Would Get More Women Into the Board Room, The Globe and Mail Leah Eichler Editorial supporting the use of quotas to increase the number of women on corporate boards cites Catalyst research.
10/20/2011	Catalysts of Change, Canadian Business Jacqueline Nelson Blog post reporting on the Catalyst Canada Honours celebration and this year's three Catalyst Canada Honours champions of women in business.
10/20/2011	Félicitations aux Lauréats des Prix Honorifiques de Catalyst Canada, Premières en Affaires Article profiling the three Catalyst Canada Honours champions of women in business.
10/18/2011	Scotiabank and Catalyst: Supporting Women, Business News Network Frances Horodelski Frances Horodelski and Rick Waugh, CEO of Scotiabank and Chair of Catalyst Canada's Advisory Board, talk about the Catalyst Canada Honours, referencing Catalyst's recent Ideal Worker report.
10/17/2011	Well Run Firms Have Women on Board: Downe, Financial Post John Greenwod According to Bill Downe, chief executive of Bank of Montreal and an advisory board member of Catalyst Canada, companies where women are well represented in senior management and on the board of directors are more successful; article cites Catalyst research and quotes Deborah Gillis, Catalyst's Senior Vice President, Membership & Global Operations.
10/13/2011	Women Blameless in Pay Inequity: Study, Toronto Star Sheena Goodyear Article about Catalyst's Ideal Worker report quotes Christie Silva, Director of Research at Catalyst: "We have to stop blaming women for the gender gap. We have to stop assuming the gender gap exists because of what women are or are not doing."
10/10/2011	Beyond the Boys’ Network (Guest Commentary), Canadian HR Reporter Deborah Gillis Deborah Gillis, Senior Vice President, Membership & Global Operations at Catalyst, writes about the importance of sponsorship to workplace advancement.
10/04/2011	Recruit Your Promoter, Investor's Business Daily Gloria Lau Column providing tips for women on workplace advancement includes quotes from Deborah Gillis, Senior Vice President of Membership & Global Operations at Catalyst, as well as Catalyst's recent Sponsoring Women to Success report.
09/29/2011	Glass Ceiling, The Globe and Mail Deborah Gillis In a letter to the editor, Catalyst's Deborah Gillis, Senior Vice President, Membership & Global Operations, questions the conclusions of two recent articles about women in the workplace, noting that "an all-too-familiar focus on 'fixing the women' absolves organizations from the need to eradicate gender bias that creeps, often unintentionally, into talent management systems, limiting opportunities for talented women."
09/27/2011	From Mentors to Sponsors, National Post Mary Teresa Bitti Column about Catalyst's recent Sponsoring Women to Success report quotes Deborah Gillis, Senior Vice President of Membership and Global Operations, and Heather Foust-Cummings, Senior Director of Research at Catalyst.
09/26/2011	Women in Cabinet Responsible for Nearly 80 Percent of Budget: McGuinty, The Globe and Mail Carys Mills Article cites Liberal Leader Dalton McGuinty's comments made during The Catalyst Canada Honours event about his record-setting numbers of women candidates and cabinet members.
09/22/2011	Women Still Not Landing Top Jobs in Corporate America, Fox Business Sital Patel Discussion of the dearth of women in top corporate roles cites Catalyst research and quotes Deborah Gillis, Senior Vice President, Membership and Global Operations at Catalyst: “There are assumptions made about what women want ... When women act outside of those stereotypes, we see pushback.”
09/14/2011	Progress for Women in Management Positions Has Flatlined, The Vancouver Sun Anne Golden Article about the lack of progress in the advancement of Canadian women to senior management roles cites Catalyst research.
09/06/2011	Progress for Women in Management Has Flatlined, Ottawa Citizen Anne Golden Article about the stalled progress in increasing the number of women in Canadian government and corporate executive roles cites Catalyst research.
08/22/2011	Sponsor Can Help Women, Calgary Herald Kim Covert Column about Catalyst's new study, Sponsoring Women to Success, quotes Ilene Lang, President and CEO of Catalyst: "Companies that educate their employees about sponsorship, link it to talent management systems, and make it a hallmark of organizational strategy will reap tremendous rewards."
08/19/2011	Parrainer les Femmes Pour Crever le Plafond de Verre, TVA Nouvelles Caroline Pailliez A discussion of Catalyst's new study about the importance of sponsorship to women in business.
08/18/2011	La Clé de l’Avancement des Femmes Passe par le Parrainage, Premières en Affaires A briefing on Catalyst's new study about the benefits of sponsorship to women in business quotes Ilene Lang, Catalyst's President and CEO.
07/14/2011	More Wives in Canada Out-Earning Husbands on Education Gains, Bloomberg Business Week Greg Quinn 31% of Canadian wives are currently making more money than their husbands, after three decades of gains in post- secondary education and professional jobs; Catalyst survey cited.
06/16/2011	Are You Lovin' It? Work at McDonald's and You Will!, Calgary Herald Article about working at Catalyst Award-winner McDonald's references the Catalyst Award.
06/13/2011	Want to Avoid Scandal at the Top? Hire a Woman!, Canadian Business Chris MacDonald Discussion of male leaders' tendency to fall into high-profile scandals cites Catalyst research.
06/09/2011	Monique Leroux: le pouvoir de l'exemple, Le Devoir.com Gérard Bérubé Profile of Dejardin Group's Monique Leroux, on the occasion of her being declared one of the 2011 Catalyst Canada Honours Champions of women in business.
06/08/2011	Champions of Women in Corporate World Recognized, Toronto Star Vanessa Lu Article about The Catalyst Canada Honours quotes Deborah Gillis, Catalyst Senior Vice President, Membership & Global Operations.
06/08/2011	Opportunities For Women, Metro Morning (radio) Matt Galloway Matt Galloway interviews RBC's Jennifer Tory, one of the 2011 Catalyst Canada Honours Champions, about promoting women's advancement in business.
06/08/2011	Three Execs Honoured for Championship of Women's Advancement, Canadian HR Reporter Profile of Catalyst Canada Honours Champions, including quotes from Deborah Gillis, Catalyst's Senior Vice President of Membership and Global Operations: "By recognizing these outstanding leaders with the Catalyst Canada Honours, Catalyst hopes to inspire a robust pipeline of women and men who will follow in their footsteps."
06/08/2011	Monique Leroux récompensée, Les Affaires Announcement of Desjardin's Monique Leroux as one of the three Catalyst Canada Honours Champions.
06/08/2011	Monique Leroux récompensée par Catalyst Canada, Finance et Investissement Desjardins President and CEO Monique Leroux announced one of The Catalyst Canada Honours champions.
06/08/2011	Nomination des lauréats des Prix honorifiques de Catalyst Canada 2011, Premières en affaires Profiles of the three Catalyst Canada Honours Champions.
06/08/2011	Monique Leroux primée, Conseiller Ronald McKenzie Profile of Catalyst Canada Honours Champion Monique Leroux, President and CEO of Desjardins.
06/03/2011	It's His Turn Now, Financial Post Column outlining the controversy around using quotas and affirmative action to improve the numbers of women and minorities in the workplace quotes Deborah Gillis, Catalyst's Senior Vice President of Membership and Global Operations: "The numbers clearly suggest women are by no means pushing men out of the executive suites," Ms. Gillis says. "There's still a long way to go."
05/07/2011	Too Little Diversity in the Boardroom, Toronto Star Editorial suggests that the dearth of women and minorities on boards is even more pronounced in Canada than in the U.S.; quotes Deborah Gillis, Senior Vice President, Membership & Global Operations at Catalyst.
05/07/2011	Perfection Can be Overrated When Balancing a Career, Motherhood, The Vancouver Sun Darah Hansen Discussion of the challenges of balancing a career and a young family features an employee of Coast Capital Savings, cited as topping the 2010 Catalyst Canada Census because of its commitment to promoting women into key executive positions.
05/06/2011	'Glass Ceiling' of Business Slowly Being Broken by Women, St. Catherines Standard Don Fraser Article about dearth of women on Canadian boards cites Catalyst research and quotes Deborah Gillis, Senior Vice President, Membership and Global Operations: "... More women senior officers is ... good for the bottom line. So there's a clear and compelling business case."
05/02/2011	Gender Wage Gap a Complex Issue, Canadian HR Reporter Claudine Kapel Exploration of Canada's gender wage gap cites Catalyst Census.
04/06/2011	Is 30 Percent Representation the New Gender-Equality Dream?, Maclean's Anne Kingston Exploration of the 30% - not 50% - targets for women's representation in the management of corporations that are now so popular globally mentions Catalyst and quotes Deborah Gillis, Senior Vice President, Membership & Global Operations.
03/15/2011	Women's Advances in Workplace Not Always Easy, Ottawa Citizen Darah Hansen This discussion of women's status in the Canadian workplace references Catalyst's FP500 Census and quotes Deborah Gillis as "blast[ing] Canadian businesses in a statement for 'vastly underutilizing talented women, even though women are the engine of our economies.'"
03/08/2011	Femmes d'Affaires : Bonne Gestion, Mauvaise Représentation, C'est Bien Meilleur le Matin (Radio Canada) René Homier-Roy Radio broadcast cites data from Catalyst's 2010 Census of Canadian corporations in a discussion of the underrepresentation of women in senior leadership roles.
03/08/2011	Quebec Firms Lag in Gender Parity, Montreal Gazette Alison Macgregor Recap of Catalyst's 2010 Census of Canadian corporations features quotes from Deborah Gillis, Senior Vice President of Membership and Global Operations; "Considering that it's the 100th anniversary of International Women's Day, it is certainly disappointing ... that the numbers are what they are," she said.
03/08/2011	Women's Midas Touch Rewards Shareholders, The Globe and Mail Janet McFarland Article exploring the business case for including women in senior management positions cites Catalyst research and quotes Deborah Gillis, Senior Vice President, Membership & Global Operations.
03/03/2011	Cadres Supérieurs et Salaires Élevés: La Représentation des Femmes Progresse Lentement, Branchez-Vous Olivier Caron Article outlining the results of Catalyst's 2010 Census of corporate Canada.
03/03/2011	Encore Peu de Femmes Nommées à des Postes de Haute Direction, Journal Métro Marie-Eve Shaffer Article highlights Catalyst's 2010 Census of corporate Canada and quotes Deborah Gillis, Senior Vice President, Membership and Global Operations.
03/03/2011	Executive Gender Gap Remains, Catalyst Report Says, CBC News Highlights results of Catalyst's 2010 Census of Canadian corporations and includes quotes from Deborah Gillis, Senior Vice President, Membership and Global Operations, and The Catalyst Canada Honours winner Ed Clark, CEO of TD Bank.
03/03/2011	Good News, Bad News for Women in Canada’s Financial Services Industry: Catalyst, Investment Executive Megan Harman Provides highlights of the 2010 Catalyst Census; includes quote from Deborah Gillis, Senior Vice President, Membership & Global Operations.
03/03/2011	Good News, Bad News for Women's Advancement, Canadian HR Reporter Review of the 2010 Catalyst Census, which evaluates the advancement of Canadian women to corporate leadership; quotes Deborah Gillis, Senior Vice President, Membership & Global Operations.
03/03/2011	More Women in Top Senior Positions: Report, Money QMI Agency Highlights Catalyst's 2010 Census on female senior officers at Canada's 500 top-earning companies; quotes Deborah Gillis, Senior Vice President, Membership & Global Operations.
03/03/2011	Women Still Scarce in Top Ranks at Canada's Biggest Companies, The Globe and Mail Janet McFarland Article outlines Canada's 2010 Census findings and quotes Deborah Gillis, Senior Vice President, Membership & Global Operations; “What’s really clear is that [the idea of]‘This will take care of itself, give it time,’ has failed, and what we really need is action and attention,” Ms. Gillis said.
03/03/2011	Women Rising to Executive Ranks Still Few in Number, Toronto Star Vanessa Lu Article explores results of 2010 Catalyst Census and quotes Deborah Gillis, Senior Vice President, Membership & Global Operations; “We need leaders who will commit to make change a priority," she said.
03/03/2011	Few Women Hold Top Jobs at Big Companies, MSN News Pat Hewitt Article cites Catalyst's 2010 Census of corporate Canada and quotes Deborah Gillis, Senior Vice President, Membership & Global Operations; "The pace of change has been glacially slow," she said.
01/14/2011	Women in Boardrooms, The Current, CBC Radio Catalyst data cited and Deborah Gillis interviewed in this segment on the lack of women in Canadian boardrooms.
12/27/2010	Equality Not the Same as Parity in the Boardroom, Financial Post Kim Covert Article about women on Canadian boards quotes Deborah Gillis, Vice President, North America, from her testimony to the senate committee on banking, trade and commerce: “Unless something changes fundamentally to accelerate the pace of change, gender parity on Canadian boards will remain a pipe dream.”
12/13/2010	Mentors’ Position Key to Higher Pay, Toronto Star Emily Mathieu Christine Silva, Director of Research, is interviewed in this article regarding the 2010 Census and Mentoring: Necessary but Insufficient for Advancement.
12/07/2010	Which Way Up?, Financial Post Magazine Mary Teresa Bitti “A global dialogue happening around women on boards should be a wake-up call to Canadian companies,” says Deborah Gillis, Vice President, North America, in an article citing Catalyst Census data.
12/01/2010	Male Sponsors Wanted, Financial Post Fiona Macfarlane Catalyst Pyramid data cited in article about how women should seek male sponsors—and vice versa.
11/26/2010	Networking Essential for Entering the C-Suite, Financial Post Allison Graham Article about the importance of having a gender-balanced network quotes Deborah Gillis and cites the Canadian Census.
10/20/2010	Look Who is Legislating Seats for Women at the Boardroom Table, CBC News Canada Mary Teresa Bitti Citing data from Catalyst partner Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency (EOWA), this article outlines the different types of legislation targeting gender inequity in boardrooms.
10/20/2010	Trailblazing Scholar Has Strong Views About Women and Corporate Leadership , Vancouver Sun Scott Simpson This article tracks opportunities and barriers for women who want to ascend to the top rungs of the corporate ladder and cites Catalyst Bottom Line data.
10/12/2010	More women in the workplace is good for business, The Globe and Mail Deborah Gillis On the heels of Catalyst Canada's inaugual celebration of corporate leaders committed to women's advancement, Catalyst's Vice President, North America, argues in this editorial that women comprise a critical pool of executive talent.
10/06/2010	'Endless' opportunities for women in financial markets, but few takers, The Globe and Mail Wallace Immen Catalyst data is referenced, and Deborah Gillis, Vice President, North America, is quoted in this feature espousing that women are retreating from the finance industry.
10/06/2010	Scotiabank: A Window of Opportunity, Business News Network Rick Waugh, Chair of Catalyst Canada's Board of Advisors, and President and CEO of Scotiabank, is interviewed on Market Morning in advance of The Catalyst Canada Honours and after joining Catalyst to open the Toronto Stock Exchange. (Video)
09/08/2010	Women at work: still behind on the bottom line, The Globe and Mail Adrian Morrow and Caroline Alphonso Catalyst research is cited, and a Vice President quoted, in this news story on a government report indicating that Canadian women earn 63 cents to every man's dollar.
09/01/2010	Why Men Still Get More Promotions Than Women, Harvard Business Review Herminia Ibarra, Nancy M. Carter, and Christine Sylvia Two Catalyst researchers, along with a professor of organizational behavior, explain that sponsorship rather than mentorship is the ticket to promotions for women.
08/10/2010	Outraged moms, trashy daughters, Maclean's Anne Kingston Catalsyt research on women's representation in corporate leadership in Canada is cited, and a Catalyst Vice President is quoted, in this article bemoaning the tendency of young women to believe the fight for equality is over.