Our Advocacy Work and Women in politics
March 15th, 2023Published in the Toronto Star Decades of research make clear that ensuring women’s voices are integrated into decision-making in every arena delivers better outcomes. Women are being silenced, violated […]
read more...The ongoing commitment to ensure women’s voices are heardDiversity Belonging + Inclusion and Our Advocacy Work
August 23rd, 2022When Lisa Laflamme’s predecessor Lloyd Robertson signed off CTV’s nightly broadcast, he used to say, “And that’s the kind of day it’s been.” Which — to someone invested in media […]
read more...If it can happen to Lisa Laflamme… (and what you can do)Our Advocacy Work
August 9th, 2022Charlotte, light of my life, is 7. Her fearless physicality, fierce devotion to her brothers, and clarity about her artist’s soul… these are just three of the things that make […]
read more...For Charlotte’s sake, say NO to the status quoDiversity Belonging + Inclusion
February 24th, 2021and Sweta Rajan SHARI: Sweta, when we spoke for the first time recently about how we might collaborate, you vented a bit about the whole notion of “imposter syndrome”. This […]
read more...Reframing Imposter SyndromeDiversity Belonging + Inclusion
November 4th, 2020and Amy Ede. In the context of our collaboration to engage and support more Indigenous women and gender diverse people in being heard through the media, the two recently sat […]
read more...Why is it so crucial that we hear from Indigenous women?Our Advocacy Work
May 21st, 2020Meg moved quickly behind me to close the door to her office not wanting her staff to overhear. I had showed up in advance of the MediaWatch board meeting in […]
read more...Tell your mentors how much you appreciate their impact while you canOur Advocacy Work
February 14th, 2020I’m embarrassed to confess how long it’s taken me to wake up to this revelation. I ask women every day to step out of their comfort zones and speak up […]
read more...The upside of getting outside (of your comfort zone)Our Advocacy Work
September 12th, 2019Can snowplowing be sexist? Even if you live in Ottawa, a city that removes snow from its downtown core with military precision, you’ve probably never asked yourself that. Until I […]
read more...Democracy needs women; snowplowing policy proves itOur Advocacy Work
April 30th, 2019This article was originally published on Poynter What would happen if news media struggling to survive applied the productivity mantra “What gets measured gets done” to the sources they quote? Business […]
read more...Featuring more female sources could increase your audience engagement, research suggestsOur Advocacy Work
March 8th, 2019Business people, bureaucrats and board members, researchers, equality advocates and journalists — that’s who showed up on February 4th at Ottawa’s Rideau Club for the launch of the Gender Gap Tracker. […]
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