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Workshops for women in technology are failing women

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The gender gap in the technology sector is no secret. While women make up 40 per cent of the world’s workforce – and in some...

CPES 2018 award winners include interactive retail display unit, NFC-enabled cartons

Eric Emin Wood -
TORONTO - An interactive retail display unit for the cosmetic industry, a mass-produced near-field communication (NFC)-enabled carton, and a Sheridan College administrator were among...

CATA’s winning women of 2018 on the value of mentorship

Eric Emin Wood -
When Human Resource Systems Group (HRSG) founder, president, and CEO Suzanne Simpson accepted the Canadian Advanced Technology Alliance (CATA)'s Sara Kirke award for entrepreneurship...

Lenovo’s women in tech panel opens up about industry gaps, offers actionable insight

Mandy Kovacs -
LAS VEGAS - The gender gap within the technology sector is no secret, but the number of events focused on women that have sprung...

Adobe, Cisco, PointClickCare execs on how companies can attract more women to sales

Eric Emin Wood -
As co-founder of the Great Canadian Sales Competition, which has educated more than 7000 postsecondary students about the profession and boasts Google, IBM, Cisco,...

Women in Data Science Ottawa aims to have an impact on Canada’s tech conference scene

Eric Emin Wood -
For Alyson Gaffney, Carlton University's bachelor of engineering program provided an early glimpse at the gender imbalance which has long plagued the science, technology,...

Want more women on your workforce? Ignore ‘fit,’ panel says

Eric Emin Wood -
Companies that find themselves with a dearth of female applicants, high turnover among women employees, or low estrogen in their boardrooms should consider embracing...

Flexibility, mentorship, digital transformation key drivers for workplace diversity, report says

Alex Coop -
Employers should offer more flexible working arrangements and mentorship opportunities, and embrace digital transformation if they want to do a better job of retaining...

Leaders in Davos stress diversity and inclusion of women in tech

Alex Coop -
There was a reoccuring discussion amidst all the talk about world economies and the future impact of tech on society at this year’s World...

Tech firms can leverage their industry to build diverse sales teams, PointClickCare VP Joan Leroux says

Eric Emin Wood -
In an industry frequently - and accurately - criticized for its lack of gender diversity, Mississauga, Ont.-based senior care cloud platform developer PointClickCare is...

Hashtag wins Time Magazine’s Person of the Year award

Eric Emin Wood -
From a shortlist that included Amazon.com Inc. CEO Jeff Bezos, Internet-muzzling Chinese leader Xi Jinping, and last year's winner, noted Twitter user Donald Trump,...

Toronto remains Canada’s top tech market, but Waterloo is fastest-growing: CBRE

Eric Emin Wood -
A new report from CBRE Group Inc. has found that while Toronto remains Canada's top market for tech talent by a substantial margin, the...

Why Alibaba’s Jack Ma and Justin Trudeau want to see more women as managers and entrepreneurs

Eric Emin Wood -
TORONTO - Jack Ma didn't think there was anything out of the ordinary about his company. During his Sept. 25 appearance at Gateway '17, a...

Canadian startups are noticing U.S. headlines about sexism in tech – but will they take action?

Christine Wong -
What was cast aside as a joke at Startup Festival one year ago should have been a signal that tech startup culture had some problems in Canada.

Government-backed initiative looking for Fifty Inspiring women in Canadian tech

Eric Emin Wood -
Editor's note: An earlier version of this story stated that the deadline for submissions was Sept. 9, 2017 and that the winners would be...
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