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The number of women on corporate boards increases yearly, but the growth rate slowed in 2020 following a moderate uptick in 2019. MSCI ESG Research observed a 0.6% growth rate among MSCI ACWI Index companies in 2020, and outlined three projection scenarios for the decades ahead.

Bay Street's boys' club has a long history of making nonsensical excuses to exclude women from positions of power. One infamous incident occurred in 1976, when W.Earle McLaughlin , then chairman and president of Royal Bank of Canada, caused an uproar when he claimed the country's largest bank couldn't find a qualified women....

Innovation, Science and Industry has been working with stakeholders, partners, and diversity organizations in a bottom-up approach to create the 50 – 30 Challenge. Minister Bains will be...

Canada’s greatest resource is its people. Businesses and organizations benefit from having the right people, reflecting Canada’s full diversity, putting their talents to use...

Ryerson’s Diversity Institute applauds the federal government’s recent announcement of The 50 – 30 Challenge: Your Diversity Advantage. This initiative will bring together the federal government with corporate partners, community organizations...