Women in Tech

Workshops for women in technology are failing women

Mandy Kovacs - June 19, 2018

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 - May 25, 2018

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 - May 17, 2018

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 - May 17, 2018

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 - March 16, 2018

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 - March 1, 2018

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 - February 9, 2018

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 - February 6, 2018

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 - January 26, 2018

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 - January 17, 2018

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 - December 6, 2017

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,...