STATISTICS AVAILABLE:

• Public Perceptions of Work-Life Balance (July 2003)

• Moving Forward — The Experiences and Attitudes of Executive Women in Canada (July 2002)

The tools that have helped overcome or avoid the barriers to career advancement.

 

• Moving Forward: Focus on How Executive Women Choose Jobs (September 2001)

  The most important factor attracting women executives to an employer is the ethical conduct of the organization. Other factors of importance include the excellence of the organization's leadership, that it is well-respected, and that it offers high quality products and services. All of these factors are more important to executive women than compensation.

   

• Moving Forward: Focus on Work-Life Balance Issues (July 2001)

  Examines the importance of work-life balance to attracting and keeping female executives, and how executive women want their employers to help them strike a balance through the provision of benefits ranging from workplace childcare facilities to job-sharing.

   

• Moving Forward: Canadians' Perceptions of Workplace Advancement Among Women and Men (October 23, 2000)

  Covers:

  • Majority of Canadians believe women disadvantaged in the workplace
  • Younger generation highly optimistic for future
  • Perceived reasons for easier advancement of men and of women

   

• Moving Forward: The Experiences and Attitudes of Executive Women in Canada (July 13, 2000)
   

  Covers:

  • Employees preference of which sex they would rather report to.
  • The outlook for executive women
  • Impact of mentors on executive women
  • Networking opportunities for women
  • Corporate models/ Industries with greatest barriers
  • Career and family experiences of executive women

   

• Moving Forward: The Experiences and Attitudes of Executive Women in Canada (April, 1999)

  Covers:

  • Gender in the workplace
  • Public & private sector representation of women
  • Senior executive women
  • Career and family priorities
  • Canadian role models and heroes