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New York's youngest assemblywoman, campaign manager showcase winning strategies for women in politics

Posted on In the News by NationBuilder Support · September 17, 2014 8:36 AM

VANCOUVER—More women need to run for – and win  – elected office, says New York State’s youngest assemblywoman Nily Rozic. She is in Vancouver with her campaign manager, Sally Frank, to speak at a special event showcasing the front and back room of a progressive political victory in New York City.

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Are we nearing "peak women"?

Posted on News & Blogs by Andrew Jackson · May 05, 2014 5:47 AM

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As is well-known, the proportion of women who are active in the paid work force has grown very rapidly since the 1970s, transforming the workplace and society as a whole in the process.  The rising participation rate of women was a major economic force over the past three decades in that it kept real family incomes afloat despite stagnant, if not falling, male wages.

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Plus ça change... why Stephen Harper's cabinet shuffle disappoints

Posted on News & Blogs by Jonathan Sas · July 15, 2013 10:32 AM

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Here are five important takeaways from today’s Cabinet shuffle. As the old saying goes, 'plus ca change, plus c'est la même chose'.

1. Economic (In)action Plan

Canadians hoping the government would signal willingness to address pressing economic concerns such as growing inequality, rising youth unemployment, a manufacturing crisis, and the rise of precarious work will be disappointed.

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‘The end of men’ in the workplace is far from reality

Posted on News & Blogs by Andrew Jackson · July 09, 2013 5:39 AM

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Last year there was a lot of discussion of Hanna Rosin’s best-selling book, The End of Men and the Rise of Women. The author was prominently interviewed in a Saturday issue of The Globe and Mail, prefaced by the words: “Women are ahead in academics. They’re jumping up the corporate ladder. And increasingly they’re the family breadwinners.”

Ms. Rosin’s basic thesis is that changes in the economy and the educational system play to the strengths of women, and that power is decisively shifting away from men in the job market. This, in turn, is profoundly changing traditional gender roles.

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Wettlaufer, Lou Schizas, and the myth of post-feminism

Posted on News & Blogs by Jonathan Sas · July 04, 2013 10:50 AM

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Yesterday, Toronto Star journalist Ashley Csanady reacted on Twitter to a controversial U.K. study that found that women around the world, including Canada, are less knowledgeable about current affairs and politics than men are:

I all too often find my female friends (outside of journalism circles) far far less engaged and informed about current affairs

— Ashley Csanady (@AshleyCsanady) July 3, 2013

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