Sarah Kaplan on The Pink Tax podcast with Janine Rogan
Sarah Kaplan appears on the Pink Tax podcast to discuss the challenges of proving the business case for diversity, and the backlash against DEI initiatives.
Most Canadian workers support equity efforts despite some backlash: report
Sarah Kaplan speaks to the Canadian Press about DEI backlash.
Women in the Workplace. Have We Made Progress?
Sarah Kaplan speaks with Google Exec Stephanie Wong for the In Real Life podcast about what we really know about workplace equality. You’ll be in for some surprises. On Apple podcasts. On Spotify.
A Strengthened Care Economy is the Future of Gender Equality in Canada
Sarah Kaplan writes with Susan Prentice for The Future Economy about care as a crucial infrastructure for economic prosperity.
How companies can smash the lavender ceiling for LGBTQ workers
Across the world, LGBTQ+ communities are confronting a growing tsunami of hostility – laws targeting their identities, escalating social ostracism, and rhetoric that feels ripped straight from darker chapters of history. But there’s another battlefront, quieter yet no less fierce: the sleek, hushed boardrooms of corporate power. In Canada, as in much of the world, […]
“Gender-Lens Investing” Takes Over
Sarah Kaplan’s work on gender and finance cited in Phunu Vietnam.
Employers can support caregivers with enhanced benefits, inclusive conversations: experts
Sarah Kaplan speaks to Benefits Canada about how employers can support employee caregiving needs.
LGBTQ+ on Boards: An Interview with LGBTQ+ Corporate Directors Canada
Sarah Kaplan’s research on LGBTQ+ board directors covered by the ICD.
Don’t give up. Innovate. Try something! Private Innovation in the Public Interest podcast
In this podcast, Sarah Kaplan, an expert on stakeholder engagement, views trade-offs between stakeholder needs as opportunities for innovation. However, navigating these challenges is far from easy. Her advice in the face of failure? Don’t give up – try something else.
PI-Squared: Anita McGahan in conversation with Sarah Kaplan
In this video, Sarah Kaplan talks about how innovation and transformation is about breaking through stakeholder tradeoffs.
Rotman School Professor Selected to Join The Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center Residency Program
Sarah Kaplan will work on her new book during the Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center residency.
How Zero-Sum Beliefs Get in the Way of Fairness
Sarah Kaplan’s work is discussed in Behavioral Scientist. “To make progress in achieving gender equality, we must declare the discussion on whether and why we should pursue equality to be over.”
Inspiring Inclusive Innovation
Rotman professor, Sarah Kaplan, champions inclusive product and service innovation—for social good and competitive advantage
Research making a real difference
Sarah Kaplan speaks to the Financial Times about making research have impact on policy and practice.
Diversidad, equidad e inclusión en jaque: ¿Retroceden las empresas?
Sarah Kaplan discusses in El Mostrador how DEI initiatives can have a positive impact on the bottom line if they are not performative.
Know your business’s purpose
Sarah Kaplan quoted in AB Magazine about how leaders need to demonstrate in a meaningful way that they are meeting the needs of stakeholders
Older, wiser and not ready to retire, women are hanging out their consulting shingle in mid-life
Sarah Kaplan speaks to the Globe and Mail about career trajectories for women.
How to achieve the promise of corporate purpose
Sarah Kaplan writes for Forbes that increasingly, innovation is being recognized as central to the pursuit of purpose and corresponding efforts to address diverse stakeholder interests
How Comply-or-Explain Disclosure Regulation Can Improve Corporate Governance and Gender Equality
Sarah Kaplan and co-authors write for the Columbia Law School Blue Sky Blog about how to make comply-or-explain regulation effective.
Sarah Kaplan receives the Academy of Management Career Distinguished Scholar-Practitioner Award
This is an all-Academy award presented to a candidate who demonstrates long-term, significant contributions in one or more of the following areas: successful application of theory or research in practice and/or contribution to knowledge through extraction of learning from practice; authorship of scholarly works which have substantively affected the practice of management; and integration of […]
Rotman Professor Receives the 2024 Distinguished Scholar-Practitioner Award from the Academy of Management
Sarah Kaplan receives lifetime career achievement award recognizing long-term, significant contributions in linking research and practice.
‘Cancel Your Gays’ trend sees 2SLGBTQ+ characters disappearing from TV
Sarah Kaplan speaks to CBC news about the importance of LGBTQ+ representation in the media.
Fixing the Broken Rung: Better approaches to promotion and talent development
Sarah Kaplan appeared at a Globe and Mail event on diversity and advancement for women to fix the “broken rung.” For decades the ‘glass ceiling’ dominated conversations about the lack of women in executive roles. But there’s growing recognition of significant gaps at the earlier stages of women’s careers. Women often stall at the entry […]
How many LGBTQ+ corporate directors does Canada have? We investigated
Sarah Kaplan and Jane Griffith discuss in the Globe and Mail their study showing the lack of LGBTQ+ board directors Pride Month is a time to celebrate the many steps taken toward achieving LGBTQ+ inclusion, while at the same time considering the numerous barriers to economic, health and social well-being that the community still faces. […]
Innovation and Organizational Change in our Society
Sarah Kaplan speaks on the Governance Professionals of Canada podcast about corporate purpose.
‘Flipping the Script’ to Harness Gender Diversity
Sarah Kaplan speaks with the team at Harvard Business School about using diversity to design better products, services and policies.
Accelerating progress towards gender equity in health and science
Sarah Kaplan and coauthors discuss how to address barriers to gender equity: access to resources, sponsorship and cultural change.
Remote work and inequality: Lessons for leaders
Sarah Kaplan’s coauthored work on remote work and inequality published in Forbes.
How Business Can Avoid The Traps On The Way To Finding Purpose
Sarah Kaplan’s work on how to implement corporate purpose discussed in Forbes.
New database discloses pay gaps, representation rates among Canada’s federally regulated private sectors
Sarah Kaplan quoted in the Globe and Mail on the new pay transparency results.
Le plan de relève chez Gildan a «complètement déraillé», selon une experte
Le conflit entre Vêtements de Sport Gildan et ses actionnaires démontre les risques qui peuvent entourer la planification de la relève, surtout lorsqu’un fondateur est impliqué.
‘Dramatic’ dispute over who will lead Gildan shows perils of succession planning
Sarah Kaplan speaks to the Toronto Star about the role of the board in CEO succession planning.
How to achieve the promise of corporate purpose
Sarah Kaplan writes for Rotman Management Magazine that pursuing corporate purpose can’t just be in the words but must be in the deeds.
Inclusive product, service and policy design: Flipping the script on diversity, equity and inclusion
Sarah Kaplan gives a 20 minute talk for the U of T Talks series.
A call for 365 days of action against gender-based violence
Sarah Kaplan and Beverley Essue write for Healthy Debate that attention to addressing and preventing GBV should be 365 days of the year.
Business School Lessons In Good And Bad Leadership From 2023
Sarah Kaplan comments for Forbes on leadership lessons from Greta Gerwig’s massive success with the Barbie movie.
Podcast: Designing for Everyone
Sarah Kaplan hosts a GATEaudio limited-series podcast on inclusive product and service design.
The Future in Sound #1 – Dr. Sarah Kaplan: Dwelling in Tensions
Sarah Kaplan speaks to the Future in Sound podcast on how firms can navigate tensions created by stakeholder interests
AI bias must move to accountability to address inequity
Sarah Kaplan writes with Carmina Ravanera in Policy Options that policies should require AI to assess equity impacts and risks, and demand transparency about design and data disparitie
Remote Work and Inequality: Lessons for Leaders
Carmina Ravanera, Kim de Laat and Sarah Kaplan write for Rotman Management Magazine on inequality and remote work.
OSC announces agenda and panellists for roundtable on diversity in Canada’s capital markets
Sarah Kaplan will speak on diversity on boards at an Ontario Securities Commission roundtable.
Re-Imagining Traditional Stakeholder Theory: A Roundtable Discussion
Sarah Kaplan participated in a Sorenson Impact roundtable on corporate purpose and being a business in the 21st century.
Le petit guide des investissements féministes
Sarah Kaplan speaks to Quatre 95 about feminist finance (en Français)
Level the Paying Field podcast on Labour Market Bias
Sarah Kaplan was interview by Pay Equity Commissioner Kadie Ward on structural biases in the labour market. The labour market never started off level for women and men. Women have and continue to be clustered in the “5Cs”: cleaning, catering, cashiering, clerical and caring. Dr. Sarah Kaplan, Director, Institute for Gender and the Economy (GATE), […]
‘We are being ignored:’ older women in Ontario struggle with rising cost of housing
Sarah Kaplan featured in Global News article on poverty among older women.
Why gender analytics is good for business
Our work on Gender Analytics for inclusive product, service and policy design is featured in the Globe and Mail.
What’s the debate about pay transparency?
Sarah Kaplan speaks to CBC Radio about pay transparency (starting at 1hr26m).
How to create a remote work policy that works everyone
Sarah Kaplan and Carmina Ravanera are interviewed for the Rotman Executive Summary Podcast on the future of remote work.
Women Lead Here: a snapshot of executive gender diversity in corporate Canada
Sarah Kaplan speaks to the Globe’s Report on Business about the need for sustained effort to achieve diversity in corporate Canada.
Not a single large, public Canadian firm has closed the gender pay gap, study finds
Sarah Kaplan speaks to the Globe and Mail about the lack of urgency for gender equity in the Canadian corporate sector.
What the Ardern, Sturgeon resignations show about the ‘tightrope’ women walk in politics
Sarah Kaplan talks to GlobalNEWS about the doublebind that women political leaders face.
GLAD Welcomes New Board Members and Newly Elected Chair
Sarah Kaplan joins the board of directors of GLAD (GLBTQ Legal Advocates and Defenders)
5 myths about Gender Analytics
Sarah Kaplan & Lechin Lu are interviewed about Gender Analytics as a tool for product, service and policy innovation.
How recent tech layoffs can disproportionately affect women and people of color
Sarah Kaplan speaks to Fast Company about the impact of reduced diversity on the products and services tech cos design.
Make remote work a plus instead of a penalty for gender equality
Sarah Kaplan writes with Kim deLaat and Carmina Ravanera on flexible work for Policy Options.
Order of Canada appointees far less diverse than the population, analysis shows
Sarah Kaplan speaks to the CBC about the under-representation of qualified women in the Order of Canada appointments.
Employers boosting fertility treatment benefits but critics say provinces can do more
Canadian Press consults Sarah Kaplan on the importance of employer fertility treatment benefits.
Unfinished business: Where corporate governance still falls short
Sarah Kaplan weighs in on questions of board overlap for the Globe and Mail.
When it comes to inequality, remote work is a double-edged sword — especially for women
Sarah Kaplan and coauthors discuss the future of work in the Toronto Star.
The Future of Work: Will Remote Work Help or Hinder the Pursuit of Equality?
Sarah Kaplan and coauthors publish new report on the future of work and flexible/remote work.
Top 100 Most Powerful Women in Canada
The Financial Post covers Sarah Kaplan’s award in the professionals category of WXN Top 100 most powerful women in Canada
Is it time for Canada to broaden pay transparency laws?
Sarah Kaplan talks in this CityNewsTV interview about how to close the gender wage gap.
Calls for Canada to introduce pay transparency laws to help close gender wage gap
Sarah Kaplan speaks to CityNews about what will really close the gender wage gap.
Ethnography Atelier: Moving from data to analysis to manuscript
Sarah Kaplan speaks at the Ethnography Atelier about trustworthiness in qualitative research
Another Workplace Trend Has Emerged: ‘The Great Breakup’ Is Here
Sarah Kaplan speaks to Canadian Business about how women aren’t hesitating to leave their companies if they have faced discrimination.
Rotman School Professor and Graduates Named as Canada’s Most Powerful Women for 2022 by Women’s Executive Network
Sarah Kaplan is one of Canada’s Top 100 Most Powerful Women for 2022.
Appearance before the Senate Standing Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology
Sarah Kaplan appeared before this committee to discuss the implementation of Gender-Based Analysis Plus in the government. The full video of her appearance can be viewed on the Senate website here. And, the full transcript of the session can be found here. Here are her 5 minute introductory remarks. Testimony before Standing Senate Committee on […]
Say Hi to the Future
Sarah Kaplan speaks on this video podcast about gender equality and the future of work.
A tech company pledged to make “anti-racist” layoffs. What does that mean?
Sarah Kaplan speaks to NPR’s Marketplace about how “neutral” layoff policies can have unintendedly biased effects.
‘Anti-Racist/Anti-Oppression lens’ used for layoffs at tech firm – but is that legal?
Sarah Kaplan speaks to TechWire about how firms can level the playing field for marginalized groups during layoffs.
VC Funds Are Dominated by Men. These Women-Led Firms Are Trying to Changing That
Sarah Kaplan spoke with Canadian Business about disparities in the entrepreneurship space.
Rotman School Faculty and PhDs Honoured for Research and Service by the Academy of Management
Sarah Kaplan received the 2022 Scholarly Contributions to Educational Practice Advancing Women in Leadership Award from the Academy of Management (GDO division)
Aborsh podcast: Economics, Gender Inequality and Abortion
Sarah Kaplan speaks with Rachel Cairns about the personal and societal costs of constraining reproductive rights.
Tech Industry Layoffs May Undo Workforce Diversity Gains
Wired magazine features Sarah Kaplan in discussing the impacts on diversity of a tech industry downturn.
RBC names sitting BCE chief to board of directors, expanding executive web tying Canada’s banks and telecoms together
Sarah Kaplan speaks to the Globe and Mail about new governance standards and board independence.
The Business Case For Diversity Is Backfiring
Sarah Kaplan speaks to Forbes about the unintended consequences of the business case for diversity.
Taking care of the care workers
Sarah Kaplan writes in Policy Options with co-authors on how the work of caring for our children, older adults and those with disabilities has always been undervalued. Yet the social benefits are enormous.
Paid menstrual leave for workers could be on the way in Spain. Should Canada do the same?
Sarah Kaplan speaks to the Toronto Star about the good and the unintended consequences of paid menstrual leave.
Tech layoffs could mean a disaster for diversity and inclusion
Sarah Kaplan speaks to Business Insider about the potentially negative effects on diversity of a tech industry slow down.
Care Work in the Recovery Economy: Towards a Caring Economy
Sarah Kaplan co-authors major new report on the caring economy and its central role in recovery from COVID-19.
New report highlights issues surrounding the future of the care economy
Phys.org highlights GATE’s new report on the care economy (co-authored by Sarah Kaplan)
Towards a Caring Economy. New Report from Institute for Gender and the Economy Highlights Issues Surrounding the Future of the Care Economy
Press release featuring Sarah Kaplan and coauthors’ new report on the care economy
As abortion bans loom in the U.S., companies step up or stay quiet
Sarah Kaplan comments to CBC news about corporate strategies in the face of US abortion bans.
Young people ask for pay transparency in job postings, saying the deck is stacked against job seekers
Sarah Kaplan quoted by CBC News on the value of posting salary ranges in job ads.
The push for companies to disclose salaries
CBC’s The National interviews Sarah Kaplan about the benefits of publishing salary bands in job ads.
10 MIT SMR Articles to Celebrate Earth Day
Sarah Kaplan’s article on how social responsibility produces resilient organizations is a top 10!
The Institute for Gender and the Economy: How Narrowing the Wage Gap Benefits Everyone
Sarah Kaplan and her work at GATE are featured by Badcredit.org
International Women’s Month: Closing the Economic Gender Gap
Sarah Kaplan talks with the Oxford University Policy Podcast about how to close the gender economic gap.
Canada’s subsidized childcare edges closer as Ontario finally signs on
Sarah Kaplan speaks to the Guardian about the work that still needs to be done to achieve affordable childcare in Canada.
The best books about stakeholder capitalism
Sarah Kaplan describes for Shepherd 5 great books about stakeholder capitalism that you should read.
Should gender still be a factor used to set car insurance rates?
Sarah Kaplan speaks to Lowest Rates.ca about the value of Gender Analytics in product and service design.
Svilupparsi anche dai conflitti
The Italian edition of 360º Corporation is reviewed by the Pirelli Foundation.
Diversidade, equidade e inclusão: o desafio pode ficar maior
Brazil’s HSM Management shares Sarah Kaplan’s insights on flexible work and the problems with the business case for diversity
What to do about women’s retirement income gap
Sarah Kaplan speaks to the Vancouver Sun about the gender wage gap and women’s poverty in retirement.
11 Inspiring Women In Higher Education Highlight Key Challenges Women Face In The Workplace
Sarah Kaplan speaks to Forbes about the motherhood penalty, the gender wage gap and more.
2021 Governance Roundup and Outlook for 2022
Sarah Kaplan participated in a panel discussion for the Governance Professionals of Canada on the future of governance in Canada. From the GPC: “With another challenging year behind us, GPC is doing a roundup on the top governance-related issues and major developments in 2021. We will then look at what to expect in 2022 vis-à-vis […]
‘We are all first responders’: ONA says Bill 124 contributing to nurses’ wage gap
Sarah Kaplan speaks to City News about the unintended gendered impacts of some austerity measures, including Bill 124.
These Toronto-based companies are letting their employees expense daycare
Sarah Kaplan speaks to CTV news about how childcare is a central part of the economic recovery from the pandemic.
Medicine’s Gender Power and Wage Gap
Sarah Kaplan appears on TVO’s The Agenda with Steve Paikin to discuss the gender wage gap and gender power gap in medicine. From TVO’s The Agenda: New data from Ontario’s biggest hospital corporations reveals barriers to leadership roles for women in the medical field. At the physician level, female surgeons earn 24 per cent less […]
How organizations can address gender disparity in money matters
Sarah Kaplan speaks about the connections between the gender wage gap, wealth and prosperity. From the Globe and Mail: “Canadian women face an uncomfortable truth: they generally make less money than their male counterparts. And yet there’s no shortage of financial planning advice focused on how women can manage their personal expenses, invest in their […]