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Friday, November 9, 2018
Ready! Steady! #SpeedMentoring! What do you think when you hear “#SpeedMentoring”? My initial reaction was: intriguing and fun. Which was immediately followed by a few questions: How does it work? How...
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Friday, September 28, 2018
This fall, WCT hosted a series of events and chapter launches in new communities across Canada. With only 27% of the Canadian ICT workforce being comprised of women, creating a network of professional...

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Thursday, September 20, 2018
We need diversity; diversity drives innovation, and diversity is key to our growth as individuals, and as organizations. There is a strong business case for diversity, but to make it sustainable we...

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Wednesday, August 1, 2018
Erin Gertner is Vice-President, Commercial Office at Cisco. As leader of the Commercial Office, Erin is responsible for Cisco’s national go-to-market strategy linking channels, architectures...

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Wednesday, July 4, 2018
This editorial originally appeared in the Toronto Star on July 1st, 2018. As we celebrate Canada’s 151st birthday, we still have not achieved equal pay or equal representation of women in most sectors...
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Tuesday, March 13, 2018
WCT is pleased to present the 2018 Annual Award winners. Leadership recognition is an important strategy in engaging, inspiring and adavncing women in Canada. Stay tuned to learn more about our award...
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Monday, March 5, 2018
From Little Cog to Big Wheel with Dave Howlett from WCT-FCT on Vimeo.

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Friday, March 2, 2018
As someone who spends a great deal of time articulating the business case for gender equality in the digital economy ( i.e. diverse organizations are better run, more innovative than homogenous ones)...
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Wednesday, February 21, 2018
On the heels of last month’s release of “Closing the Gender Gap”, our report defining the scope of the problem and how to take action, the launch of online community WCT Connect marks the next phase...

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Wednesday, February 7, 2018
Krista Shibata is the Lead for #IBMSTEM4Girls initiative, which is part of IBM’s corporate citizenship team. After graduating university with a science degree, she joined the business world. She has...