I'm posting this in honor of International Women's Day which is Mar. 8.
Mar. 7, 2023 "Women powered pandemic shift toward higher paying jobs, but pay gap persists: RBC": Today I found this article by Tara Deschamps on BNN Bloomberg:
Women have powered a recent shift toward higher-paying and -skilled jobs, but a pay gap will persist until they cease being outnumbered by men in senior management positions, says a new report.
Canada's labour market saw nearly 200,000 women stream into jobs involving less in-person contact and often significantly higher wages after many pandemic measures were lifted, the Tuesday report released by the Royal Bank of Canada found.
Of the $21 billion in additional income created by the movement to higher paid sectors over the pandemic, $9 billion or 43 per cent was funnelled to women.
This amounted to 15 per cent of the total boost to women's earnings during the pandemic recovery.
"But men still made up the majority of the income gains and much of that is likely because the roles that women and men occupy are still different," said Carrie Freestone, an economist with RBC Economics.
"Even though we see women in these higher paid sectors, often the senior leadership roles are disproportionately filled by men."
Her research found men made up more than two-thirds of senior leadership positions even though the number of women and men in the labour market are equal.
Some of the inequities were even more pronounced among parents.
Freestone found fathers with young kids were far more likely to be senior managers, filling 10 per cent of such roles,
while mothers made up less than three per cent of the positions.
"So it appears that there's a link between having a kid and the fact that you may be less likely to take on a senior management role," she said.
Much of her research is based on the women who flooded back into the workforce after pandemic lockdowns, pushing participation in the labour market among working women to a record high of 85.6 per cent in January.
But many didn't return to prior jobs or industries and instead sought work that came with higher paid and "more productive" roles, the report found.
"High-contact sectors" like hospitality, for example, experienced an exodus of roughly 178,000 employees, when they were forced to close to quell COVID-19, said Freestone.
Many of the workers that fled these sectors were women. Despite filling about 55 per cent of jobs in these sectors before the pandemic, women made up 80 per cent of the movement away from them.
RBC estimated nearly 140,000 women streamed out of jobs in high contact sectors with many seeking roles in low-contact industries -- professional, scientific and technical services and finance, insurance, and real estate.
"The majority of people who moved from these sectors into higher paying sectors did have a degree or a college diploma, so a lot of that was potentially women who were overqualified for positions moving into sectors that better fit their level of educational attainment," said Freestone.
"And I think maybe women working in the hospitality sector saw other women who were able to work from home working in these industries like tech and finance, so I think there was definitely a pull to move into these industries that were more flexible."
The reshaping of their careers was aided by more flexible work arrangements and affordable childcare, and many were in search of less COVID-19 risk and higher earnings.
However, many of their salaries still trail their male counterparts.
Though women accounted for 60 per cent of jobs created in finance, insurance, and real estate over the course of the pandemic, women with degrees and working in finance, insurance, real estate and rental leasing earned roughly 85 cents for every dollar earned by men.
Across all sectors, women made an average of 89 cents for every dollar a man made in 2021, Statistics Canada's latest data shows.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published March 7, 2023.
Jun. 20, 2023 "Survey says gender pay gap narrowed in 2022, but still 21 per cent": Today I found this article on BNN Bloomberg:
A new report says the gender pay gap in Canada narrowed last year compared with 2021, but still stood at more than 20 per cent.
The survey for payroll company ADP Canada says working Canadians who self-identify as women reported earning 21 per cent less than workers who self-identify as men last year.
The report showed a gap of 24 per cent for 2021, while it stood at 21 per cent in 2020.
The survey recorded self-reported gross salaries for 2022 from both part- and full-time employees.
The average salary reported by men was $72,743, while women on average reported $57,725.
The report also says 33 per cent of men declared earnings of more than $80,000 in 2022, compared with 18 per cent of women.
The online survey by Maru Public Opinion included 1,556 employed Canadian adults who responded between March 6 and March 9.
The poll cannot be assigned a margin of error because online surveys are not considered truly random samples.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published June 20, 2023.
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My week:
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Chaos Reimagined is a meet-up focused on self-empowerment, reflection, and community-building. This community is for those who want to shed the chaos in their life and are invested in personal growth, development and reaching new levels of self-awareness.
To maximize our engagement with each book, we allocate the initial portion of our meeting to discussing its contents and reserve the latter half for incorporating the book's themes into our daily lives.
Book Club Topic for March 2024:
Relationships
Book: 8 Rules of Love: How to Find It, Keep It, and Let It Go - Jay Shetty
Description:
Nobody sits us down and teaches us how to love. So we’re often thrown into relationships with nothing but romance movies and pop culture to help us muddle through. Until now.
Instead of presenting love as an ethereal concept or a collection of cliches, Jay Shetty lays out specific, actionable steps to help you develop the skills to practice and nurture love better than ever before.
He shares insights on how to win or lose together,
how to define love,
and why you don’t break in a break-up.
Inspired by Vedic wisdom and modern science, he tackles the entire relationship cycle, from first dates to moving in together to breaking up and starting over. And he shows us how to avoid falling for false promises and unfulfilling partners.
Cost:
Free
Location: Square 1 Coffee - 14055 West Block Dr NW, unit 140, Edmonton, Alberta, T5N 1L8
To learn more please visit:
www.chaosreimagined.com
https://www.meetup.com/chaosreimagined/events/298886686/
My opinion: I tried the small brew coffee. It was $3.50 ($3.68 with GST). I put 3 packets of sugar and milk, but I didn't really like it.
I met new people:
Kassandra
Kati
Catherine
Jennifer
Sagio
Logan
I attended because I like self- development, dating, and relationships. I read a positive review:
Jan. 1, 2023 " Lessons in love": Today I found this article by Hope Katz Gibbs on the Costco Connection magazine issue Jan./ Feb. 2023:
https://www.costco.ca/connection-fye-lessons-in-love-janfeb-2023.html
We talked about the book The Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman:
https://5lovelanguages.com/learn
Next month's book:
The Courage to be Disliked: How to free yourself, change your life and achieve real happiness: This is by Ichiro Kishimi and Fumitake Koga.
https://www.amazon.ca/Courage-Be-Disliked-yourself-happiness/dp/1760630721
Mon. Mar. 25, 2025: I attended this Meetup online event. This was on Zoom. I have attended another by Simba.
Chaos Reimagined is a meet-up focused on self-empowerment, reflection, and community-building. This community is for those who want to shed the chaos in their life and are invested in personal growth, development and reaching new levels of self-awareness.
To maximize our engagement with each book, we allocate the initial portion of our meeting to discussing its contents and reserve the latter half for incorporating the book's themes into our daily lives.
Book Club Topic for March 2024:
Relationships
Book: 8 Rules of Love: How to Find It, Keep It, and Let It Go - Jay Shetty
Description:
Nobody sits us down and teaches us how to love. So we’re often thrown into relationships with nothing but romance movies and pop culture to help us muddle through. Until now.
Instead of presenting love as an ethereal concept or a collection of cliches, Jay Shetty lays out specific, actionable steps to help you develop the skills to practice and nurture love better than ever before.
He shares insights on how to win or lose together,
how to define love,
and why you don’t break in a break-up.
Inspired by Vedic wisdom and modern science, he tackles the entire relationship cycle, from first dates to moving in together to breaking up and starting over. And he shows us how to avoid falling for false promises and unfulfilling partners.
Cost:
Free
Location: Square 1 Coffee - 14055 West Block Dr NW, unit 140, Edmonton, Alberta, T5N 1L8
To learn more please visit:
www.chaosreimagined.com
https://www.meetup.com/chaosreimagined/events/298886686/
My opinion: I tried the small brew coffee. It was $3.50 ($3.68 with GST). I put 3 packets of sugar and milk, but I didn't really like it.
I met new people:
Kassandra
Kati
Catherine
Jennifer
Sagio
Logan
I attended because I like self- development, dating, and relationships. I read a positive review:
Jan. 1, 2023 " Lessons in love": Today I found this article by Hope Katz Gibbs on the Costco Connection magazine issue Jan./ Feb. 2023:
https://www.costco.ca/connection-fye-lessons-in-love-janfeb-2023.html
We talked about the book The Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman:
https://5lovelanguages.com/learn
Next month's book:
The Courage to be Disliked: How to free yourself, change your life and achieve real happiness: This is by Ichiro Kishimi and Fumitake Koga.
https://www.amazon.ca/Courage-Be-Disliked-yourself-happiness/dp/1760630721
Mon. Mar. 25, 2025: I attended this Meetup online event. This was on Zoom. I have attended another by Simba.
Become Charismatic: How to develop a magnetic personality
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Strong communication skills are extremely important both in your private and business life. Effective communicators build stronger relationships, make more money and achieve higher goals than those who struggle with people skills.
In this meetup you will:
- Boost your self-esteem so you can express yourself with confidence
- Become a better listener
- Prevent and resolve arguments
- Speak with charisma so you can influence others
Becoming a better communicator will open up your life to new opportunities, whether it is building new relationships, becoming a leader or making more money.
This event is designed for parents, business owners, professionals, students, and employees. It’s basically for anyone who interacts with people. At one point you will be on a date, in a meeting or in negotiation and wish you knew how to convey charisma to get what you want.
Listen to the Mental Mastery podcast:
About The Instructor:
Simba Nyazika
(Communication and Mindset Consultant)
Simba has helped 1000s of people improve their communication, increase their confidence and overcome their fear of social situations. He is the go-to expert on mindset and communication bringing over 10+ years of experience. Simba completed his educational background from the University of Alberta with a BSc in Neuroscience and a BSc in Psychology. He spent 7+ years as a Behaviour Consultant specializing in developing behaviour management strategies using evidence-based protocols from Applied Behaviour Analysis, Neuro-Relational Framework and Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy. As a tech founder and CEO himself, Simba is very pragmatic about the information he shares with his clients, customizing it to maximize their results. If you struggle with confidence, want to improve your communication skills or need to shift your mindset, Simba will help you get the results you want, guaranteed.
Mon. Mar. 25, 2024 Canadian Food Safety Group: In 2017, my Hotel Restaurant job paid for the employees to take this. We got paid to learn this. I got the certificate and this expires in 5 yrs.
Today I did the course for 4 hrs.
Tues. Mar. 26, 2024: I did the course for 2 hrs. I did the test, and passed. I got my certificate. This costs $25.
https://canadianfoodsafety.com/
There are other programs and different prices. I did this program because I did this in 2017.
Wed. Mar. 27, 2024:
President's Choice Children's Charity:
President's Choice Children's Charity is an independent, registered Canadian charity. Our dual purpose is to remove hunger as a barrier to a happy life and to educate children about food and nutrition. With the support of Loblaw stores, colleagues, vendors and millions of customers, our national signature program, Power Full Kids, reaches children and youth in approximately 1,100 communities every day at school.
https://www.pcchildrenscharity.ca/
REACH Edmonton:
HOW WE WORK
REACH conducts its work through community involvement, stakeholder engagement, and inter-agency collaboration. We aim to:
- Heighten the efficiency of current social programs and funding streams to better integrate programs.
- Find and fill any service gaps in the current system.
- Engage citizens in developing solutions.
https://reachedmonton.ca/about-reach/
Reading investing articles: I'm reading these articles that I saved onto my email/ blog accounts. It's really hard to understand. I have done a little investing over the years.
I can read about how save money, but I find investing boring.
Is there someone who can make investing sound interesting?
Strong communication skills are extremely important both in your private and business life. Effective communicators build stronger relationships, make more money and achieve higher goals than those who struggle with people skills.
In this meetup you will:
- Boost your self-esteem so you can express yourself with confidence
- Become a better listener
- Prevent and resolve arguments
- Speak with charisma so you can influence others
Becoming a better communicator will open up your life to new opportunities, whether it is building new relationships, becoming a leader or making more money.
This event is designed for parents, business owners, professionals, students, and employees. It’s basically for anyone who interacts with people. At one point you will be on a date, in a meeting or in negotiation and wish you knew how to convey charisma to get what you want.
Listen to the Mental Mastery podcast:
About The Instructor:
Simba Nyazika
(Communication and Mindset Consultant)
Simba has helped 1000s of people improve their communication, increase their confidence and overcome their fear of social situations. He is the go-to expert on mindset and communication bringing over 10+ years of experience. Simba completed his educational background from the University of Alberta with a BSc in Neuroscience and a BSc in Psychology. He spent 7+ years as a Behaviour Consultant specializing in developing behaviour management strategies using evidence-based protocols from Applied Behaviour Analysis, Neuro-Relational Framework and Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy. As a tech founder and CEO himself, Simba is very pragmatic about the information he shares with his clients, customizing it to maximize their results. If you struggle with confidence, want to improve your communication skills or need to shift your mindset, Simba will help you get the results you want, guaranteed.
Mon. Mar. 25, 2024 Canadian Food Safety Group: In 2017, my Hotel Restaurant job paid for the employees to take this. We got paid to learn this. I got the certificate and this expires in 5 yrs.
Today I did the course for 4 hrs.
Tues. Mar. 26, 2024: I did the course for 2 hrs. I did the test, and passed. I got my certificate. This costs $25.
https://canadianfoodsafety.com/
There are other programs and different prices. I did this program because I did this in 2017.
Wed. Mar. 27, 2024:
President's Choice Children's Charity:
President's Choice Children's Charity is an independent, registered Canadian charity. Our dual purpose is to remove hunger as a barrier to a happy life and to educate children about food and nutrition. With the support of Loblaw stores, colleagues, vendors and millions of customers, our national signature program, Power Full Kids, reaches children and youth in approximately 1,100 communities every day at school.
https://www.pcchildrenscharity.ca/
REACH Edmonton:
HOW WE WORK
REACH conducts its work through community involvement, stakeholder engagement, and inter-agency collaboration. We aim to:
- Heighten the efficiency of current social programs and funding streams to better integrate programs.
- Find and fill any service gaps in the current system.
- Engage citizens in developing solutions.
https://reachedmonton.ca/about-reach/
Reading investing articles: I'm reading these articles that I saved onto my email/ blog accounts. It's really hard to understand. I have done a little investing over the years.
I can read about how save money, but I find investing boring.
Is there someone who can make investing sound interesting?
