She Leads; Ontario Prospers – Overcoming the She-Cession

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She Leads; Ontario Prospers – Overcoming the She-Cession

Ontario’s She-Covery: Confronting the Economic Impacts of COVID-19 on Women

By Ontario Chamber of Commerce

Date and time

Wed, Sep 23, 2020 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM PDT

Location

Online

About this event

The COVID-19 crisis is having a disproportionate economic impact on women, bringing their workforce participation rate to a record low. For the OCC and its members, the business case is simple: Diversity and inclusion are a precondition to Ontario’s recovery and economic prosperity.

Join us (virtually) on September 23rd as we sit down with government to discuss women’s economic recovery in Ontario and explore the findings of the OCC’s latest report, The She-Covery Project: Confronting the Gendered Economic Impacts of COVID-19 in Ontario.

Event details:

• Date: September 23, 2020

• Time: 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Report highlights:

• Dr. Wendy Cukier, Diversity Institute Founder, Academic Director of the Women Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub and Research Lead, Future Skills Centre

• Claudia Dessanti, Senior Policy Analyst, Ontario Chamber of Commerce

Panel Discussion:

• The Hon. Stephen Lecce, Ontario’s Minister of Education

• The Hon. Jill Dunlop, Ontario’s Associate Minister of Children and Women's Issues

• Moderator: Lisa McBride, Manager, Stakeholder Relations, Ontario Power Generation; and President, Women in Nuclear Canada

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About the Ontario Chamber of Commerce

For more than a century, the Ontario Chamber of Commerce (OCC) has been the independent, non-partisan, indispensable partner of Ontario business. The OCC’s mission is to support economic growth in Ontario by defending business priorities at Queen’s Park on behalf of its network’s diverse 60,000 members.

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