Canadian Corporations Say Putting Women on Boards Comes Down to ‘Merit’: Study

This article was first published in the Kitchener-Waterloo CBC/Radio-Canada digital pages and is written by Tiffany Mongu. To view the full study, please visit the publication page. To view the highlights of this study, please visit Research Highlights in CRIW’s Research Library. 

‘Merit is very subjective and it is also gendered,’ says Wilfrid Laurier co-author with Ottawa universities.

Canadian corporations continue to lack significant representation of women on their boards, in some cases saying getting a position is based on “merit,” according to a new study involving Ontario universities…. More