Rotman’s Initiative for Women in Business offers executive education programs for women at all stages of their careers. The Initiative has been committed to strengthening the female talent pipeline since 2008. Together with award-winning faculty and corporate partners, they support the career development, decision-making and leadership skills of female professionals.
GATE is a part of Rotman’s Social Impact and Innovation initiative, which aims to help students explore their personal and professional potential—and work toward a more inclusive, more sustainable world.
The Financial Times
The Wall Street Journal
Frustrated with the lack of progress towards gender equality in the economy, proponents of diversity are building the "business case" for action. But, Professor Sarah Kaplan argues in this TEDx talk, this may do more harm than good.
Sarah Kaplan quoted in the Waterloo Region Record on the importance of having the images of women on banknotes given the long history of excluding women from the economy
Sarah Kaplan and Rotman Alum Tanya van Biesen featured in MetroNews on the potential for quotas to achieve greater diversity on corporate boards
U of T Engineering News features Sarah Kaplan moderating a panel on women in STEM and entrepreneurship featuring Dean Cristina Amon, Stephenie Foster, Genevieve Tanguay and Trina Alexson at the sixth Americas Competitiveness Exchange
Knowledge @ Insead
VCs claim that if women pitched high-quality businesses, the meritocracy would duly reward them. But research shows that all else being equal, men still fare better than women.
