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Women over 70 pay a premium for new cars
The Financial Times
What Women Add to Boards
The Wall Street Journal
TEDx: Gender equality as an innovation challenge
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.
Meet the five Canadian women shortlisted for new bank notes
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
Long seen as a ‘dirty word,’ many view quotas as key to getting women on boards
Sarah Kaplan and Rotman Alum Tanya van Biesen featured in MetroNews on the potential for quotas to achieve greater diversity on corporate boards
‘Diversity is our strength’: Americas Competitiveness Exchange highlights U of T Engineering leadership in diversity, robotics research
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
Tackling the Gender Gap in Entrepreneurship
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.