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LABR 1260:
WORKING FOR A
LIVING
JANUARY 27 +
FEBRUARY 3, 2020
Gender in the Workplace

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Today’s 3
Questions
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LABR 1260 - Gender in the Workplace
How does our gender affect how
we relate to our jobs and how it
does affect how we are treated?
When fighting gender
discrimination – what tools work
best to fight back?
Are these tools available to all
working people?

Gender in the Workplace
• Focus of tonight’s topic: gender equity
–How to get it, why we don’t have it, etc
• Two overlapping groups are primarily
harmed due to their gender:
– Women Workers
– Transgender Workers
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Gender in the Workplace
What are some hot topics related to
gender and waged work?
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Gender and Labour Markets
• Role of women and men in labour markets have
changed dramatically in last 100 years, last 50
years, and last 20 years
• How do men and women engage with the
labour market differently? How does it affect
them differently?
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Gender and Labour Markets
Women are taking an increasingly central role in
the workforce
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Proportion of 25-54 y.o.
women in waged work
1950: 21.6%
1983: 65.2%
2015: 82.0%
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Moyser, M. (2017, March 8). Women and Paid Work (Chart 1). Statistics
Canada. Retrieved from -
x/2015001/article/14694-eng.htm .

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Moyser, M. (2017, March 8). Women and Paid Work (Chart 2). Statistics
Canada. Retrieved from -
x/2015001/article/14694-eng.htm .

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Moyser, M. (2017, March 8). Women and Paid Work (Chart 6). Statistics
Canada. Retrieved from -
x/2015001/article/14694-eng.htm .

Gender and Labour Markets
Some differences are slowly ending
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Data from Moyser, M. (2017, March 8). Women and Paid Work (Table 6).
Statistics Canada. Retrieved from -
503-x/2015001/article/14694-eng.htm .

Gender and Labour Markets
Other gender differences persist
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Data from Statistics Canada. Table 14-10-0029-01 Part-time employment
by reason, annual (x 1,000). Retrieved from
Men: Caring for children
Men: Other personal or family responsibilities
Men: Business Conditions/Could not find
FT work
Women: Caring for children
Women: Other personal or
family responsibilities
Women: Business
Conditions/Could not find FT
work
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
REASONS GIVEN FOR PART-TIME EMPLOYMENT BY SEX, 1997-2019

Gender and Labour Markets
Some highly-gendered roles have flipped
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Data from Statistics Canada. Table 14-10-0129-01 Union status by geography.