Delve podcast: Closing the Inventor Gender Gap with John-Paul Ferguson, Lucy Gilbert, and Negin Ashouri

Published: 19 November 2021

Social inequalities are responsible for the loss of millions of ideas and inventions over hundreds of years. This loss over time is measurable today in a decline in innovation, slowing economic...

New report finds supplier diversity a novel subject in Canada

Published: 2 December 2021

In a new report supported by the Women's Entrepreneur Knowledge Hub out of Ryerson University, Prof. Patricia Hewlin and former Integrated Management fellows Sandra Urbina Chang (MBA’19), Fiorella...

An employer's choice of words can reveal much about their return to office plans

Published: 6 July 2022

For many parents and caregivers, working from home has made life a lot easier. And any return to the office will have consequences for them. Some employers have used surveys and online forums to...

Delve: An Ethical, Human-Centred Approach to AI in Human Resources, with Matissa Hollister

Published: 2 June 2022

Could Artificial Intelligence tools decide who gets hired or fired, who gets a raise, or who’s ready to be a mentor? Some already are, to varying levels of success, and it’s often difficult to...

Montreal telecom company Oxio is a leader on salary transparency, but many companies are unlikely to volunteer this information

Published: 18 May 2022

If a company doesn’t want to share salary information, there could be a reason for that. About 75 per cent of people don’t negotiate a higher salary for themselves, and women and minorities are...

When the medium massages perceptions: Personal (vs. public) displays of information reduce crowding perceptions and outsider mistreatment of frontline staff

Published: 21 February 2022

A long wait in a crowded environment can feel like a special kind of purgatory for those waiting their turn, yet front-line workers often bear the brunt of the public’s frustrations. Nurses,...

Avoiding pitfalls of AI recruiting

Published: 4 February 2022

While AI software could eliminate some bias in recruiting, Professor Matissa Hollister says the tool can exacerbate other types of bias, especially related to gender or education, by relying too...

The impact of AI on human resources

Published: 11 January 2022

In 2019, Professor Matissa Hollister began a Resident Fellowship at the World Economic Forum’s The Center for the Fourth Industrial Revolution (C4IR) in San Francisco. While at C4IR, Hollister...

Rethinking the five-day work week

Published: 8 December 2021

Employers across the globe are shifting to a four-day work week to boost productivity and morale. According to Professor Lisa Cohen, a longer weekend doesn’t just create wider margins for rest and...

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