• Survey: Gender equity issues in Canadian journalism persist at end of decade

    It won’t be a surprise to many that the gender pay gap still exists in Canadian journalism.  A survey conducted by J-Source shows that 42 per cent of surveyed cisgender women, transgender and non-binary journalists don’t think they are paid the same as cisgender men conducting the same work.   These findings have implications for whether…

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    New tool tracks gender representation in Canadian news sources

    Women are quoted one-third as often as men in Canadian news stories, says a resource centre dedicated to closing the gap, as it unveils a new project to monitor the discrepancy. Informed Opinions, a project under Media Action – a non-profit organization that aims to improve the representation of girls and women in the media –…