ESS in the Media
- “Menopause, a career killer? How brain fog, hot flashes and fatigue are driving one in 10 women out of the workforce” – Sonia Kang in The Star, February 21, 2023
- “Good vibes only’: Why toxic positivity in the workplace makes you miserable” – Sonia Kang in The Globe and Mail, January 27, 2023
- “The perils of toxic positivity in the workplace. Plus, how to convince your employer to fund professional development“- Sonia Kang in The Globe and Mail, January 25, 2023.
- “Positive Affirmation Exercises_7 Ways to Boost The Self” – Sonia Kang in PsyBlog, January 3, 2023
- “Working together apart: How to make flex work work for you” – Sonia Kang in Citrix Remote Works, September 29, 2022
- “A TikTok star saved $100K before she turned 25 — now she wants less ‘finance bros playing gatekeepers’ and more women talking money“ – Sonia Kang in MoneyWise, July 25, 2022
- “The equitable farm – being fair and equitable to women on the farm has to start much closer to home than most of us are aware” – Sonia Kang in Country Guide, July 11, 2022
- “Posing while Black: Expansive body poses benefit White men, but what about Black men?”– Francine Karmali, Character & Context, Society for Personality and Social Psychology Blog, July 18, 2022
- “The Saturday Debate: Does diversity training work?” – Sonia Kang in The Toronto Star, May 21, 2022
- “Report finds early education critical as alarm sounds over lack of women in engineering”– Elizabeth Croft quoted in The National Tribune, March 24 2022
- “Increasing women’s participation in engineering education: Actions for change”– Elizabeth Croft (Deputy Chair) of Engineering for Australia Task force, March 2022
- “Why are law firms still failing on diversity?”– Sonia Kang, quoted in Precedent magazine, March 8, 2022
- “Why your HR practices might not be as inclusive as you think” – Sonia Kang on The Decision Corner podcast, November 15, 2021
- “It’s not enough to hire more women, companies need to foster relationships between male and female colleagues” – Hilary Bergsieker, radio interviews about PNAS paper led by Emily Cyr, 570 News/Kitchener Today with Brian Bourke, September 29, 2021 and CBC KW’s The Morning Edition radio show with Craig Norris, October 6, 2021
- “Cross-gender friendships c ritical to helping women in sciences” – Emily Cyr, Times Higher Education, October 4, 2021
- “For the Love of Work” podcast Season 2 – Sonia Kang on Rogers Podcast, launched September 20, 2021
- Westcoast Women in Engineering, Science and Technology Podcast with Kang, S. & Page-Gould, E. on Creating Inclusive Networks to Launch Careers, wwest.ca, May, 2021
- Westcoast Women in Engineering, Science and Technology on Realizing Identity-Safe Environments Podcast with Bergsieker, H. & Schmader, T., March 2021
- “Women are being encouraged to go into STEM fields. Why aren’t we pushing for more men in HEED jobs?” – Katharina Block, Alyssa Croft, & Toni Schmader, Salon, March 28, 2021
- “Here’s how to create a more diverse and inclusive workplace” – Sonia Kang, CityLine, November 11, 2020
- “The Future of Women in Psychological Science” Podcast by Toni Schmader, Association of Psychological Science, November 2020
- “Implicit Bias” – Andy Baron, CBC News, September 13, 2020
- “Women’s mental health disproportionately affected by COVID- 19 pandemic: study” – Hilary Bergsieker, CTV News, August 13, 2020
- Scientist Profile – Lesley Shannon, CBC’s North by Northwest , June 14, 2020
- “How to talk to kids about Bias” – Andy Baron, CBC News Vancouver, June 4, 2020
- “Psychologists say it’s time to rethink the ‘mental health day’”– Sonia Kang, ESS Faculty Member, Inverse, March 8, 2020
- “Implicit gender bias: Overriding the mental shortcuts holding women back in STEM” – Toni Schmader, Science Borealis, March 3, 2020.
- “Addressing gender inequality via choice architecture.” – Joyce He and Sonia Kang, Vox EU, February 8, 2020
- “Implicit Bias and Covid-19” – Andy Baron, City News Vancouver, February 8, 2020
- “Why Don’t People Care That More Men Don’t Choose Caregiving Professions?” – Kate Block, ESS Grad Student, Scientific American, February 4, 2020
- “Jennifer Lopez is 50. Why are we so obsessed with her age?” – Sonia Kang, ESS Faculty Member, Global News, February 3rd, 2020
- “Fix, build, solve: Engaging girls with careers in engineering” – Elizabeth Croft, ESS Faculty Member, Monash University, January 21, 2020.
- “The engineering gender gap: it’s more than a numbers game” –Toni Schmader, ESS Faculty Member and Consortium Director, Sheryl Staub-French, ESS Faculty Member, Mary Well, ESS Faculty Member, University Affairs, January 9, 2020
- “Banishing Occupational Stereotypes.” – Joyce He and Sonia Kang, Rotman Management Magazine, January 1, 2020
- “Gender Diversity and Inclusion in Medicine: Lessons from Management” – Sonia Kang, Rotman Management Magazine, 2020
- “Beyond the Numbers” – Toni Schmader, ESS Faculty Member and Consortium Director, UC Santa Barbara’s Alumni Magazine
- “Why do so many organisations mess up on race?”– Sonia Kang, ESS Faculty Member, Financial Times, December 28, 2019
- “Women as Role Models in Science” – Toni Schmader, ESS Faculty Member and Consortium Director, Science Borealis Blog, Immpress Magazine, December 16, 2019
- “Make Friends Who Don’t Look Like You” – Elizabeth Page-Gould, ESS Faculty Member, The Michigan Daily, December 8, 2019
- “When women thrive in male dominated workplaces” – Will Hall, ESS Faculty Member, Society for Personality and Social Psychology, August 7, 2019
- “Not all instances of gender inequality are equally concerning…” – Kate Block, ESS Grad Student, Reddit, September, 2019
- “Empowering the Next Generation” – Sheryl Staub-French, ESS Faculty Member, Canadian Consulting Engineer, June/July, 2019
- “The Potential is Yours” – Toni Schmader, 2018 UBC Ad Campaign, 2019 UBC Ad Campaign.
- “Bosses who do not believe in gender bias seen hiring few women” – Toni Schmader, ESS Faculty Member and Consortium Director, Reuters, August 26, 2019
- “Female scientists ‘at disadvantage when applying for promotions’ as majority of scientists associate career with masculinity” – Toni Schmader, ESS Faculty Member and Consortium Director, iNews, August 26, 2019
- “Is Gender Bias Really Impacting The Hiring Of Women In STEM” – Toni Schmader, ESS Faculty Member and Consortium Director, Forbes, August 29, 2019
- “Employers who ignore gender bias promote fewer women” – Toni Schmader, ESS Faculty Member and Consortium Director, CBC, August 27, 2019
- “Belief in Gender Bias and Promotions for Women” – Toni Schmader, ESS Faculty Member and Consortium Director, Inside Higher Ed, August 27, 2019
- “Scientists avoid gender bias when they know they’re being tested for bias” – Toni Schmader, ESS Faculty Member and Consortium Director, Ars Technica, August 27, 2019
- “Preschool can help nurture tomorrow’s female engineers” – Elizabeth Croft, ESS Faculty Member, Open Forum, March 24, 2019
- “Time’s up on gender disparity in STEM: Women in STEM” – Elizabeth Croft, ESS Faculty Member, Pearson, 2019
- “Call for specialist STEM teachers from primary up” – Elizabeth Croft, ESS Faculty Member, Engineers Australia, 2019
- “Mission to Mars: Nova Rova team’s Red Planet challenge” – Elizabeth Croft, Lens – Monash University, May 2019
- “Fearless Girl should provide the spark to inspire more female engineers” – Elizabeth Croft, Lens – Monash University, March 2019
- “Parental leave: Why we need to talk about fatherhood.” – Joyce He, Gender and the Economy, January 30, 2019
- “Thank a scientist” – Elizabeth Page-Gould, ESS Faculty Member, American Psychological Association, November 26, 2018
- “Promoting Gender Equity in STEM Environments” – Toni Schmader, SPSP Newsletter, December 21, 2018.
- “American Psychologists want you to understand how racism holds our country back” – Toni Schmader, ESS Faculty Member and Consortium Director, Los Angeles Times, December 21, 2018
- “Monash achieves Athena SWAN Bronze award” – Elizabeth Croft, ESS Faculty Member, Monash University News, December 7, 2018
- “How young women view men affects how they imagine their future selves” – Toni Schmader, ESS Faculty Member and Consortium Director, Science Daily, December 4, 2018
- “Highlighting the “ E ” in STEM : Why engineering should be taught in our schools” – Elizabeth Croft, Education Review, September, 2018
- “Men place less value on care-oriented jobs that women, research shows” – Kate Block, ESS Graduate Student, The Star Vancouver, August 20, 2018
- “Listen up, men: Your subtle dismissal of women is damaging” – Toni Schmader, The Globe and Mail, July 5, 2018.
- “Starbucks staff get anti-bias training” – Sonia Kang, ESS Faculty Member, CBC News interview (starts at 1:53), May 29, 2018
- “Closing the Gender Gap” – Mary Wells, Design Engineering, April 3, 2018
- “‘Masculine culture’ and micro barriers still major issues for women” – Elizabeth Croft, The Age, The Sydney Morning Herald (syndicated), February 12, 2018
- “Celebrating women in STEM” – Elizabeth Croft, Monash University, February 2018
- “Working around harassment” – Sonia Kang, ESS Faculty Member, TVO The Agenda interview (starts at 0:28), January 26, 2018
- The Passionate Friar – Lesley Shannon, Carleton Radio, December 13, 2017
- “The debate about quotas” – Joyce He, Gender and the Economy. October 26, 2017
- “Women of Innovation Project – The Impact of Leading Canadian Engineers” – Mary Wells, Metallurgy and Materials Society of Canada, April 2017
- “Early Engagement is Essential for Increasing Girls’ Interest in Engineering.” – Mary Wells, Canadian Society of Mechanical Engineers Magazine, April 2017
- “Opinion: Business should create more science, technology, engineering, math roles for women” – Elizabeth Croft, ESS Faculty Member, March 17, 2017