Closing the Gender Wage Gap, Ageism, Financing Education, and Untying the Knot

Commissioner Kadie Ward joins me for the third installment of Level The Paying Field. Today we jump into the gender wage gap and how to close it for good. As usual, Kadie comes to the conversation armed with information you need to know so you can advocate for yourself. Ageism is something we’re not talking about enough, especially when it comes to women in the workforce. Incredibly, in all of the discussions, webinars, research, white papers, and thought pieces that have been written about a ‘she-covery’ from the devastating impacts of COVID, not one piece, not one call to action, has identified the difficulties that women in this age group experience or will face. Karen Schulman Dupuis is a shift disturber on a mission to make this “invisible” group of women, highly visible to policy makers and joins me to today to discuss. Anne Brodie has new entertainment with the disturbing Alice starring Keke Palmer, the absolutely bizarre life imitating art imitating life movie about the Tiger King and Carole Baskins on Showcase, We Crashed on Apple TV starring Jared Leto and Anne Hathaway, and the amazing Ava Duvernay’s now movie DMZ with Rosario Dawson on Crave. Dr. Prachi Srivastava is back to continue our discussion on the education system. This week we take a closer look at financing education and what it will take to get kids back on track. Incredibly, Prachi shares that the government is underspending even when the dollars are there for them to disburse, plus she shares what the government needs to do to get kids caught up. Jenelle Simpson, a senior law clerk, paralegal, motivational speaker, and life coach in Toronto joins me to share details on her first book, Commitment to a Deceitful Liar that offers a peek into her life, from being raised in a West Indian home with all its beliefs and myths to unlearning instilled toxic generational cycles and relearning how to move to new levels Finally, Kelly Lavallie wants to save you money in your divorce. Her new book Untying the Knot, offers up handy strategies and preparatory tips for making sure each person gets the best settlement possible. She joins me to share a little bit of what people can expect in terms of costs if they are heading to divorce. Social Kadie Ward Website: https://levelthepayingfield.ca/ https://www.payequity.gov.on.ca/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/ontpayequity https://twitter.com/OntPayEquityFR YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVX4QDmd2XR-LkPlbR7-63A Karen Schulman Dupuis Website: www.karensd.ca Twitter: https://twitter.com/karensd LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/karensd/ Dr. Prachi Srivastava Website: https://www.edu.uwo.ca/faculty-profiles/prachi-srivastava.html Twitter: https://twitter.com/PrachiSrivas Jenelle Simpson Website: https://www.jenellesimpson.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lifes_deceit/ Kelly Lavallie Website: https://www.lavallie.ca/ Instagram: https://www.lavallie.ca/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kellylavallie/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@kelly_lavallie

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