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Diverse and Inclusive Workforce:
The impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the workforce continues to be assessed, however, it appears that groups that were historically under-represented in the workplace, have once again been most impacted by layoffs amid the pandemic. A report released by the Royal Bank of
Canada shows that women's participation in the labour force is the lowest it has been in three decades, with 1.5 million Canadian women losing
their jobs or choosing to quit to better support households in the first two months of the pandemic alone.
This is increasingly problematic throughout sectors of the economy, where women, racialized persons, and members of other equity seeking
groups remained highly under-represented. For example, based on most recent data women accounted for only 12.8% of engineers in Ontario.
Calling All STEM Employers: Why Workplace Cultures Must Shift to Change the Gender Landscape demonstrated that women in STEM continued to face significant barriers to success. These barriers included being undervalued and disrespected in the workplace, lack of mentorship
and sponsorship, and the existence of a gender-wage gap. These barriers were a contributing factor to the trends above and likely mirror the
barriers to other under-represented groups. As a result, conditions are now exacerbated for those who remain in the labour market.
OSPE has been an avid advocate of building a diverse and inclusive engineering sector across Canada. We have seen incremental progress
made across industry, academia, and government that is now being threatened by the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on labour force
participation. We can quantify the impact on women as this has historically been measured, however, the impact on other under-represented
groups with diversity dimensions including race, ethnicity, ability, and sexual orientation cannot be determined, as these trends have not been
widely analyzed and studied.
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