OMG! What if I really AM the best person?

Shari Graydon

Informed Opinions

Shari Graydon is an award-winning author, educator and advocate. She founded and leads Informed Opinions, which is working amplify women’s voices for a more equitable Canada. She has taught communications, written commentary for many newspapers and CBC, and served as press secretary to a BC premier. For 10 years, she was also president of Media Watch, the national women’s organization. Shari received the Governor General's Award in Commemoration of the Persons' Case for her advocacy work on behalf of women in 2007 and was honoured as one of Canada’s Top 100 Most Powerful Women by WXN. Her most recent book, OMG! What if I Really AM the Best Person? inspires women to speak up more often.

Abstract

Women constitute 61% of university graduates but their voices account for less than 29% of those featured as expert sources in the news media. That’s a problem. When women are chronically under-represented in the corridors... [ view full abstract ]

Authors

  1. Shari Graydon (Informed Opinions)

Topic Area

Topics: Women in technology

Session

CM1.4 » Diversity (14:30 - Monday, 20th June, CCIS 1-430)

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