In 2019, just nine per cent of Vale’s workforce was represented by women.
Five years on, that number has jumped to 14 per cent, and yet the Sudbury nickel miner is still “nowhere near where we need to go” to achieve gender parity in the workplace, said the company’s director of Ontario operations.
“It is well understood that diverse and inclusive bodies of people who collectively shape and make decisions make better decisions,” said Gord Gilpin during an October 25 panel discussion hosted by Cambrian College. “You cannot lose at all by going in this direction.
“The other fundamental thing is that it’s just absolutely the right thing to be doing.”
Gilpin joined other industry leaders in conversation about how to attract more women to the trades as a precursor to the college’s Jill of All Trades event in Sudbury.
The annual day-long event welcomes girls in Grades 9 to 12 to take part in hands-on workshops showcasing skilled trades programming offered at the school, listen to a keynote address from a speaker in the field, and take a tour of Cambrian and its labs.
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