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U of T supporting employee well-being with enhanced gender affirmation coverage

Sadie Janes — Wed, 21 Jun 2023 13:00:14 +0000

The University of Toronto is supporting employee well-being with enhanced gender affirmation coverage. Heather Boon, acting vice-president of people strategy, equity and culture at U of T, says the coverage was negotiated in several of its recent collective agreements and is also available to non-union employees. “Gender affirmation coverage is being provided to help support […]

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Pandemic threatens to undo gender equity progress in workforce: CPPIB report

mschmit — Tue, 10 Nov 2020 06:13:01 +0000

Soon after the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, layoffs and the shift to remote working resulted in a 30-year low in female participation in the Canadian workforce, threatening to undo gains in gender equity in the workplace, according to a new report by the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board. Women have suffered the most layoffs […]

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UTAM pension portfolio sees 13% return for 2019

mschmit — Mon, 27 Apr 2020 05:43:09 +0000

The University of Toronto Asset Management Corp. has earned a 13 per cent return on its pension portfolio for 2019, and a 12.9 per cent return on its endowment portfolio, net of all fees and expenses. While the 2019 results were strong, and beat the university’s target return of 6.2 per cent, they lagged the […]

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University staff, founders’ members vote in favour of new university pension plan

mschmit — Tue, 26 Feb 2019 07:29:08 +0000

Staff at Queen’s University, the University of Guelph, the University of Toronto and members of the United Steelworkers union have voted in favour of setting up a new multi-employer university plan. The University Pension Plan Ontario is proposed to be a jointly-sponsored plan including six labour groups, three staff unions and three faculty associations from the […]

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Janice Stein Announced as Keynote

mschmit — Mon, 13 Feb 2017 06:30:16 +0000

Geopolitical expert to speak at Global Investment Conference.

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U of T Says No to Divestment

mschmit — Thu, 31 Mar 2016 06:22:03 +0000

University hangs on to fossil fuel holdings

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