The University off British Columbia has awoken from years of gender pay inequity and decided to grant all 880 tenured or tenured-track female faculty a 2% wage increase effective immediately and retroactive to July 1, 2010. This act — costing more than $2 million — was in response to a study performed by the University’s Equity Office and although one-time in nature, does send a message that pay inequality will no longer be tolerated. One might argue that’s (finally) taking a stand even though it doesn’t fully address the inequality of pay between men and women faculty. Also in Canada, four of the country’s ten provinces are now (finally) led by female Premiers including: Christie Clark, British Columbia Alison Redford, Alberta Kathleen Wynne, Ontario Pauline Marois, Quebec These four provinces
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I believe the traditional corporate university, or that of the old-fashioned Learning & Development Team, will morph itself into becoming a ‘Collaboration and Learning’ office of some sort in the not so distant future. That is, the way in which an organization operates in terms of formal, informal and social learning, connection, exchange, collaboration, and ‘tech’ applications/offerings will see hybrid or hub and spoke partnerships between those that currently own the collaboration technologies with those that own formal and informal learning. To prepare for the inevitable, there will be the necessary change requirement to update roles in the organization. (combined or not) I’ve been following with interest the recent and not-so-recent musings concerning this concept via Harold Jarche, Michael Hanley, Dave Wilkins and Jay Cross (here too for another from Jay Cross). Through