001 TalktoCanada.com Supports International Women's Day
TalktoCanada.com is proud to announce in honour of International Women’s Day on March 8th, 2010, its charitable monetary donation to the Canadian Women’s Foundation.
March 10th, 2010
TalktoCanada.com is proud to announce in honour of International Women’s
Day on March 8th, 2010, its charitable monetary donation to the Canadian
Women’s Foundation.
The Canadian Women’s Foundation was selected as this year’s 'Choice
Charity' by TalktoCanada.com due to its continuing support and numerous success
stories towards Canadian women, an issue that the company supports not only
with charitable support, but also in its day-to-day business practices.
TalktoCanada.com takes pride in having an 80% female workforce at its
online English teaching company. These great women also make up half of the
management team thereby encouraging other organizations to increase the amount
of females in management by leading by example.
In a recent quote from the Harvard Business Review article entitled
‘Women in Management, Delusions of Progress’ by Nancy M. Carter and Christine
Silva said that “Woman represent just 3% of Fortune 500 CEOs and less than 15%
of corporate executive at top companies worldwide”. With women making up 40 percent of the global
workforce, we still have a long way to go until equality between men and women
in upper level management jobs takes place.
Jillian Zavitz, Programs Manager for TalktoCanada.com shared her opinion,
“obviously, it doesn’t affect us as a company at this point but, as we grow, we
will continue to employ amazing women for both teaching and management
positions without hesitation”.
Marc Anderson, founder and owner of TalktoCanada.com, when asked how he
felt about working with an almost all female staff answered, “I like it, as
they (women) bring another perspective, and other ideas to the table that
perhaps we (men) might overlook.”
Jillian Zavitz agrees saying, “women look at things from a different
angle – so it is beneficial to have a complete view from all angles rather than
just one.” She also commented on how in
some countries females will ONLY have online English lessons with female
teachers due to religious and/or cultural beliefs.
The Canadian Women’s Foundation helps build strong women and gives them
the support necessary to help them reach their goals. Many Canadian women are faced with hardships
each day and the CWF helps change their situation by providing them with the
tools necessary to change their lives.
TalktoCanada.com feels lucky to be a part of this initiative as
encouraging and helping women achieve their true and full potential is
important not only in Canada but worldwide. Zavitz says of this donation, “I really hope
this $200 donation will help and encourage Canadian women both personal and
professional success, and in turn, helping our society take steps towards
empowering women.”
About TalktoCanada.com
TalktoCanada.com provides focused ESL learning opportunities to people all over the world. Harmonizing the latest Internet-based tools for video and voice to deliver lessons, TalktoCanada.com eliminates the need for a traditional classroom and makes English lessons open to all, including both corporate and individual clients. For more information or to book a lesson, please visit www.talktocanada.com. For media inquiries please call +001 631 443 4464.