New scholarship for female business undergrads
Women represent 47.3 per cent of the Canadian labour force, but only 14.5 per cent of directors of Canada's biggest companies (public and private) and Crown corporations, according to the latest survey by the research and advocacy group Catalyst Inc. In a fresh effort to expand the leadership talent pool, Vancouver-based HSBC Bank Canada has established a new scholarship program for female business undergraduates at eight universities: Simon Fraser University, the University of British Columbia, the University of Alberta, Queen's University, the University of Toronto, the University of Western Ontario, York University and McGill University (BCom student Mia Morisset of the Desautels Faculty of Management is this year's McGill recipient).
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