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News releases Tue 27 Jan. Powering Progress for Women in the Finance Sector - Scorecard 2026
VersaFi’s Powering Progress Scorecard Reveals Where Canada’s Finance Sector Is Delivering—and Falling Short—for Women Report highlights progress, persistent challenges and actionable recommendations Toronto, January 27, 2026 – VersaFi (formerly Women in Capital Markets), Canada’s largest network of women in finance, today released its inaugural Powering Progress Scorecard, the most comprehensive benchmarking to date of women’s […]
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Industry news and Information Wed 08 Jul. From Participants to Power-Holders: VersaFi Initiates a Study on Women in Finance’s Risk-Taking Roles
July 8, 2026 – Toronto, ON: As Canada’s largest network of women, allies, and leading finance sector organizations dedicated to advancing women in finance, VersaFi has initiated a study on the factors that influence how women pursue, navigate and advance careers in principal risk-taking roles. Despite talent and ambition, women remain significantly underrepresented in power-holding […]
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News releases Mon 20 Jan.
WCM & CFA Society Toronto in conjunction with Kaplan Schweser Announce 2020 Award Scholarship Recipients
WCM & CFA Society Toronto in conjunction with Kaplan Schweser; Announce 2020 Award Scholarship Recipients
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VersaFi Announcements Wed 08 Jan.
WCM | Celebrating 25 Years of Impact
This year marks a quarter century of WCM; progressing gender equality in Canadian capital markets. A glimpse of what 25 years of impact looks like.
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VersaFi in the news Wed 10 Apr.
Strong Mentorship A Key Factor in Getting More Women Involved in Finance
Camilla Sutton, President and CEO of WCM, explains how mentorship positions women for success and how you can be a strong mentor.
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Industry news and Information Wed 16 Jan.
Global Pay Equity at Citi
Citigroup Releases Assessment of Pay Gap Between Men and Women in its Global Workforce
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Industry news and Information Tue 16 Oct.
Recap: Fostering inclusion: WCM & GATE Design Sprint
On Oct 1, WCM & Rotman's Institute for Gender and the Economy hosted a challenge that used design thinking and empathy to encourage students to propose solutions focused on influencing structural change in capital markets. This is the recap:
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Event Highlights Thu 20 Sep.
Recap: WCM - A Panel Discussion with The Institute for Gender & the Economy
Why has there not been more progress promoting gender diversity, particularly at the managerial level, in capital markets? To explore this question, in collaboration with WCM, GATE brought together several industry professionals for a panel discussion. Here's what they had to say.
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VersaFi in the news Mon 07 May.
‘Returnships’ help stay-at-home mothers get careers back on track
Toronto’s most prominent returnship is Women in Capital Markets’ Return to Bay Street, which works with a broad group of financial institutions to help women relaunch careers. In four years, the initiative has placed 42 women back in the industry.
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Newsroom Mon 09 Apr.
WCM hosts 100 grade 12 girls at WCM's Job Shadow Day
WCM's Job Shadow Day is a free, day-long event, featuring interactive workshops, networking and mentoring sessions, presentations profiling women with diverse careers in the capital markets, and an afternoon of job shadowing with a mentor who works in the industry. Past Job Shadow Days have been a tremendous success as they have given students a first-hand view of the exciting careers in capital markets.
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VersaFi in the news Sat 10 Mar.
Q&A: What a Bay Street star says it will take to boost women's ranks in finance industry
'We haven't seen the change that we would like to see,' says Camilla Sutton, CEO of Women in Capital Markets. For 25 years, Camilla Sutton has been a mover and a shaker on Bay Street. At the Bank of Nova Scotia, she did everything from equity research to running the bank's global foreign exchange.
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