When Carla Hilario received an email invitation to join the federal government's Task Force on Women in the Economy, she thought it was a mistake. 0:00Hilario is one of 18 experts advising federal cabinet ministers on addressing pandemic-related gender inequities. "When the COVID-19 lockdown started, the first job losses were seen in women-dominated service sectors," Hilario said. Lindsay Tedds, an associate professor of economics at the University of Calgary, and Raylene Whitford, the founder of Canative Energy and a PhD student in Indigenous Studies at the U of A, are also serving on the federal task force. The task force started meeting virtually last month and is expected to run for a year.

Source: CBC News April 16, 2021 00:22 UTC