Canadian workplaces today seem to be quite a diverse place, with a mix of many religions, ethnicities and genders. However, even though people today advocate affirmative action and the melting pot, many issues of inequality and power remain. A striking example is discrimination based on gender. Women in the workforce face many challenges such as lower wages, harassment, male privilege in hiring or promotions, and lack of support when pregnant or raising children. children. Half the planet is made up of women, and presumably the same is true for Canada, but they are still judged at work because they don't have the power to challenge big corporations or even their male supervisor. We cannot pretend that the situation of Canadian women has deteriorated over the last hundred years, of course, thanks to feminism and activism. However, their status is not as high as it could be. Women as a group began fighting for equality in the workplace during the second wave of feminism, from the 1960s to the 1990s. Legislation was approved during the second wave in an attempt to bring about equality in the workplace. gender equality in the workplace. Feminists clashed and collaborated with unions and employers to ensure that women were treated fairly in a profession. Quebec had the same problems, except that the province approached the conflict differently from English Canada, with its own point of view. It became clear that women were entering the workforce and had no intention of leaving it. In Canada, second-wave feminism shifted power from government and business to women in an attempt to achieve equality, although discrimination never completely disappeared. The origins and types of second-wave feminism provide background to the experiences of women during this era. .... middle of article......http://womenshistory.about.com/od/glossary/a/Liberal-Feminism.htm.Lewis, JJ (nd b). Radical feminism. History of women. Retrieved from http://womenshistory.about.com/od/feminism/g/radicalfeminism.htm. Morris, M. (2000). Some facts and dates from the history of Canadian women in the 20th century. Canadian Institute for the Research of Women, 20(1). Retrieved from http://criaw-icref.ca/millenium.Rampton, M. (2008). The three waves of feminism. PEACEFUL. Retrieved from http://www.pacificu.edu/magazine_archives/2008/fall/echoes/feminism.cfm.Sangster, J. (2000). Feminism and the Writing of Canadian Working-Class History: Exploring the Past, Present, and Future. Labour/La Travail, 46, 127-165. Sangster, J. (2010). Radical ruptures: feminism, work and the left in the 1960s in Canada. The American Journal of Canadian Studies, 40(1), 1-21.