A trio of Atlantic Canadian entrepreneurs is encouraging technology companies and funding organizations to sign a pledge aimed at increasing the number of women working in the sector.
Sarah Murphy, Maddie Coombes and Chris Gardner are the creators of the 12-step Gender Diversity Pledge, which is designed to produce measurable progress towards workplace equality. It asks signatories to commit to making their workforces at least 30 percent female within two years.
Murphy is a podcaster and former executive at Halifax-based construction AI firm Harbr. Coombes is a human resources specialist at