Celebrating International Women's Day 2024

March 8 is International Women's Day. It’s a global day to recognize and celebrate women’s and girls’ social, economic, cultural, and political achievements. It’s also a time to raise awareness of the progress made towards achieving gender equality and the work remaining to be done.

This year, The Government of Canada’s theme for International Women’s Day (IWD) 2024 is Invest in women: Accelerate progress. Various operations of ours across the country help promote an industry that fosters, promotes and empowers women.

CEZinc is celebrating its female employees by publishing profiles of exceptional women on its social networks, including LinkedIn and Facebook.

Watch the inspiring testimonies from Bianca Bayard, Technician, Health, Safety and Hygiene, Christine Lafrenière, Head of Metallurgical Accounting and Raw Materials, and Michèle-Hélène Leblanc, Electrical and Instrumentation Maintenance Technician, as they speak to how they contribute to the excellence of health and safety, accounting and maintenance operations.

At Sudbury INO, the team established a Women’s Working Group in 2022 to make the workplace a safer and more supportive place for female employees.

Some of the improvements the Working Group has identified are commonsense, practical solutions, such as:

• Ensuring proper fit of Personal Protective Equipment (i.e. availability of female sizes and clothing to accommodate pregnancy needs).
• Buddy system for new female employees.
• Improved maintenance and privacy in underground latrines.
• Review of Women’s Dry and washrooms at all sites, including the provision of sanitary kits and hygiene products across operations.
• Designated pregnancy parking spots at all sites.

In 1995, The Raglan Agreement was signed by Raglan Mine and five Inuit partners: the Makivvik Corporation, the two Inuit communities of Salluit and Kangiqsujuaq, and their respective landholding corporations.

The Raglan Agreement is a comprehensive Impact and Benefit Agreement with various provisions, including the training and hiring members of the surrounding communities. In 2023, 56% of the Nunavimmiut employees at the site were female, including the women featured below.