For the second year in a row, TalktoCanada supports International Women's Day with this year's charitable donation going to LEAF (the Women's Legal Education and Action Fund) with its tireless focus on making women's equality rights real
OTTAWA, Ontario, March 9, 2011 — TalktoCanada, the company trusted by Ernst & Young, Novartis and Saudi Telecom for English language training online, is announcing its support for LEAF, a national Canadian charitable organization that works toward ensuring the law guarantees substantive equality for all women in Canada.
The sponsorship is a vital component of TalktoCanada's companywide position to pursue equality in the workplace, including promoting female managerial positions and career growth opportunities.
"With over 80% of our staff being women, we feel it is extremely important to make a difference and have a voice in the advancement of women's rights. As a Canadian employer and provider of language training online, we support the idea of equal opportunity and self-reliance," says Marc Anderson, president of TalktoCanada.com.
Anderson further notes that the prominence of women in the company has helped shape the success of the online English language training firm.
As a leading provider of online language training, TalktoCanada trains students from all over the world in English using Skype and WebEx.
"Many of the students we train in English online are located in the Middle East, China and Eastern Europe where often women's rights are very different than here in Canada. Our support to LEAF is just as much a statement to the cause for the rights of women of Canada, as it is to women around the world," says Anderson.
For more information, visit http://www.talktocanada.com
About TalktoCanada
TalktoCanada was established in 2006 and provides best-in-class English training courses online. The company has trained students from over 80 countries, including Fortune 500 companies such as Ernst & Young, Novartis and Fidelity Investments. TalktoCanada partners with Systems On Line for all training in the Middle East.
About LEAF
LEAF – the Women's Legal Education and Action Fund – is a national charitable organization that works toward ensuring the law guarantees substantive equality for all women in Canada.
Its mandate is to ensure the rights of women and girls in Canada, as guaranteed in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, are upheld in our courts, human rights commissions and government agencies; and to take actions to reveal how factors such as race, class, Aboriginal status, sexual orientation, ability, and religion compound discrimination against women.
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