Canadian workplaces today appear to be a fairly diverse place, with a mixture of many religions, ethnicities and genders present. However, even though people nowadays preach affirmative action and melting pots, many problems of inequality and power still abound. A strikingly obvious example is gender discrimination. Women in the workforce face many challenges, such as lower wages, harassment, male privilege in hiring or promotions, and lack of support during pregnancy or raising children. Half the planet is made up of women, and the same can be assumed for Canada, but they still face judgment at work because they don't have the authority to challenge big companies or even their male supervisor. It cannot be argued that the condition of Canadian women has worsened 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. During the second wave, legislation was passed to try to bring gender equality to the workplace. Feminists clashed and collaborated with unions and employers to ensure that women received fair treatment in a profession. Quebec had the same problems, only the province approached the conflict differently than English Canada with its unique perspective. It became clear that women were entering the workforce and had no intention of leaving. Second wave feminism in Canada shifted power from government and business to women to try to bring equality, although discrimination never completely disappeared. The origins and types of second-wave feminism provide a backdrop for women's experiences at the time. .... half of the paper ......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 in the history of Canadian women of the 20th century. Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women, 20(1). Retrieved from http://criaw-icref.ca/millenium.Rampton, M. (2008). The three waves of feminism. PACIFIC. Retrieved from http://www.pacificu.edu/magazine_archives/2008/fall/echoes/feminism.cfm.Sangster, J. (2000). Feminism and the making of Canadian working-class history: Exploring the past, present and future. Work/La Travail, 46, 127-165. Sangster, J. (2010). Radical ruptures: feminism, labor and the left in the long 1960s in Canada. The American Journal of Canadian Studies, 40(1), 1-21.