University of British Columbia Press
Glass Ceilings and Ivory Towers
Gender Inequality in the Canadian Academy
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Glass Ceilings and Ivory Towers
Gender Inequality in the Canadian Academy
Even as Canadian universities suggest their gender issues have largely been resolved, many women in academia tell a different story. Systemic discrimination, the underrepresentation of women in more senior and lucrative roles, and the belief that gender-related concerns will simply self-correct with greater representation add up to a serious gender problem.
Although widely acknowledged, reliable data demonstrating these problems is elusive. Glass Ceilings and Ivory Towers fills this research gap with a cross-disciplinary, data-driven investigation of gender inequality in Canadian universities. Research presented in this book reveals, for example, that women are more likely to hold sessional teaching positions and to face difficulties obtaining funding. They are also poorly represented at the upper echelons of the professoriate and must contend with a gender pay gap that widens as they move up the ranks.
Contributors consider the daily grind of academic life; social, structural, and systemic challenges; and the gendered dynamics of university leadership, all to lay the groundwork for practical and meaningful institutional change.
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Table of Contents
Introduction: Gender Inequality in the Canadian Academy / Rachael Johnstone and Bessma Momani
Part 1: Daily Life of Women Academics
Between Tokenism and Belonging in the Academy / Andrea M. Collins
1 The Precarious Work of Contract Teaching and Student Evaluations / Sandra Smele and Andrea Quinlan
2 Research Ethics Boards, Women Researchers, and Fieldwork / Tanya Bandula-Irwin
3 Women and Service: Valuing Service in Tenure and Promotion / Jude Walker, Elena Ignatovich, and Maryam Nabavi
Part 2: Gendered Dynamics of University Leadership
Witnessing Academic Recruitment Weighed Down by the F-word / Amorell Saunders N’Daw
4 Women’s Research Leadership in the Academy / Anne Wagner and Sandra Acker
5 Wage Equality and Opportunity for Women Deans / Rachael Johnstone and Bessma Momani
6 EDI and the University Leadership Ladder / Genevieve Fuji Johnson, ÖzlemSensoy, and El Chenier
Part 3: Structural and Systemic Challenges Faced by Women Academics
The Great Gaslighting: BIPOC Women in White Academia / Aisha Ahmad
7 Academic Gender Wage Gaps in Canada / Catherine Beaudry, Laurence Solar-Pelletier, and Carl St-Pierre
8 Representation of Women in STEM in Senior Administration / Melanie A. Morrison, Joshua W. Katz, Bidushy Sadika, Jessica M. McCutcheon, and Todd G. Morrison
9 Women Faculty and Contrapower Harassment in the Canadian Academy / Jennifer Chisholm, Kasey Egan, and Kristin Burnett
10 Challenging Systemic Discrimination in the Canada Research Chairs Program / Louise Forsyth
Part 4: Approaches to Practical and Institutional Change
Institutional Culture and Implications for EDI Practice / Michael F. Charles
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