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The great Canadian equity fail – U Alberta

by ahnationtalk on February 1, 2017355 Views

January 31, 2017

Senior ranks in the Canadian academy are still far too white, falling prey to the “social injustice of sameness.”

Canada’s universities are failing at promoting visible minorities to positions of leadership, new University of Alberta research reveals.

In a 2016 study of the U15, the country’s top research-intensive universities, U of A political scientist Malinda Smith found not a single woman of visible minority in the senior ranks, and visible minority men at only four universities.

Though some universities may have employment policies encouraging diversity because it is the law, “most university employment equity policies and certainly leadership diversity policies are ineffective,” said Smith.

“Not a single university has any major structure for actually improving representation beyond lip service. They may have a senior adviser on women, or on Aboriginal issues, but not a senior adviser on visible minorities.”

Read More: https://www.ualberta.ca/news-and-events/newsarticles/2017/january/the-great-canadian-equity-fail

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