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Status of Women in Canada on International Women’s Day 2010
Judy Rebick, Ryerson University Guest Contributor It is International Women’s Day 2010, forty years after the Report of the Royal Commission on the Status of Women. A generation has passed, my generation. In some ways, there has been a revolution in...
Gender gap and beyond: Are women the key to a Conservative majority?
Elisabeth Gidengil, McGill University Guest Contributor The term “gender gap” became a staple of political commentary following the 1980 United States presidential election. In that election, women were much less likely than men to vote for Ronald...
Unreasonably focusing on reasonable accommodation in Canada?
Jean-François Gaudreault-DesBiens, Université de Montréal Guest Contributor Here we go again. As I write this entry, a new controversy has erupted following a Quebec government’s decision to allow private Chassidic schools to hold classes on weekends...
Why gender still matters in politics
Brenda O'Neill, University of Calgary Guest Contributor It’s safe to say that the issue of ‘women in politics’ no longer generates the attention that it once did. The 1984 leaders’ debate between John Turner (Liberal), Brian Mulroney (Progressive...
The new Canadian citizenship test: No 'barbarians' need apply
Radha Jhappan, Carleton University Guest Contributor Photo courtesy Chealion on Flickr. The Conservative government of Canada recently issued a new guide to citizenship entitled “ Discover Canada: The Rights and Responsibilities of Citizenship.” The...
Gender gap distribution of Canada Research Chairs and Canada Excellence Research Chairs
Wendy Robbins, University of New Brunswick Guest Contributor “Many of us in this room have worked our whole career to make things fairer, and now you are pushing us right back!” My comment was a spontaneous reaction to René Durocher, who was...
The electoral glass ceiling for women: Representation and political equality
Linda Trimble, University of Alberta Guest Contributor Seven years ago Jane Arscott and I wrote a book called Still Counting: Women in Politics Across Canada. We gave stark evidence of the electoral glass ceiling for women. At that point, 85 years...
Children Matter: Equity and childcare on campus
Susan Prentice, University of Manitoba Guest Contributor Photo courtesy myfear on Flickr. Childcare politics are again a hot issue on Canadian campuses. In late November, a coalition of faculty, students and staff dissuaded the University of Victoria...
Gender equality and child development: Re-thinking family policy
Paul Kershaw, University of British Columbia Guest Contributor Forty years ago the Royal Commission on the Status of Women recommended family policy innovation. It did so because the gender division of caregiving is a primary source of inequality for...