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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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The 3Ds of the Canadian Women's Movement: Delegitimization, Dismantling and Disappearance
Janine Brodie, University of Alberta Guest Contributor The struggle for gender equality in Canada is multidimensional and ongoing, despite the increasingly widespread assumption that gender equality has been achieved (SWC 2005) and the assertion that...
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"Haitians...you are not alone"
Malinda S. Smith, vice-president Equity Issues This photo shows Haiti's Presidential Palace, which collapsed during the earthquake of Jan. 12. Photo courtesy M Eriksson on Flickr. There is a saying in Haiti, Tonia Dyer tells us, “When the nose is hit...
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Yaffle your way to collaborative research?
Ryan Saxby Hill, Media Relations Ever had a tough problem that you wished you could run past an eminent expert in the field? Do you have a big question that might benefit from interdisciplinary collaboration? Sometimes the first problem is locating...