Attracting and keeping women and visible minorities in Canadian geography departments

Yasmeen, Gisèle

doi:10.1111/j.1541-0064.2002.tb00744.x

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“…The geographical community has been -with the exception of occasional commentaries (e.g. Castree, 1999;Yasmeen, 2002) -relatively complacent with the segmentation of the academic labour market. Perhaps the division within the academic faculty it is not as obvious to academic geographers as I imply above.…”

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The Segmentation of Academic Labour

Bauder¹

2021

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“…These gender inequities in academic geography have received considerable attention (e.g. Berg, 2002;Hall et al 2002;Kobayashi, 2002;Yasmeen, 2002). This literature shows that women find it more difficult to enter stable, tenured positions than men, and these difficulties may have remained over the last decade (Berg, 2002;Yasmeen, 2002).…”

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The Segmentation of Academic Labour

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2021

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“…In the present day, it seems that this legacy continues, with women gaining access to academic positions at universities through kinship (nepotism or “cronyism” cf. [ 16 ]) or as companions of a sort. Other avenues of entry have included religious and ethnic group affiliations.…”

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Introduction to the Special Issue on Gender and Geoethics in the Geosciences

Thornbush

2016

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In this introduction to the Special Issue on Gender and Geoethics in the Geosciences is a focus on the participation of women in traditionally male-dominated professions, with geography as an exemplary academic subject. The Special Issue stems from the Commission of Gender and Geoethics as part of the International Association of Geoethics, and endeavors to bring together efforts at various spatial scales that examine the position of women in science and engineering in particular, as conveyed in engineering geology, disaster management sciences, and climate change adaptation studies. It has been discovered, for instance, that men are more active and personally prepared at the community level (in Atlantic Canada coastal communities), and more action is still required in developing countries especially to promote gender equality and empower women. Studies contained in this Special Issue also reveal that tutoring and mentoring by other women can promote further involvement in non-traditional professions, such as professional engineering geology, where women are preferring more traditional (less applied) approaches that may circumscribe their ability to find suitable employment after graduation. Moreover, the hiring policy needs to change in many countries, such as Canada, where there are fewer women at entry-level and senior ranks within geography, especially in physical geography as the scientific part of the discipline. The exclusion of women in traditionally male-dominated spheres needs to be addressed and rectified for the ascent of women to occur in scientific geography and in other geosciences as well as science and engineering at large.

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“…Although the popularized rhetoric of Canadian multiculturalism, diversity, and equal opportunity remain central to the identity of Canada, systems of oppression upholding gendered and raced hierarchies allowing for the overrepresentation of white men in positions of power within, as well as outside of, post‐secondary institutions, persist. Berg (2002, 254) argues: “Canadian Geography remains a space of white masculinity in which white male privilege continues to be the invisible norm.” There is no shortage, however, of qualified individuals who are racialized minorities and/or women seeking faculty positions in post‐secondary institutions, and in Canadian geography departments (Yasmeen ). The larger issue remains the same as that of a decade ago: the privileging of whiteness and the over valorization of white masculinities continue to influence faculty demographic trends in Canadian geography departments.…”

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“…Berg (2002, 254) argues: "Canadian Geography remains a space of white masculinity in which white male privilege continues to be the invisible norm." There is no shortage, however, of qualified individuals who are racialized minorities and/or women seeking faculty positions in post-secondary institutions, and in Canadian geography departments (Yasmeen 2002). The larger issue remains the same as that of a decade ago: the privileging of whiteness and the over valorization of white masculinities continue to influence faculty demographic trends in Canadian geography departments.…”

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Equity, race, and whiteness in Canadian geography

Choi

2016

Canadian Geographies / Géographies canadiennes

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Key Messages This article provides a review of faculty demographics in geography departments at Canadian universities. Due to the complexity of racial identities, a number of challenges were encountered when working with equity data pertaining to faculty at these universities. The lack of adequate information on faculty demographics in Canadian geography departments suggests a need for alternative methods when compiling equity data.

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Attracting and keeping women and visible minorities in Canadian geography departments

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The Segmentation of Academic Labour

The Segmentation of Academic Labour

Introduction to the Special Issue on Gender and Geoethics in the Geosciences

Equity, race, and whiteness in Canadian geography

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