Thread by @MalindaSmith

“Lack of diversity persists among teaching staff at Canadian universities, colleges, report...wage gaps for women and racial minorities entrenched with little change over a decade...number of Black university teachers has barely budged in 10 years” #cdnpse thestar.com/news/gta/2018/…

Good to see CAUT release this report, building on our original scholarship in The Equity Myth: Racialization and Indigeneity at Canadian Universities (2017). Faculty assocs, like senior admins, have been slow to address equity, esp racial equity, biases, bullying etc. It’s urgent

3)In this 2018 Academic Women’s Association study I show that there is also a significant diversity gap in Canadian university leadership, with astonishingly few Black and Indigenous ppl: “The Diversity Gap in University Leadership 2018” #cdnpse #highered uofaawa.wordpress.com/awa-diversity-…

4)Given the persistent leadership diversity gap, losing a trailblazer like Dean Angelique EagleWoman is yet another wake up call to do better (yes, we can/must): ”Celebrated Indigenous law school dean resigns claiming systemic racism.” #cdnpse @torontostar thestar.com/news/canada/20…

5)”Most disturbingly, “despite analysis and action over many decades, inequality remains stubbornly persistent. Many promises promoted by or about higher education, most notably upward social and economic mobility...untrue–or at least untrue for too many” universityworldnews.com/article.php?st…

6)The call for #highered to do better in equitably opening doors is global, and urgent: ”Equity both about getting in–and on –at university” #highered #cdnpse @uniworldnews universityworldnews.com/article.php?st…

7)This study’s findings, while US-focused, also resonates in Canada, with often unacknowledged implications for Black, Indigenous, WOC scholars: “Women of Color Get Asked to Do More ‘Office Housework’. Here’s How They Can Say No.” #cdnpse @HarvardBiz hbr.org/2018/04/women-…

8)CDN universities do express commitment to diversity & intersectionality yet practice selective inclusion, w/ doors closed to most Black, Indigenous &WOC: “Power Is Still Too White: All women do not wield power equally," by @KeishaBlain #cdnpse @chronicle chronicle.com/interactives/t…

9)How equity conceptualized can engender divides:
*”Women & other equity groups” obscures intersectionality & visible minorities, Indigenous ppls, persons w/ disabilities, 2SLGBTQ;
*”Gender & diversity” obscures gender as one dimension of diversity vs privileged category #cdnpse

10)Equity language does matter: “Language of Appeasement: By substituting diversity and inclusion rhetoric for transformative efforts to promote equity and justice, colleges have avoided recognizable institutional change”-Dafina-Lazarus Stewart.” #cdnpse insidehighered.com/views/2017/03/…