Glass Ceilings and Ivory Towers

Introduction: Gender Inequality in the Canadian Academy / Rachael Johnstone and Bessma Momani

Part 1: Daily Life of Women Academics

Between Tokenism and Belonging in the Academy / Andrea M. Collins

1 The Precarious Work of Contract Teaching and Student Evaluations / Sandra Smele and Andrea Quinlan

2 Research Ethics Boards, Women Researchers, and Fieldwork / Tanya Bandula-Irwin

3 Women and Service: Valuing Service in Tenure and Promotion / Jude Walker, Elena Ignatovich, and Maryam Nabavi

Part 2: Gendered Dynamics of University Leadership

Witnessing Academic Recruitment Weighed Down by the F-word / Amorell Saunders N'Daw

4 Women's Research Leadership in the Academy / Anne Wagner and Sandra Acker

5 Wage Equality and Opportunity for Women Deans / Rachael Johnstone and Bessma Momani

6 EDI and the University Leadership Ladder / Genevieve Fuji Johnson, Özlem Sensoy, and El Chenier

Part 3: Structural and Systemic Challenges Faced by Women Academics

The Great Gaslighting: BIPOC Women in White Academia / Aisha Ahmad

7 Academic Gender Wage Gaps in Canada / Catherine Beaudry, Laurence Solar-Pelletier, and Carl St-Pierre

8 Representation of Women in STEM in Senior Administration / Melanie A. Morrison, Joshua W. Katz, Bidushy Sadika, Jessica M. McCutcheon, and Todd G. Morrison

9 Women Faculty and Contrapower Harassment in the Canadian Academy / Jennifer Chisholm, Kasey Egan, and Kristin Burnett

10 Challenging Systemic Discrimination in the Canada Research Chairs Program / Louise Forsyth

Part 4: Approaches to Practical and Institutional Change

Institutional Culture and Implications for EDI Practice / Michael F. Charles

11 Reclaiming Kindness and Compassionate Pedagogy / Janice Niemann

12 Social Media for Women in Academia / Audrey E. Brennan and Katherine V.R. Sullivan

13 The Public Face of Gender Inequality and Allyship / Cheryl N. Collier

Reconciliation in the Research Ecosystem: It's about Relationships / Sara Anderson

Conclusion: Silence Is Not Golden / Lorna A. Turnbull

Balancing It All as a Contract Professor / Melissa Finn

Index