“I Didn't Expect YOU to Be the University President!”: A Critical Reflection on Three Decades of Women's Leadership in Canadian Academia

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Author(s): Vianne Timmons (Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada)
Copyright: 2020
Pages: 12
Source title: Critical Reflections and Politics on Advancing Women in the Academy
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Taima Moeke-Pickering (Laurentian University, Canada), Sheila Cote-Meek (Brock University, Canada)and Ann Pegoraro (Laurentian University, Canada)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-3618-6.ch010

Keywords: Gender and Diversity / Information Science Reference / Political Science / Social Sciences & Humanities

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After decades of being male dominated in nearly every respect, Canadian universities made significant progress toward gender equity in 1980s and ‘90s. That momentum stalled for the most part for almost two decades, and only in the past few years has an awareness of the lack of progress—as well as the importance of overtly promoting gender equity and women's leadership—re-emerged as an urgent priority both for faculty members and for the institutions where they work. In this chapter, the past three decades of women's advancement and leadership in Canadian academia are described and analyzed through the reflections and experiences of one woman.

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