Glass Ceilings and Ivory Towers

Rachael Johnstone is an assistant professor of political science at Dalhousie University. She is the author of After Morgentaler: The Politics of Abortion in Canada and has published in Canadian Public Administration, the Canadian Journal of Women and the Law, and the Journal of Canadian Studies.Bessma Momani is a professor of political science and associate vice-president, international, at the University of Waterloo. She is also a senior fellow at the Centre for International Governance Innovation and a non-resident fellow at the Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington, DC. She is a governor on the board of the International Development Research Centre. Dr. Momani has authored and co-edited numerous books and scores of scholarly journal articles and book chapters, as well as editorials for the New York Times, the Economist, the Globe and Mail, the Toronto Star, Newsweek, and Time.

• Introduction: Gender Inequality in the Canadian Academy / Rachael Johnstone and Bessma MomaniPart 1: Daily Life of Women AcademicsBetween Tokenism and Belonging in the Academy / Andrea M. Collins1 The Precarious Work of Contract Teaching and Student Evaluations / Sandra Smele and Andrea Quinlan2 Research Ethics Boards, Women Researchers, and Fieldwork / Tanya Bandula-Irwin3 Women and Service: Valuing Service in Tenure and Promotion / Jude Walker, Elena Ignatovich, and Maryam NabaviPart 2: Gendered Dynamics of University LeadershipWitnessing Academic Recruitment Weighed Down by the F-word / Amorell Saunders N'Daw4 Women's Research Leadership in the Academy / Anne Wagner and Sandra Acker5 Wage Equality and Opportunity for Women Deans / Rachael Johnstone and Bessma Momani6 EDI and the University Leadership Ladder / Genevieve Fuji Johnson, Özlem Sensoy, and El ChenierPart 3: Structural and Systemic Challenges Faced by Women AcademicsThe Great Gaslighting: BIPOC Women in White Academia / Aisha Ahmad7 Academic Gender Wage Gaps in Canada / Catherine Beaudry, Laurence Solar-Pelletier, and Carl St-Pierre8 Representation of Women in STEM in Senior Administration / Melanie A. Morrison, Joshua W. Katz, Bidushy Sadika, Jessica M. McCutcheon, and Todd G. Morrison9 Women Faculty and Contrapower Harassment in the Canadian Academy / Jennifer Chisholm, Kasey Egan, and Kristin Burnett10 Challenging Systemic Discrimination in the Canada Research Chairs Program / Louise ForsythPart 4: Approaches to Practical and Institutional ChangeInstitutional Culture and Implications for EDI Practice / Michael F. Charles11 Reclaiming Kindness and Compassionate Pedagogy / Janice Niemann12 Social Media for Women in Academia / Audrey E. Brennan and Katherine V.R. Sullivan13 The Public Face of Gender Inequality and Allyship / Cheryl N. CollierReconciliation in the Research Ecosystem: It's about Relationships / Sara AndersonConclusion: Silence Is Not Golden / Lorna A. TurnbullBalancing It All as a Contract Professor / Melissa FinnIndex