OVER-VIEW: THE EQUITY MYTH: RACIALIZATION AND INDIGENEITY AT CANADIAN UNIVERSITIES

ARTICLES OF INTEREST

Here is Dr. Frances Henry Overview of  their findings:

  • UNDER-REPRESENTATION
  • LOWER INCOMES
  • NEGATIVE FEELINGS AND ATTITUDES OF RACIALIZED/INDIGENOUS FACULTY

 LONLINESS, MARGINALIZATION, ALIENATION, OUTSIDER STATUS

  • RESEARCH INTERESTS NOT RESPECTED OR VALUED
  • PROBLEMS WITH PROMOTION AND TENURE, PUBLICATION, TEACHING
  • NON-INCLUSIVE ‘WHITE’ CURRICULUM
  • LACK OF RESPECT FROM STUDENTS, COLLEAGUES
  • TOO MANY COMMITTEE AND STUDENT ADVISING RESPONSIBILITIES

One of the policies recommendations:

  • Universities should have a senior administrator responsible for equity whose office should be well-resourced, with adequate financing and expertise, within the very senior administrator structure of the institution.

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