Academic Women for Justice
Femmes universitaires pour la justice

Political Action, Advocacy and Strategy Assistance for Academic Women

Breaking News, Articles & Research Papers / Livres et Articles de presse

Presumed incompetent: the intersections of race and class for women in academia book review by Camille A. Isaacs in CAUT Bulletin October 2013, p.A6-A7

Aren't We There Yet? Examining the roots of the perennial gender gap in the STEM disciplines by Harriet Eisenkraft in University Affairs, November 2013

"The Gentle Genocide of Workplace Mobbing" by Janice Harper, PhD.

Unjust by Design (2013) by Ron Ellis

Why so slow? (1999) by Virginia Valian

"Le Harcèlement psychologique chez les professeures et professeurs à l'université"

"The Chilly Climate: How men and women are treated differently in classrooms and at work" by Bernice Sandler

"Strengthening Canada's Research Capacity: The Gender Dimension" Council of Canadian Academics, March 2010

"Canada not alone in terms of gender disparities in research" by Léo Charbonneau, University Affairs/Affaires universitaires November 28, 2012

"The good, the bad and the ugly of gender bias in academic science" by Jonathan Thon in University Affairs, October 29, 2012

"Put On A Happy Face": Tenure, Grievance, and Governance by Gerald de Montigny, Carleton University

The Rise of the Academic Bully Culture and What to do About it by Darla J. Weale and Barbar M. De Luca

A Practical Guide to the Duty of Fair Representation by Denis W. Ellickson. Insight Information Conference on Labour Relations, Toronto, ON. Wednesday, January 21, 2004

Sorry, professor, but women do still face hiring discrimination, by Gary Mason, Thursday, June 03, 2010 - Globe and Mail

"'Quiet Desperation' of academic women" by Scott Jaschik (June 12, 2008) in Inside Higher Ed Janaury 17, 2011

Saudi Arabia's spot on the board of UN Women a sad joke by Mona Eltahawy, Sunday, November 14, 2010 - Toronto Star.

"Gender and Racial differentials in promotions: is there a sticky floor, a mid-level bottleneck, or a glass ceiling?" Relations industrielles / Industrial relations, vol. 64 no 4, 2009: pp.593-619. Margaret Yap and Alison M. Konrad

"A woman out of control": Deconstructing Sexism and Racism in the University Canadian Journal of Education / Revue canadienne de l'éducation, Vol. 18, No. 3, Against the Grain: Narratives of Resistance (Summer, 1993), pp. 189-205

Racism, Sexism, and the University. The Political Science Affair at the University of British Columbia by M. Patricia Marchak. An examination of allegations of sexism and racism at one of Canada's most prestigious universities.

"Sexism and the University campus" by Laura Sedgwick and Rebecca Vasluianu, November 2, 2010 - The Cord, Wilfrid Laurier University

Minorities in science: As a woman scientist with a hearing disability, Raphaelle Romieu-Mourez describes her difficulties with the Fonds de Recherche en Santé du Québec (FRSQ). Download PDF.

"Gender and Promotion at Canadian Universities" by Penni Stewart, Michael Ornstein and Janice Drakich. Canadian Review of Sociology Vol. 46, Issue 1 pp.59-85.

CAUT/ACPPU Bulletin Online. Canada's Voice for Academics Vol. 57 No. 4 April 2010. Feminist & Anti-Racist Challenges. Book Review by Judy Haiven. "Unfinished Agendas: New and Continuing Gender Challenges in Higher Education" Judith Glazer-Raymo, ed. Baltimore, MD: The John Hopkins University Press; 2008; 299 pp.

CAUT/ACPPU Bulletin Online. Canada's Voice for Academics Vol. 57 No. 10 December 2010. Higher Education¹s Equity Disconnect. Book Review by Matthias Bierenstiel. "Whose University Is It, Anyway? Power and Privilege on Gendered Terrain", Anne Wagner, Sandra Acker & Kimine Mayuzumi, eds. Toronto, ON: Sumach Press, 2008; 265 pp.

"Why academic women do not revolt" by Lora Liss in Sex roles, vol. 1, no 3, 1975 pp.209-223.