Balancing It All as a Contract Professor

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Table of Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Introduction: Gender Inequality in the Canadian Academy 1
5. Part 1: Daily life of Women Academics
6. Between Tokenism and Belonging in the Academy 23
7. 1 Te Precarious Work of Contract Teaching and Student Evaluations 27
8. 2 Research Ethics Boards, Women Researchers, and Fieldwork 45
9. 3 Women and Service: Valuing Service in Tenure and Promotion 62
10. Part 2: Gendered Dynamics of University Leadership
11. Witnessing Academic Recruitment Weighed Down by the F-word 87
12. 4 Women’s Research Leadership in the Academy 91
13. 5 Wage Equality and Opportunity for Women Deans 110
14. 6 EDI and the University Leadership Ladder 126
15. Part 3: Structural and Systemic Challenges Faced by Women Academics
16. The Great Gaslighting: BIPOC Women in White Academia 149
17. 7 Academic Gender Wage Gaps in Canada 152
18. 8 Representation of Women in STEM in Senior Administration 175
19. 9 Women Faculty and Contrapower Harassment in the Canadian Academy 188
20. 10 Challenging Systemic Discrimination in the Canada Research Chairs Program 204
21. Part 4: Approaches to Practical and Institutional Change
22. Institutional Culture and Implications for EDI Practice 219
23. 11 Reclaiming Kindness and Compassionate Pedagogy 225
24. 12 Social Media for Women in Academia 244
25. 13 The Public Face of Gender Inequality and Allyship 269
26. Reconciliation in the Research Ecosystem: It’s about Relationships 288
27. Conclusion: Silence Is Not Golden 293
28. Balancing It All as a Contract Professor 302
29. Contributors 305
30. Index 308