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The Federation would like to extend deep congratulations to Malinda S. Smith, vice-president of Equity Issues, on receiving the Anti-Racism Award 2010 (individual category). Awarded by the Centre for Race and Culture (formerly the Northern Alberta...

James Ryan, OISE/University of Toronto Guest Contributor Only recently has leadership been associated with equity and social justice. Even so, some observers continue to be skeptical about the potential of leadership practice to advance the cause of...

by Jean-Marc Mangin, Executive Director Photo courtesy of Ian Muttoo on Flickr Qui sommes-nous? Où allons-nous? Comment faire pour y parvenir? Comment nous transformerons-nous en cours de route? Voilà les questions existentielles qui continuent de...

Donna Palmateer Pennee, University of Western Ontario Guest Contributor As a dean and as a researcher and teacher, I have a personal commitment to equity that is focused on not losing ground for those whose rights have improved significantly, while...

Photo gracieuseté de slightly-less-random sur Flickr Rendu public la semaine dernière,le budget fédéral a été comme un feu de paille à en juger par la couverture dans les médias nationaux. Si la Fédération est satisfaite de constater que du...

Audrey Kobayashi, Queen's University Guest Contributor Women of colour remain severely underrepresented in Canadian academia. Notwithstanding employment equity policies that have been in place for at least two decades in most universities, they are...

Malinda Smith, Vice-President, Equity In Haitian Creole there is a proverb that says, “ Men anpil, chay pa lau ,” which roughly translates as “many hands lighten the load.” This proverb aptly captures the transnational story of women’s struggles for...

Judy Rebick, Ryerson University Guest Contributor It is International Women’s Day 2010, forty years after the Report of the Royal Commission on the Status of Women . A generation has passed, my generation. In some ways, there has been a revolution in...

Elisabeth Gidengil, McGill University Guest Contributor The term “gender gap” became a staple of political commentary following the 1980 United States presidential election. In that election, women were much less likely than men to vote for Ronald...