| July 15, 2016

Survey results: Equity

Survey results: Equity

BY: Nichole Austin

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Thanks to everyone who responded to our recent equity survey!  We’ve heard from 11 of our community members so far – if you’d like to add your voice, we’d love to hear from you. This survey is still open and can be accessed here (check out our ongoing funding survey as well!).

We asked: Is academia generally equitable? This is a complex question, and perceptions of equity are very likely influenced by an individual’s status, context, institution, and a variety of other factors. Although we had a relatively small number of responses, our respondents were diverse: approximately half self-identified as women (the remaining respondents identified as men or genderqueer), 27% were non-native speakers of French and/or English, and about half identified as a visible minority/racialized person. The majority of our respondents were PhD grads (3 were students). Of the grads, most were employed full-time or self-employed.

About half of our respondents provided additional comments. While many of these individuals had not personally experienced equity issues (particularly our non-minority male respondents), the majority were aware of racial and gender-related inequities in academia. Perhaps unsurprisingly, our woman-identified respondents who also identified as visible minorities/racialized persons were much more likely to describe personal encounters with hiring and/or workplace discrimination on the basis on gender, race/language, or age.

We hope to dig deeper into this topic as we move forward – feel free to leave your comments below.

Thanks to everyone who responded to our recent equity survey!  We’ve heard from 11 of our community members so far – if you’d like to add your voice, we’d love to hear from you. This survey is still open and can be accessed here (check out our ongoing funding survey as well!).

We asked: Is academia generally equitable? This is a complex question, and perceptions of equity are very likely influenced by an individual’s status, context, institution, and a variety of other factors. Although we had a relatively small number of responses, our respondents were diverse: approximately half self-identified as women (the remaining respondents identified as men or genderqueer), 27% were non-native speakers of French and/or English, and about half identified as a visible minority/racialized person. The majority of our respondents were PhD grads (3 were students). Of the grads, most were employed full-time or self-employed.

About half of our respondents provided additional comments. While many of these individuals had not personally experienced equity issues (particularly our non-minority male respondents), the majority were aware of racial and gender-related inequities in academia. Perhaps unsurprisingly, our woman-identified respondents who also identified as visible minorities/racialized persons were much more likely to describe personal encounters with hiring and/or workplace discrimination on the basis on gender, race/language, or age.

We hope to dig deeper into this topic as we move forward – feel free to leave your comments below.

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