Closing the Equity Gap: A Portrait of Canada’s University Teachers CAUT Education Review Vol. 6, No. 2

Key Findings Nearly 30% of professors were over 55 in 2001, up 26% from Only 15% of full professors are women. Full-time female faculty earn 80% of their male counterparts. Part-time female faculty earn less than 70% of their male counterparts. Aboriginal Canadians are largely absent from academia. Visible minority faculty earn well below the average salaries of all professors and are more likely to experience unemployment.

Women Table 1 Female Faculty by Major Discipline (%) Education Fine & applied arts Humanities Health Professions Social sciences Agriculture & biological sciences Mathematics & physical sciences Engineering & applied sciences6.98.6

Women Table 2 University Faculty by Rank and Gender, 2001 (%) MenWomen Full professor Associate professor Assistant professor Other All ranks combined

Women Table 3 Distribution of Faculty by Rank and Gender, 2001 (%) MenWomen Full professor Associate professor Assistant professor Other

Women Table 4 Average annual earnings of male and female university teachers, 1996 & 2001 ($) MFMF Full-time72,97756,17280,29064,409 Part-time39,98125,30947,65032,784

Visible Minorities & Aboriginal Persons Table 5 - Racial identification of university teachers, 1996 & 2001 (%) White South Asian Chinese Arab or West Asian Black Latin American.6 Japanese.6.5 Korean.3 Southeast Asian.3 Filipino.2 Other.3 Aboriginal Persons.5.7

Visible Minorities & Aboriginal Persons Table 6 – Average employment income of university professors All Professors53,47660,250 Visible Minority Professors46,44053,039

Conclusions Women remain under-represented amongst senior professorial ranks and in certain disciplines Women and visible minorities experience a significant pay gap. Aboriginal people are largely absent.