Women in the Academy are raising issues of pay parity, equal representation on committees, increased leadership positions, stories of resilience, and mentorship espousing changes at all levels including teaching, research, and administration. These strategies demand interrogation, and larger questions are being asked about the place of women empowerment worldviews in the dominant intellectual traditions of the Academy. Further, the trend to make changes requires an exploration of new transformational approaches that draw on critical theory to resist discrimination, sexism, and racism and support resistance and sustainable empowerment strategies.

Critical Reflections and Politics on Advancing Women in the Academy is a critical scholarly publication that seeks to make the Academy responsive and inclusive for women advancement and sustainable empowerment strategies by broadening the understanding of why women in the Academy are overlooked in leadership positions, why there is a pay parity deficit, and what is being done to change the situation. Featuring a wide range of topics such as mentorship, curriculum design, and equality, this book is ideal for policymakers, academicians, deans, provosts, chancellors, administrators, researchers, and students.

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The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:

Administrative Advancement
Curriculum Design
Equality
Higher Education
Management Science
Mentorship
Pedagogy
Sexism
STEM Education
Women Leadership

Reviews & Statements

"The book is representative of a diversity of women and roles within postsecondary education with contributions from various parts of the world. The book clearly demonstrates the common experiences of women in the academy wherever they are situated...Critical Reflections on Advancing Women in the Academy is a must-read for anyone currently leading, working, or learning in post-secondary education."

– Prof. Anne-Marie Mawhiney, Laurentian University, Canada

"I highly recommend this book. It is engaging, accessible, and wide-ranging. The book addresses issues of systemic racism and sexism in academia, including science, sport, social media, and university governance with contributors drawn from Canada, the United States, New Zealand and Australia. The authors ground their chapters in relevant scholarship, while they provide deeply personal stories about their successes and the challenges they face."

– Prof. Linda Ambrose, Laurentian University, Canada

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Taima Moeke-Pickering is a Maori of the Ngati Pukeko and Tuhoe tribes. She is a full professor in the School of Indigenous Relations at Laurentian University where she teaches courses on Indigenous research methodologies, international Indigenous issues, and United Nations and Indigenous social work. She has extensive experience working with international Indigenous communities, evaluative research, big data analysis, #MMIW and photovoice methodologies. She is co-editor of the book Decolonizing & Indigenizing Education in Canada (2020) and lead editor for the book Critical Reflections and Politics for Advancing Women in the Academy (2020).

Sheila Cote-Meek is Anishinaabe from the Teme-Augama Anishnabai. She is currently the Director, Indigenous Educational Studies Programs at Brock University and the former Vice-President, Equity, People and Culture at York University where she headed a new division that includes the Centre for Human Rights, Equity and Inclusion, Human Resources and Labour Relations. Prior to this she was Associate Vice-President, Academic and Indigenous Programs at Laurentian University where she led university-wide Indigenous initiatives. She played a lead role in several Indigenous initiatives including for example, increasing the number of Indigenous scholars, the creation of the Indigenous Sharing and Learning Centre, the Master of Indigenous Relations program and the Maamwizing Indigenous Research Institute. She also worked extensively on the faculty relations portfolio in collaboration with Human Resources and the Provost Office. Dr. Cote-Meek holds a PhD in Sociology and Equity Studies from the University of Toronto and is author of Colonized Classrooms – Racism, Trauma and Resistance in Post-Secondary Education (2014), lead editor of Decolonizing and Indigenizing Education in Canada (2020) and co-editor of Critical Reflections and Politics on Advancing Women in the Academy (2020). She is an active researcher and has extensive experience working on equity and inclusion in higher education including substantive experience working with Indigenous communities nationally on social justice and education issues. Dr. Cote-Meek has a strong history of building relationships that provide synergistic opportunities to advance institutions, and she is committed to working toward accessible higher education for all.

Ann Pegoraro is a full Professor in the School of Human Kinetics in the Faculty of Health at Laurentian University and an Adjunct Professor in Communication Studies at Huntington University. A holder of B.A., MBA, and PhD degrees, Ann is also the Director of the Institute for Sport Marketing, a research center at Laurentian. Dr. Pegoraro’s PhD studies were in Higher Education Leadership and Administration and her PhD dissertation was published as a book in this field. She is an active researcher, who has presented at international conferences and published in refereed management journals in the areas of digital media, marketing, communications, and sport management. Her research primarily focuses on communication and marketing with a focus on the digital world.

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