Cancelled hiring of woman as university president cause for concern

Chalk one up for the boys club. Four in five Canadian university presidents are men. There has been little change in that ratio in decades.

Status of Women MInister Patty Hajdu, centre, needs a bigger budget and more responsibility, writes Sheila Copps.Photograph courtesy of Women Deliver conference

Opinion

BY SHEILA COPPS

September 5, 2016

OTTAWA—Brock University’s about-face on the hiring of a new woman president should be a wakeup call for all. Wendy Cukier was the ideal candidate. Not only does she have impeccable academic credentials, but also She has been a trailblazer in equality and justice issues. Cukier is a doer. She wa...

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