Merit, equity, and the Canadian talent question
The question is not whether standards should remain high, but whether the systems used to recognize merit are broad enough to capture the full range of available talent.
The recent decision by the University of Alberta to step back from what critics have described as “race-centric hiring” has reignited a familiar argument: that efforts to broaden representation come at the expense of merit. The claim is politically convenient and rhetori...
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