Strengthening Canada's Research Capacity: The Gender Dimension

"After the notable absence of female candidates in the Canada Excellence Research Chairs (CERC) program, the Minister of Industry, in March 2010, struck an ad-hoc panel to examine the program’s selection process. The ad-hoc panel found that the lack of female representation was not due to active choices made during the CERC selection process. As a result, the Council of Canadian Academies received a request to undertake an assessment of the factors that influence university research careers of women, both in Canada and internationally."

The report prepared by the Council of Canadian Academies is available via this web page:

http://www.scienceadvice.ca/en/assessments/completed/women-researchers.aspx