Faculty
social science
Supervisor Name
Kate Choi, Patrick Denice
Keywords
race, pay gap, disparities, equal pay, faculty, social science, Schulich, salary
Description
My research used data available in the public domain to establish racial/ethnic inequality in pay and rank in the Social Science faculty and the Medical School in a university in Southwestern Ontario. I specifically focused on the faculty of Social Science and Medicine and Dentistry School as they are among the biggest faculties on campus. I retrieved faculty information from information available to the public and used this to determine salary, race, gender, rank, and tenure status (if applicable). Visible minorities were paid lower in the faculty of Social Science compared to their white counterparts. However, in the Medical School, visible minorities were paid more on average than their white counterparts. Therefore, this study highlights the importance of analyzing differences in salaries within disciplines, rather than relying on institutional averages.
Acknowledgements
Thank you to my supervisors Professor Kate Choi and Patrick Denice for guiding me along the way throughout this process and teaching me valuable skills that I can apply to my master's program in the fall.
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Document Type
Poster
Racial Inequalities in Canadian Academia: The Case for Examining Within Discipline Variation
My research used data available in the public domain to establish racial/ethnic inequality in pay and rank in the Social Science faculty and the Medical School in a university in Southwestern Ontario. I specifically focused on the faculty of Social Science and Medicine and Dentistry School as they are among the biggest faculties on campus. I retrieved faculty information from information available to the public and used this to determine salary, race, gender, rank, and tenure status (if applicable). Visible minorities were paid lower in the faculty of Social Science compared to their white counterparts. However, in the Medical School, visible minorities were paid more on average than their white counterparts. Therefore, this study highlights the importance of analyzing differences in salaries within disciplines, rather than relying on institutional averages.