Various universities and institutions in Canada, including Queen's University and the University of Toronto, are facing criticism for job postings that restrict applications to specific groups based on gender, race, and other factors. The positions are limited to individuals who self-identify as women, Indigenous peoples, persons with disabilities, racialized minorities, or other specific categories, raising concerns about discriminatory hiring practices and the interpretation of the Equality Act 2010.
ILLEGAL? @WesternU is hiring an engineering professor based solely on gender. Perhaps @barnes_law or @pnjaban could weigh in on the legality of this. h/t @realChrisBrunet https://t.co/ELdiz21gsv
The University of Saskatchewan is hiring a scientist to discover novel mechanisms of defense against known and potential future pathogens ''The successful candidate will self-identify with one of the four designated equity groups (women and gender equity-seeking groups,… https://t.co/zac59B44Jz
.@UWaterloo is hiring a professor of Health Policy, Population Health or Public Health ''Candidates must identify as a member of a racialized minority'' Perhaps Canada would have had saner COVID policies if the people in charge of public health were hired based on meritocracy? https://t.co/ifPWjYgF6U
.@DalhousieU's Law Marine and Environmental Law Institute is hiring a professor of Clean Arctic Shipping ⛴️ ''This position is designated to: Indigenous women, Indigenous gender minorities, racialized women, or racialized gender minorities.'' https://t.co/DEhVUld39q
The University of Toronto is hiring a Professor in the Faculty of Medicine This position is ''open only to individuals who self-identify as members of visible minorities.'' Given that white people are a minority in Toronto, I am assuming this ad is targeted at whites, yes? https://t.co/KTi2KpdbnM
My alma mater, @WesternU, is hiring an engineering professor. ''Only applicants who self-identify as a woman, which includes individuals from Gender Equity-Seeking Groups (individuals who identify as transgender, gender-fluid, non-binary and Two-Spirit) will be considered.'' 😕 https://t.co/WAoljMBgBJ
This Westminster job advert shows problem with the Equality Act 2010: it allows racist hiring policies. I don't believe for one second they'll really consider equal merit. Ironically the one thing the Equality Act does give you is equality under the law. https://t.co/Jn1QPI6GQg https://t.co/n7nPOviUxd
.@umoncton's Department of Mathematics and Statistics is hiring a professor of Causal Inference and Data Science ''This position is intended for racialized people.'' https://t.co/VCd4W2SBFK
.@usask, University of Saskatchewan, is hiring a tenure-track professor of Psychology ''This position is restricted to individuals who self-identify as women and gender minorities, members of a racialized minority, Indigenous persons, and persons with disabilities.'' https://t.co/hD1y21Doim
The City of Westminster, UK is actively discriminating against white people in their hiring practices by giving preferential treatment to the "Global Majority" aka non-whites. They state that if two applicants are equal, they will hire the non-white one. You can also… https://t.co/YF5rHe4ZGe
.@uvic's Department of Physics and Astronomy is hiring three tenure-track positions at the rank of Assistant Professor You can only apply if you ''self-identify as Indigenous'' What does being Indigenous have to do with physics/astronomy research? Nothing. Nevertheless. https://t.co/u96g7nINCH
.@queensu is hiring a professor of Non-human Primate Models of Health and Disease This appointment is open ONLY to individuals who self-identify as: ''women, Indigenous/Aboriginal peoples, persons with disabilities and racialized persons/visible minorities.'' https://t.co/0uAwAolH6P
.@queensu is hiring a professor of n Non-human Primate Models of Health and Disease This appointment is open ONLY to individuals who self-identify as: ''women, Indigenous/Aboriginal peoples, persons with disabilities and racialized persons/visible minorities.'' https://t.co/XE2ltF1JuL
.@queensu is hiring a professor of n Non-human Primate Models of Health and Disease This appointment is open ONLY to individuals who self-identify as, ''women, Indigenous/Aboriginal peoples, persons with disabilities and racialized persons/visible minorities.'' https://t.co/qYgyYOACfo
One of my followers sent me this, as the @CityWestminster Council is looking for a Team Manager for the homeless. They want to discriminate in favour under the Equality Act 2010 of a candidate "from a global majority background". That is black or brown. https://t.co/Mml3vohQzN https://t.co/YY2wy8yOGz