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Science 28 June 2002:
Vol. 296. no. 5577, p. 2319
DOI: 10.1126/science.296.5577.2319
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CANADA:
Few Women Win New Academic Chairs

Wayne Kondro

OTTAWA--A new report shows that women are seriously underrepresented in a fledgling program to help Canada retain its best academic talent. In October 1999 the government committed $585 million to create 2000 new posts under the Canada Research Chairs program. A report looking at the first four classes shows that women, who represent 25% of the total academic pool, have received just under 15% of the 532 chairs.

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THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN CITED BY OTHER ARTICLES:
Medical women in academia: the silences we keep.
A. Palepu and C. P. Herbert (2002)
Can. Med. Assoc. J. 167, 877-879
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