Geoscience Canada

Volume 21, Number 3 (1994)
Issues in Canadian Geoscience

Women in Earth Science / Geology Departments of Canadian Universities: 1983-1992

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  • Georgia Pe-Piper
Georgia Pe-Piper
Department of Geology, Saint Mary's University, Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Published 1994-09-09

How to Cite

Pe-Piper, G. (1994). Women in Earth Science / Geology Departments of Canadian Universities: 1983-1992. Geoscience Canada, 21(3). Retrieved from https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/GC/article/view/3843
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Abstract

The proportion of female students in Canadian earth science/geology departments has increased slowly in the past decade, from 20% to 28% at the B.Sc. and M.Sc. levels and at the Ph.D. level (based on small numbers) from 8% to a peak of 21 % in 1991. The proportion of female faculty remains at less than 5% and only 13% of new faculty hirings since 1983 have been women. These percentages are similar to those in other physical science disciplines; they are higher than those in the United Kingdom, but lower than those in the United States. Vigorous action is required both at the elementary/high school and university levels to avoid wasting female talent and to ensure that female undergraduate students have role models among graduate students and faculty.
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