Tag: equality

Wage equity worth a look inward

A university that doesn’t acknowledge it may have a gender wage gap is trying hard not to see what’s blindingly obvious to the rest of us. After a study uncovered a salary gap between McMaster’s male and female faculty members, the university attempted to make up for the discrepancy by giving a raise...

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UN ad campaign

The United Nations has released a photo series which features pictures of women with their mouths covered by sexist internet search suggestions based on Google’s autocomplete function. The search terms featured in the ads include “women need to”, “women shouldn’t” and “women cannot”, and show a drop-down...

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Coming out still a rout

Emily Wong, ArtSci ’15 Coming out was recently brought into the spotlight by Jodie Foster’s speech at the Golden Globes. Her words sparked a lot of discussion, but there’s no question that she did come out as gay. Foster didn’t outright say it, but speaking about the process, as well as her ex-partner,...

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Feminism in the spotlight

Nikolas Lopez, ArtSci ’14 On Oct. 9, the first female Prime Minister of Australia, Julia Gillard, made an impassioned speech within the Australian House of Representatives regarding comments made by opposition leader Tony Abbott. This moment brought together global issues of sexism and misogyny that...

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Women fight for rights

In response to sexual assault awareness campaigns geared towards potential victims, the Greater Kingston Area Safe & Sober Community Alliance launched the Don’t Be That Guy campaign in Kingston this month. “This campaign is one of the only campaigns that target the perpetrators,” said Jennifer...

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