gender gap /newsroom/taxonomy/term/15820/all en Fast-fashion, air pollution and women leaders under the media spotlight /newsroom/channels/news/fast-fashion-air-pollution-and-women-leaders-under-media-spotlight-339847 <h2><span><span>Lack of environmental awareness and preference for variety leading causes of waste in fast-fashion production</span></span></h2> <p><img src="/newsroom/files/newsroom/channels/image/picture1.jpg" style="width:50%" /></p> Thu, 09 Jun 2022 03:25:23 +0000 lawrence.chiang@mail.mcgill.ca 288188 at /newsroom Patently harmful: fewer female inventors a problem for women’s health /newsroom/channels/news/patently-harmful-fewer-female-inventors-problem-womens-health-331792 <p>"Necessity is the <em>father</em> of invention," but where is its mother? According to a new study published in <a href="https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aba6990"><i>Science</i></a>, fewer women hold biomedical patents, leading to a reduced number of patented technologies designed to address problems affecting women.</p> Tue, 06 Jul 2021 13:57:12 +0000 shirley.cardenas@mcgill.ca 269912 at /newsroom Gender gap: Women represent two-thirds of doctorates, but hold only one-third of academic jobs /newsroom/channels/news/gender-gap-women-represent-two-thirds-doctorates-hold-only-one-third-academic-jobs-328420 <p>Women today represent two-thirds of all Canadian doctorates in archaeology, but only one-third of Canadian tenure-stream faculty. While men with Canadian PhDs have done well in securing tenure-track jobs in Canada over the past 15 years, women have not, according to a new study from ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ University. The current COVID-19 pandemic is likely to exacerbate these existing inequalities.</p> Wed, 10 Feb 2021 21:57:01 +0000 shirley.cardenas@mcgill.ca 256611 at /newsroom