{"id":7868,"date":"2011-01-28T13:03:47","date_gmt":"2011-01-28T18:03:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=7868"},"modified":"2011-01-28T16:07:49","modified_gmt":"2011-01-28T21:07:49","slug":"canada-lagging-in-gender-equality-trudeau-scholar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2011\/01\/canada-lagging-in-gender-equality-trudeau-scholar\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada lagging in gender equality: Trudeau scholar"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Isabella

Isabella Bakker<\/p><\/div>\n

There\u2019s common consensus that Canadian men and woman are equal now in terms of income and status. But by assuming that, we could be widening a gap that already exists, says Isabella Bakker.<\/p>\n

The media and Canada\u2019s two major political parties assume inequality is no longer a factor, so it\u2019s no longer considered when making public policy. But by assuming that, we could be worsening the systematic gap between the income and status of men and women, said Bakker, a York University political science professor<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Bakker will speak on the subject at an upcoming Trudeau lecture hosted by Brock University on Wednesday, Feb. 2. Bakker, a Laureate Trudeau Fellow<\/a>, will deliver \u201cBeyond the Strategic Silence: Towards the Global Economic Empowerment of Women.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the lecture, she\u2019ll examine whether feminism is still relevant for addressing questions of inequality in Canada. While the plight of women internationally gets most of our attention, important evidence shows a need to look at the situation within Canada, she said.<\/p>\n

Since the mid 1990s, Canada\u2019s position has fallen substantially on global indicators such as the United Nation\u2019s Human Development Index and is Gender-Related Development Index, she said.<\/p>\n

Within Canada, the current popular thought is that the individual is responsible for his or her success, and innate barriers for women no longer exist, Bakker said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s been a whole shift in government approach, and it\u2019s not unique to Canada,\u201d she said. \u201cIt\u2019s spreading throughout the western world.\u201d<\/p>\n

As a result, the situation for women \u2013 particularly marginalized women, such as those from Aboriginal communities \u2013 will only get worse.<\/p>\n

The Brock lecture is part of Bakker\u2019s three-year term as a Trudeau Fellow. With a background in social research and the women\u2019s movement, Bakker is a leading authority in the fields of political economy, public finance, gender and development. She has held consultancies with the Canadian and Ontario governments, the Commonwealth Secretariat and the United Nations, as well as numerous women\u2019s advocacy groups.<\/p>\n

The Trudeau fellowship is a sign of one\u2019s national and international reputation, said Thomas Dunk, Dean of Social Sciences<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cTrudeau Fellows are among Canada\u2019s most outstanding scholars and the Trudeau Foundation is a prestigious organization supported by important and influential Canadians,\u201d Dunk said. \u201cThat it has chosen Brock to host one of its lectures is another strong indication of Brock\u2019s growing national and international reputation for scholarship and community engagement and, given the subject of Dr. Bakker\u2019s talk, the high regard for Brock\u2019s commitment to social justice and equity issues.\u201d<\/p>\n

The lecture will be at 7 p.m. at Pond Inlet. Admission is free and a reception will follow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The gender gap between income and status is widening, says Isabella Bakker. She’ll discuss it at an upcoming Trudeau lecture at Brock.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7869,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[59,42,31],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7868"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7868"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7868\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7871,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7868\/revisions\/7871"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7869"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}