In a recent University Affairs article, Ndeye Dieynaba Ndiaye (Université du Québec à Montréal) highlights the systemic challenges Black women professors continue to face in Canadian universities. Citing data from Statistics Canada, CAUT, and other reporting bodies, the author underscores major barriers for this demographic in the areas of hiring, pay equity, retention, and promotion. Ndiaye adds that despite ongoing institutional efforts to address these disparities, Black women still encounter implicit biases, discriminatory practices, and hostile work environments. The author concludes by underlining how structural transformation within the Canadian university system is “necessary to create an equitable and inclusive environment free of racism where every woman can thrive.”
