Research students are diverse; those in salaried positions are not

Results from the survey highlight major disparities in the representation of gender, race, indigeneity, disability, and LGBTQ+ identity between research students (e.g., MSc and PhD students) and salaried researchers (e.g., Postdoctoral Scholars and Faculty/Staff).

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Compared to statistics from Canadian academia, geosciences has lower gender, racial, Indigenous, and LGBTQ+ representation for salaried researchers.
 

Finally, against Canadian census data, it is clear that Indigenous and disability representation is low across the board (with the exception of Indigenous MSc students).

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Our analysis of the report is published here: 

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Jess, S., Heer, E., and Schoenbohm,. L., 2025, Research students are diverse, while those in salaried positions are not: results from a survey of Canadian academic geosciences, Earth Sciences, Systems and Society, v. 5, https://doi.org/10.1144/esss2024-013