The CRC Program has set equity targets that our institution aims to reach (or exceed). To demonstrate our progress, regular updates are provided below.
| Designated Group | Tier | December 2022 Interim Target | December 2025 Interim Target | Active Chairs | January 2024 Percentage of CRC Chairs (66 Chairs) | 2022 Interim Equity Target | 2025 Interim Equity Target | 2027 Interim Equity Target | 2029 Equity Target |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indigenous Peoples | 1 |
1 |
1 |
* |
7.6% |
1.5% |
2.3% |
3.5% |
4.9% |
| 2 |
0 |
1 | * | ||||||
| Persons with disabilities | 1 |
1 |
1 | * |
12.1% |
4.4% |
5.3% |
6.3% |
7.5% |
| 2 |
2 |
2 | * | ||||||
| Racialized individuals | 1 |
5 |
5 | 9 |
27.3% |
14.7% |
17.5% |
19.9% |
22% |
| 2 |
5 |
6 | 9 | ||||||
| Women and gender minorities | 1 |
10 |
10 | 9∆ |
42.4% |
30.9% |
37% |
44% |
50.9% |
| 2 |
11 |
13 | 19 |
Note: Note: The data is based on self-identification and includes all chairs (new and renewals) active, and nominations submitted as of January 1st, 2023.
* Numbers less than five have been suppressed to protect the privacy of chairholders.
∆ University of Waterloo is not currently meeting the 2022 interim equity target.
A number of the measures the Canada Research Chairs Program has implemented to address the underrepresentation of individuals from the four designated groups (women, Indigenous peoples, persons with disabilities and members of visible minorities) stem from a 2006 Canadian Human Rights Settlement Agreement. This agreement was reached between a group of eight academics who filed complaints with the Canadian Human Rights Commission (the “Commission”) in 2003. In 2017, at the request of the complainants, the 2006 Settlement Agreement was made a federal court order because they considered that not enough progress had been made in addressing the underrepresentation in the Program in the 11 years since the agreement had been signed. In lieu of a federal court process, the Program entered into a collaborative mediation process with the complainants and the commission to come to an agreement on changes to the settlement agreement that would address the inequities within the Program in a systemic, structural and sustainable way. The 2019 Addendum to the 2006 Canadian Human Rights Settlement Agreement outlines the new terms of the agreement.
Please visit the CRC Program’s Equity and Diversity Targets and Program Statistics, for further details and Canada-wide data.
Date modified: July 10, 2024