As of our most recent census data, racialized people comprise 22.3% of the Canadian population (Statistics Canada, 2016). Canadian universities have espoused commitments to diversity and inclusion but there has long been a gap between the rhetoric and practice. Research has demonstrated that under-representation is a problem at all levels of academia but particularly within the senior ranks. Drawing on an original dataset representing 324 senior university leaders, this study will empirically map the demographic composition of academic leaders across Canada, including presidents, vice-presidents, assistant vice-presidents, associate vice-presidents, provosts, and vice-provosts. Our findings suggest that racialized people in leadership are under-represented compared with their presence in the university population—consistent with the pyramid of exclusion where the representation of racialized people decreases as we move up the ranks. Taking a systems perspective informed by our critical ecology model we examine the overlapping societal-, organizational-, and individual-level mechanisms that impede the advancement of racialized people into leadership positions at universities in Canada.

根据我们最新的人口普查数据，种族人口占加拿大人口的22.3％（加拿大统计局，2016年）。加拿大的大学一直奉行多元化和包容性的承诺，但言论和实践之间一直存在差距。研究表明，代表性不足在学术界的各个层面都是一个问题，特别是在高级职位中。这项研究以代表324名大学高校领导者的原始数据集为基础，将根据经验绘制全加拿大学术领导者的人口结构图，其中包括校长，副校长，助理副校长，副副校长，教务长和副校长。我们的研究结果表明，与大学人口相比，领导阶层中的种族代表的代表性不足。这与排斥金字塔相符，在金字塔金字塔中，随着我们的晋升，种族群体的代表性下降。从我们的关键生态模型所获得的系统角度出发，我们研究了重叠的社会，组织和个人层面的机制，这些机制阻碍了种族化人士晋升为加拿大大学的领导职务。