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Proportion of full-time academics in Canadian universities in tenure and leading to tenure positions by gender, 1990/1991 to 2020/2021

% 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 1990 1993 1996 1999 2002 2005 2008 2011 2014 2017 2020 Female, tenureFemale, tenure Male, tenureMale, tenure Female, leading to tenureFemale, leading to tenure Male, leading to tenureMale, leading to tenure
Source(s):
Full-time University and College Academic Staff System (FT-UCASS).

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Proportion of full-time academics in Canadian universities in tenure and leading to tenure positions by gender, 1990/1991 to 2020/2021, %
  Female, tenure Male, tenure Female, leading to tenure Male, leading to tenure
1990 13.8 86.2 32.5 67.5
1991 14.9 85.1 35.5 64.5
1992 15.9 84.1 37.0 63.0
1993 16.9 83.1 38.3 61.7
1994 17.8 82.2 40.3 59.7
1995 18.7 81.3 40.7 59.3
1996 20.0 80.0 41.0 59.0
1997 21.0 79.0 40.9 59.1
1998 22.0 78.0 40.5 59.5
1999 22.8 77.2 39.6 60.4
2000 23.7 76.3 38.7 61.3
2001 24.5 75.5 38.5 61.5
2002 25.4 74.6 37.9 62.1
2003 26.3 73.7 38.6 61.4
2004 27.1 72.9 39.4 60.6
2005 28.2 71.8 40.2 59.8
2006 29.1 70.9 41.2 58.8
2007 29.8 70.2 42.3 57.7
2008 30.6 69.4 42.8 57.2
2009 31.5 68.5 43.9 56.1
2010 32.2 67.8 44.2 55.8
2011 33.1 66.9 44.5 55.5
2012 33.3 66.7 45.9 54.1
2013 34.1 65.9 46.2 53.8
2014 34.5 65.5 44.6 55.4
2015 35.2 64.8 44.8 55.2
2016 35.8 64.2 46.2 53.8
2017 36.2 63.8 47.7 52.3
2018 36.3 63.7 48.1 51.9
2019 36.8 63.2 49.0 51.0
2020 37.4 62.6 49.2 50.8
Source(s):
Full-time University and College Academic Staff System (FT-UCASS).
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