WOMEN IN EARTH-SCIENCE GEOLOGY DEPARTMENTS OF CANADIAN UNIVERSITIES -1983-1992

The proportion of female students in Canadian earth science/geology de partments has increased slowly in the past decade, from 20% to 28% at the B,Sc. and M.Sc. levels and at the Ph.D. level (based on small numb ers) from 8% to a peak of 21% in 1991. The proportion of female facult y remains at less than 5% and only 13% of new faculty hirings since 19 83 have been women. These percentages are similar to those in other ph ysical science disciplines; they are higher than those in the United K ingdom, but lower than those in the United States. Vigorous action is required both at the elementary/high school and university levels to a void wasting female talent and to ensure that female undergraduate stu dents have role models among graduate students and faculty.