Davis Jennifer C, Li Eric Ping Hung, Butterfield Mary Stewart, DiLabio Gino A, Santhagunam Nithi, Marcolin Barbara
Social & Economic Change Laboratory University of British Columbia Kelowna British Columbia Canada.
Centre for Hip Health & Mobility Vancouver British Columbia Canada.
Gend Work Organ. 2022 May;29(3):703-722. doi: 10.1111/gwao.12811. Epub 2022 Feb 21.
The novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic caused the abrupt curtailment of on-campus research activities that amplified impacts experienced by female and racialized faculty. In this mixed-method study, we systematically and strategically unpack the impact of the shift of academic work environments to remote settings on tenured and tenure-track faculty in Canada. Our quantitative analysis demonstrated that female and racialized faculty experienced higher levels of stress, social isolation and lower well-being. Fewer women faculty felt support for health and wellness. Our qualitative data highlighted substantial gender inequities reported by female faculty such as increased caregiving burden that affected their research productivity. The most pronounced impacts were felt among pre-tenured female faculty. The present study urges university administration to take further action to support female and racialized faculty through substantial organizational change and reform. Given the disproportionate toll that female and racialized faculty experienced, we suggest a novel approach that include three dimensions of change: (1) establishing quantitative metrics to assess and evaluate pandemic-induced impact on research productivity, health and well-being, (2) coordinating collaborative responses with faculty unions across the nation to mitigate systemic inequities, and (3) strategically implementing a storytelling approach to amplify the experiences of marginalized populations such as women or racialized faculty and include those experiences as part of recommendations for change.
2019年新型冠状病毒（COVID-19）大流行导致校园研究活动突然缩减，这加剧了女性和少数族裔教员所面临的影响。在这项混合方法研究中，我们系统且有策略地剖析了学术工作环境向远程模式转变对加拿大终身教职和终身教职轨教员的影响。我们的定量分析表明，女性和少数族裔教员经历了更高程度的压力、社交孤立，幸福感也更低。较少有女性教员感到自己在健康方面得到了支持。我们的定性数据突出了女性教员报告的严重性别不平等问题，比如护理负担加重影响了她们的研究生产力。受影响最明显的是处于终身教职前阶段的女性教员。本研究敦促大学管理层采取进一步行动，通过实质性的组织变革和改革来支持女性和少数族裔教员。鉴于女性和少数族裔教员遭受了不成比例的损失，我们建议采用一种新方法，该方法包括三个变革维度：（1）建立定量指标，以评估和评价大流行对研究生产力、健康和幸福感的影响；（2）与全国的教员工会协调合作应对措施，以减轻系统性不平等；（3）战略性地采用讲故事的方法，以放大边缘化群体（如女性或少数族裔教员）的经历，并将这些经历纳入变革建议之中。
