How is this not discrimination of protected classes, and therefore illegal?
Because this is in Canada, where they aren't bound by US Supreme Court decisions? Also I don't think straight white cis-male is a protected class in any case.
UBC bans non-minority candidates from applying for tenure-track quantum position
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#22Do you get questioned on your self-expression of status?
If I were to express that my gender is non-binary, as I don't identify as any particular gender in the context of job interviews, would that be a problem?
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#23> Two-Spirit people now this is new.
Narrator: it wasn't
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#24> In accordance with UBC’s CRC Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion Action Plan, and pursuant to Section 42 of the BC Human Rights code, the selection will be restricted to members of the following designated groups: persons with disabilities, Indigenous Peoples, women and gender minorities (transgender, gender-fluid, nonbinary and Two-Spirit people), and racialized minorities. Applicants to CRC positions are asked to comp…
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#25> Two-Spirit people now this is new.
Mildly new-ish, coined in 1990: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two-spirit
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#26> In accordance with UBC’s CRC Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion Action Plan, and pursuant to Section 42 of the BC Human Rights code, the selection will be restricted to members of the following designated groups: persons with disabilities, Indigenous Peoples, women and gender minorities (transgender, gender-fluid, nonbinary and Two-Spirit people), and racialized minorities. Applicants to CRC positions are asked to comp…
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The pacific northwest, on the Canadian side, has its own divergent terms of inclusivity. Mostly in reference to existing forms of inclusivity that were never controversial in some of the pre-colonial civilizations that already existed there. But require labels and grouping with other edge cases for any meaningful representation and protection in the post-colonial society.
That being said, it means the rest of us dont really need to try to match that up with our own forms of inclusivity. It is always important to poll and gauge the consensus.
Right now, what goes on in BC/Vancouver with maybe a little spillover into Washington is not representative of anything the rest of us need to be aware of or adapt in our vocabulary as if it is consensus.
Useful to know if you’re in vancouver or meet indigenous from vancouver, as there is significant overlap in the inclusionary efforts and indigenous representation.
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#27Majorly editorialized title for a link to the position posting. IIUC that's not OK by the site guidelines.
So does that change what the site says? Does that change the requirements for the position?
Well, since being a woman is also valid, the title talking about “minorities” is wrong.
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#28How is this not discrimination of protected classes, and therefore illegal?
The position is for a job posting for a public university in Canada. The laws are very different than in the U.S. The Employment Equity Acts of 1986 and 1995 actually require these kinds of recruitments. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Employment_equity_(Canada)
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#29My first reaction was, "This is fucking ridiculous!" But after looking at their complete jobs page, it seems like this requirement of being from one of the designated groups may be coming from the source which funds the Canada Research Chair? (see the PDF they link on their job description: https://academic.ubc.ca/sites/vpa.ubc.ca/files/documents/EDI... ) If so, then I don't really see a problem with it. It seems lik…
I think specifying the race of applicants for positions is bad
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#30> In accordance with UBC’s CRC Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion Action Plan, and pursuant to Section 42 of the BC Human Rights code, the selection will be restricted to members of the following designated groups: persons with disabilities, Indigenous Peoples, women and gender minorities (transgender, gender-fluid, nonbinary and Two-Spirit people), and racialized minorities. Applicants to CRC positions are asked to comp…
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> "Two-spirit" is a new one on me
In that case, perhaps google it rather than make glib remarks about it?