Justice doesn't really exist : academic discrimination against women faculty at Acadia University

The purpose of this thesis is to explore the unique and problematic relationship that women faculty have with the university. It is a case study of the experiences of ten women professors at Acadia University. Through the use of in-depth interviews I have examined the barriers women faculty face and explored how these barriers work to keep women at the periphery of the university. It is clear that despite affirmative action and a century of criticism of universities, women continue to experience obstacles which reveal a male organized pedagogy underlying the content and structure of academe. From this perspective it is evident that women continue to experience difficulty in implementing desired changes indicating that the problems women face lie deeper than the manifested barriers. The problem is rooted in the historical exclusion of women from the making of knowledge, culture and ideology.