Research report
ISBN : 9782897998004
Year of publication : 2024
Nombre de pages : 286
Langue : Anglais#French</trp-gettext#!trpEnglish#
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What is the situation for women in engineering? What is their situation in fields where they are largely in the minority? The research report: La situation de femmes en ingénierie au Québec dans des secteurs où elles sont largement minoritaires is a complement to the book Quelle est la situation de femmes en ingénierie au Québec? Plaisirs, défis et solutions (Lafortune, Gagné et collaboratrices, 2024). It provides insights, food for thought and topics for discussion, while broadening horizons thanks to conclusions drawn from the ACFAS symposium in May 2024. The theoretical framework is also complemented by the concepts of stereotype threat and variable-geometry citizenship at work. This approach is changing the vision of the situation of women in STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) for the whole research team, and probably for other people involved in the research. The proposed tools can be used in the workplace (business and education) to stimulate interactive reflection between people working in different environments. We hope that the research will continue with questions such as: Why do women leave their jobs? What strategies are worth experimenting with to attract and retain women, whether in the engineering field or in areas where gender diversity in employment has not been achieved? The complementary expertise of the co-researchers and collaborators brings an original and innovative dimension to thinking about the situation of women not only in engineering, but also in STEM fields (science, technology, engineering, mathematics).
With the collaboration of
Marie Eva Andriantsara, Jessica Bélisle, Cristina Guzman, Jessie Morin, Jennifer Petrela and Morgane Vandel
Diane Gagné, PhD (Industrial Relations, Université de Montréal), has had an atypical career. She is a full professor in the Department of Human Resources Management at the Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières (UQTR), specializing in labor relations and public employment policy. She was the first female petrochemical technician in the mid-90s. She is a member of the UQTR Board of Directors (since January 2022); member of the Board of Action travail des femmes (ATF); director of the UQTR School of Management (June 2021 to June 2023); director of graduate program committees (UQTR, since June 2023); co-chair of the Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) institutional committee (May 2020 to November 2023); co-founder and member of the UQTR feminist studies laboratory (since 2019) ; associate member of GRIMADD (Groupe de recherche intervention sur les minières en Afrique et le développement durable, since June 2020), which has been awarded a UNESCO Chair; member of the RéQEF research group (Réseau québécois en études féministes, since 2019); member of the GIREPS research group (Groupe interdisciplinaire et interuniversitaire de recherche sur l'emploi, la pauvreté et la protection sociale, since 2015); research member of the CRIMT research group (Centre de recherche interuniversitaire sur la mondialisation et le travail, since 2014). Her teaching and research interests in relation to the situation of women are: feminist research and intersectionality; the difficult gender mix in employment; citizenship at work,systemic discrimination (EDI, equity, diversity, inclusion); precariousness of and in employment; the influences of public employment policies on systemic discrimination issues. She has several scientific publications to her credit in recent years, including as author or first author: Déconstruction du triptyque " préjugés, stéréotypes et idéologies " de quelques actions syndicales au Québec (2024, with Chloé Fortin-Bergeron) ; Femmes " opérateur " à technicienne en pétrochimie : qu'est-ce qui achoppe ? (2022); The polymorphic conception of systemic discrimination: unions between discourse and action in Quebec/L'illusion de l'égalité: conception polymorphique de l'action syndicale québécoise, entre discours et actions (2021/2022); Femmes " opérateur " 30 ans ont passés: quelles distances parcourues? Le cas du secteur de la pétrochimie, du raffinage et du Gaz au Québec (2019). In 2024, she co-authored the book Situation de femmes en ingénierie : plaisirs, défis et solutions (French, English, Spanish) and the research report Situations de femmes en ingénierie dans des secteurs où elles sont largement sous-représentées.
Louise Lafortune, Ph.D. (Sciences de l'éducation, enseignement des mathématiques), is Professor Emeritus and Associate of the Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières (UQTR) and Visiting Professor at the University of Holguín (Uhol, Cuba). She is co-founder of AFFESTIM (Association de la francophonie à propos des femmes en sciences, technologies, ingénierie et mathématiques) and has been a member of its Board of Directors since its foundation in 2003. Her research interests include the situation of women, the affective dimension of learning, sociopedagogical equity and intercultural pedagogy, and the situation of women in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics). In particular, she is co-author of Enfoque de género para lograr más equidad (2019), Manifeste à propos des femmes en STIM (2022) and Femmes en situations professionnelles: expériences cubaines et canadiennes (2022). Four books are in preparation: Une approche d'équité sociopédagogique sensible à l'EDI (équité, diversité, inclusion) pour les domaines des MST (mathématiques, sciences et technologies) pour stimuler les filles, mais aussi les garçons, à s'orienter en STEM (2024); Perspectives sociopédagogiques pour une équité des femmes Cuba-Québec (2024); La situation de femmes en ingénierie? Pleasures, obstacles and solutions (2024); Co-construction in feminist partnership research. Wikipedia: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louise_Lafortune
