‘The higher the position, the fewer women reach it.’ Order of Canada out of order in shortage of female appointees, plus other letters to the editor for Jan. 2
: The latest appointments to the Order of Canada repeat a depressingly familiar pattern: The higher the position, the fewer women reach it.
Why is this? Is it that too few women even get nominated by their fellow citizens? Is it that many women’s contributions to Canadian society are taken for granted, and not considered extraordinary at all – because we’re all so used to women doing that stuff? Or is it the pinch point within the Order of Canada organization itself?
Whatever the cause, this problem needs fixing – as does the under-representation of other social groups within the ranks of the Order of Canada. But unlike other social groups, women constitute a majority of the Canadian population,After reading your excellent article on Denise Brown and her amazing career working in dangerous countries worldwide, I was duly impressed .
I later wondered why we hand out Order of Canada honours to poets, painters and hockey players – and somehow overlook someone like Ms. Brown, who literally risks her life every day to help others. She certainly qualifies in my mind.
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