Dr. Anne Broadbent at the Industry, Science and Technology Committee

On April 1st, 2022. See this statement in context.

April 1st, 2022 / 2:15 p.m.

Professor and Holder of the University Research Chair in Quantum Information and Cryptography, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Ottawa, As an Individual

Dr. Anne Broadbent

Thank you for your question.

At the University of Ottawa, we have to deal with inequity as well. Being a bilingual institution, we often find ourselves penalized for providing bilingual services because it requires additional funding.

I apply for funding to the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, NSERC, and it has a significant focus on equity, diversity and inclusion. I've seen that the federal government uses a gender-based analysis plus, or GBA+, framework. I believe you're talking about a different type of inequity, though—one that has more to do with the university's size.

Is that right?

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