Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Greetings to the witnesses joining us for the second hour of the meeting.
My first question is for Ms. Johnson.
I took the time to analyze a report on a study on the gender wage gap in the faculty of Canadian universities. This study was conducted over a 10‑year period, from 1996 to 2016. Of course, it targeted the 15 largest Canadian universities. In that study, it was noted that men were, on average, paid 2.14% more than their female colleagues. The study also found that the gaps were even greater among Canada's major research universities, also known as the U15.
Ms. Johnson, do you have any hypotheses that explain why the wage gap between men and women is larger at the U15 Group of Canadian Research Universities?