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OTTAWA 鈥?Universities have less than two years to find ways to recruit more women and minorities for Canada Research Chairs, or they won ;t get any more positions funded by the federal government.The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, which reviews and approves applications from universities for Canada Research Chair positions, issued that edict this week.Council president Ted Hewitt said the policy comes after a review process showed a lack of progress from existing efforts to get more women, minorities, people with disabilities and indigenous people appointed to research chairs. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW We said OK, that it ; we have to think about what we can do here to speed up progress, said Hewitt. That was a very serious catalyst for us. 82
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