Even as Canadian universities suggest their gender issues have largely been resolved, many women in academia tell a different story. Systemic discrimination, the underrepresentation of women in more senior and lucrative roles, and the belief that gender-related concerns will simply self-correct with greater representation at the lower rungs of the academic ladder all add up to a serious gender problem. Although these issues are widely acknowledged, reliable data is elusive. "Glass Ceilings and Ivory Towers" fills this significant research gap with a cross-disciplinary, data-driven investigation of gender inequality in Canadian academia. Research presented in this book reveals, for example, that women are more likely to hold precarious sessional teaching positions and to face disadvantages as they pursue the funding, publications, and teaching scores necessary to land coveted tenure track positions. Once in the academy, they are poorly represented at the upper echelons of the professoriate and must contend with a gender pay gap that widens as they move up the ranks. Contributors consider the daily grind of academic life, structural and systemic challenges, and the gendered dynamics of university leadership, all with an eye to laying the groundwork for practical and meaningful institutional change. Scholars and students of gender and women's studies, sociology, policy studies, and higher education will find this book essential reading, as will university educators and administrators, as well as all women in academia.