A qualitative investigation of the experiences of nine women of color in a predominantly White Canadian university is presented. This study emphasizes racism and sexism pervading in some contexts, situations, and relationships for women of color in academe.

Investigated how academic women of color coped, professionally and personally, given their marginalized position and how they used their position as a place of resistance to racism, sexism, and classism. Surveys and interviews with women faculty of color indicated that their resistance strategies addressed organizational barriers, institutional…

Affirmative action may be even more necessary today than it was initially, given the current conservative social, economic, and political national climate and the climate of higher education, with its shrinking financial resources, smaller minority faculty availability pools, and fewer academic positions. (CMG)