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* [[Scott Brison]], Chancellor of Dalhousie University
 
* [[Scott Brison]], Chancellor of Dalhousie University
 
* [[Allan Cahoon]], Royal Roads University
 
* [[Allan Cahoon]], Royal Roads University
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* [[Ken Chan]], Vice President-Administration, Brock University
 
* [[Sara Diamond]], OCAD University
 
* [[Sara Diamond]], OCAD University
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* [[Bill Flanagan]], President, University of Alberta
 
* [[Bruce Kidd]], Principal of University of Toronto Scarborough College
 
* [[Bruce Kidd]], Principal of University of Toronto Scarborough College
 
* [[Wade MacLauchlan]], University of Prince Edward Island
 
* [[Wade MacLauchlan]], University of Prince Edward Island
 
* [[Stephen McClatchie]], Huron College at University of Western Ontario
 
* [[Stephen McClatchie]], Huron College at University of Western Ontario
* [[Alan Shepard]], Concordia University
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* [[Alan Shepard]], Western University, Concordia University
 
* [[Michael Tarko]], Justice Institute of British Columbia
 
* [[Michael Tarko]], Justice Institute of British Columbia
  
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* [[Colin Riordan]], Cardiff University
 
* [[Colin Riordan]], Cardiff University
 
* [[Elena Rodriguez-Falcon]], New Model in Technology and Engineering (NMiTE) University
 
* [[Elena Rodriguez-Falcon]], New Model in Technology and Engineering (NMiTE) University
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* [[Emeli Sande]], Chancellor, Sunderland University
 
* [[Dominic Shellard]], De Montfort University
 
* [[Dominic Shellard]], De Montfort University
 
* [[Sandi Toksvig]], University of Portsmouth
 
* [[Sandi Toksvig]], University of Portsmouth
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* [[Manabi Bandyopadhyay]], Krishnaga Women's College
 
* [[Manabi Bandyopadhyay]], Krishnaga Women's College
 
* [[Vijayraja Mallika]], Saraj International
 
* [[Vijayraja Mallika]], Saraj International
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'''Scotland'''
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* [[Jackie Kay]], Chancellor, University of Salford
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'''South Africa'''
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* [[Edwin Cameron]]
  
 
'''United States'''
 
'''United States'''
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* [[Transgender Academics]]
 
* [[Transgender Academics]]
 
* [[LGBTQ Academics in Sexuality Studies]]
 
* [[LGBTQ Academics in Sexuality Studies]]
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* [[School Teachers, Researchers and Education Staff Who Identify as LGBTQ]]
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* [[LGBTQ Historians]]
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* [[Teachers of Creative Writing Who Identify as LGBTQ]]
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* [[Government Ministers of Education and Schools Who Are LGBTQ]]
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* [[Prominent LGBTQ Academic Deans]]
  
 
==Further Reading/Research==
 
==Further Reading/Research==

Revision as of 12:50, 19 July 2022

LGBTQ Leaders in Higher Education

Education is a critical component to a tolerant, accepting, and developed world for the LGBTQ community, as it is for society as a whole. The leaders in higher education are important participants to achieving acceptance of diversity. They encourage gay academics to aspire to positions of leadership and push educational institutions to include issues of sexual diversity in their policies and programs.

This is most noticeable in advanced western democracies. The pursuit is more challenging in developing and less liberal countries because many of them view schools of higher education, and their concept of freedom of expression combined with teacher tenure, to be anathema to their centralized and rigid system of government.

We have identified a number of LGBTQ leaders in higher educational institutions around the world. In the United States, the group LGBTQ Presidents in Higher Education has been formed as an interest group to advance the discussion of LGBTQ issues in the field.

Many universities and colleges around the world have incorporated programs which examine issues of sexual diversity across a broad spectrum of disciplines. These include law, medicine, social work, literature and poetry, business studies, sociology, theatre and film studies, and so on. The success of these programs depends materially on the support of the leadership of the educational institution.

Much needs to be done, but these LGBTQ leaders are tremendous advocates and leaders for diversity.

Canada

Great Britain

India

Scotland

South Africa

United States

See Also

Further Reading/Research


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