Issues in Canadian geoscience women in the geosciences in Canada and the United States: A comparative study

Geoscience Canada

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 127-134

  Nentwich, Franz W ^a  

^a NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDIES; CURRENT TRENDS; FEMALE FACULTY; GEOSCIENCES; GEOSCIENTISTS; LINEAR EXTRAPOLATION; UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS; WOMEN FACULTY;

EMPLOYMENT; STUDENTS;

GEOLOGY;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; EARTH SCIENCE; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; HIGHER EDUCATION; LITERATURE REVIEW; NUMERICAL METHOD; OCCUPATION; RECRUITMENT (EMPLOYMENT); TEACHING; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT; WOMENS STATUS; WORKING CONDITIONS;

CANADA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79959372235     PISSN: 03150941     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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