Males and other able-bodied individuals barred from applying to Dalhousie University position

Dalhousie University is seeking a chair in artificial intelligence and healthy aging. The advertisement reads: “The Faculties of Computer Science and Health at Dalhousie University invite applications for a Canadian Institutes of Health Research Tier 2 Canada Research Chair (CRC) in Artificial Intelligence and Healthy Aging. This position is designated to candidates who self-identify as women with a disability or gender equity-seeking persons with a disability.”

In other words, men, non-disabled women and non-disabled gender equity-seeking persons need not apply.

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Peter MacKinnon served as the president of three Canadian universities and is a senior fellow of the Aristotle Foundation.