@article{538b12e98b8647039b0ef1d4410ee5fa,
title = "Language matters: The study of Canadian politics through an exploration of syllabi and comprehensive exams",
abstract = "The representation of Canada's two main linguistic groups in the teaching of Canadian politics is crucial, but we know little about it. In this article, we analyze the systemic underrepresentation of francophone authors in Canadian political science by examining the research that students are exposed to. Based on data from 351 syllabi across 42 Canadian universities, as well as data from the reading list of the doctoral qualifying field exams in Canadian politics, our findings show that francophone authors are systemically underrepresented (when not totally absent). About 38 per cent of Canadian politics courses include no francophone authors in their reading lists. Our findings suggest that Canadian politics is not an inclusive and comprehensive field. This result entails important implications not only for current professors and students but also for the profession more generally, given that the students who will make up tomorrow's faculties in Canadian universities are shaped by these biases.",
keywords = "Canadian politics, higher education, language, representation, socialization",
author = "Daoust, {Jean Fran{\c c}ois} and Alain-G. Gagnon and Thomas Galipeau",
note = "Funding Information: We wish to express our thanks to the four anonymous reviewers of this journal for their comments and suggestions. Special thanks to our colleagues St{\'e}phanie Chouinard (Royal Military College, Kingston), Luc Turgeon (University of Ottawa), Brian Tanguay (Wilfrid Laurier University) and Ruth Dassonneville (Universit{\'e} de Montr{\'e}al) for their very useful suggestions and critical thinking. We have also benefited from the work of David B{\'e}langer at the beginning of the project, as he assisted us with the collection of data. We are also grateful to Nicole McMahon, Christopher Alcantara and Laura B. Stephenson who made the dataset used for their excellent article on the qualifying field exam in Canadian politics publicly accessible and allowed us to conduct the second study for this article. In addition, continuing support from the School of Social and Political Science at the University of Edinburgh and the Canada Research Chair in Quebec and Canadian Studies at the Universit{\'e} du Qu{\'e}bec {\`a} Montr{\'e}al is also recognized. We wish also to acknowledge a grant from the Research Support Program of the Secr{\'e}tariat du Qu{\'e}bec aux relations canadiennes. A final word of thanks to Fran{\c c}ois Rocher for having initiated this crucial field of research for the advent of a political science community that is as open and welcoming as possible. Any errors remain our sole responsibility. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2022 The Author(s). Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the Canadian Political Science Association (l'Association canadienne de science politique) and/et la Soci{\'e}t{\'e} qu{\'e}b{\'e}coise de science politique.",
year = "2022",
month = dec,
day = "28",
doi = "10.1017/S0008423922000749",
language = "English",
volume = "55",
pages = "897--915",
journal = "Canadian Journal of Political Science",
issn = "0008-4239",
publisher = "Cambridge University Press",
number = "4",
}