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Women play a pivotal role when shaping higher education. They drive change through leadership, innovation, and advocacy for inclusivity, breaking barriers in academia and leading policy reforms. Women are redefining what it means to lead in educational institutions, and their contributions are advancing research, teaching, and administration while creating more equitable, diverse, and supportive environments for students and faculty. As they rise in influence, women help to challenge traditional structures, foster greater access to education, and ensure the future of higher education reflects the needs of all communities. Women Transforming the Future of Higher Education explores the roles of women in higher education and addresses women s experiences as leaders, scholars, and administrators. It helps navigate the challenges that women face, explores barriers to progress, and highlights women s roles in shaping the future of higher education. This book covers topics such as indigenous education, sociology, and mediated relationships, and is a useful resource for educators, policymakers, academicians, sociologists, and researchers.

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Dr. Sharon Lauricella is the inaugural Teaching Scholar in Residence at Ontario Tech University in Oshawa, Ontario. She holds a position as Full Professor in the Faculty of Social Science and Humanities and is a scholar of Communication and the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. Sharon holds a doctoral degree from the University of Cambridge (UK), a BA from Wheaton College (Massachusetts), and a Certificate in Higher Education Teaching from the Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning at Harvard University. Her research focuses on teaching with technology, digital feminist identities, mental health of undergraduate students, and the value of fun and play in higher education. Dr. Shubha Sandill is a strategic leader with an interdisciplinary background in academia, business, non-profits, and civic leadership with extensive experience from a multitude of local, provincial, national, and global civil society organizations. Shubha is the Founder & CEO of Leadership for Equitable & Sustainable Future (LESF), a thought-leadership strategy organization. She holds a Ph.D in Geography from Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar University in India (formerly Agra University), a Masters in Geography from Agra University's St. John's College, a second Masters in Globalization Studies from McMaster University in Hamilton, Canada, followed by a research fellowship at York University's Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies (LAPS) in Toronto. Shubha was a Lecturer at the Department of Geography at Agra University's RBS College, and has been teaching at York University's LAPS since 2012. Prior to this, she was President of Richa Enterprises Inc. in Hamilton for nearly two decades. Shubha's current research concentrates on global gender, economic and climate justice, and socio-legal and public policy reforms through an intersectional framework. Her research about law, equality and entrepreneurship, funded by Osgoode Hall Law School, has been widely published in journals such as the American Journal of Academic Perspectives, and academic books. She has also contributed op-eds to the Canadian Institute for Research on Public Policy (IRPP) - Policy Options Journal. Shubha has served on the Board of Directors for various organizations including Ontario Council for International Cooperation, Equal Voice Canada, and most recently, as Global Board Director at White Ribbon Alliance where her efforts focused on global health inequities and gender justice for women and girls. An avid advocate for advancing civic leadership, Shubha recently ran as the 2022 Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) Candidate for Hamilton West-Ancaster-Dundas and continues to dedicate her efforts towards making civic landscapes more inclusive, equitable and sustainable, while bridging the gap between academia, legislature and politics for evidence-based policy formation and constructive law reforms. Taima Moeke-Pickering is a Maori of the Ngati Pukeko and Tuhoe tribes. She is a full professor in the School of Indigenous Relations at Laurentian University where she teaches courses on Indigenous research methodologies, international Indigenous issues, and United Nations and Indigenous social work. She has extensive experience working with international Indigenous communities, evaluative research, big data analysis, #MMIW and photovoice methodologies. She is co-editor of the book Decolonizing & Indigenizing Education in Canada (2020) and lead editor for the book Critical Reflections and Politics for Advancing Women in the Academy (2020).

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