As a result of their deliberations committees may make recommendations which they include in their reports for the consideration of the House of Commons or the Government. Recommendations related to this study are listed below.

Recommendation 1

That the Government of Canada, in interactions with post-secondary institutions, provincial governments, and territorial governments, emphasize the importance of cross-jurisdictional coordination to achieve greater pay equity among university faculty.

Recommendation 2

That the Government of Canada, through Statistics Canada and the federal granting councils—the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research—develop a standardized data collection tool for post-secondary institutions to report on pay equity, including consistent demographic data on gender, race, disability status and Indigenous identity that would be tied to institutional funding eligibility.

Recommendation 3

That the Government of Canada, to the extent that federal jurisdiction allows, through the federal granting councils—the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research—consider specific supports to increase pay equity for under-represented groups.

Recommendation 4

That the Government of Canada amend the Federal Contractor’s Program to require participation for all colleges and universities that receive federal research funding, expand the four designated groups of the Employment Equity Act and Federal Contractors Program to include the 2SLGBTQI+ community, and require the submission of disaggregated racial data, as possible given privacy requirements.