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Podcast Summary: Breaking the "Ivory Ceiling" with Dr. Elizabeth HutchessonJoin us for an insightful discussion featuring the research of Dr. Elizabeth Hutchesson DC, MPEd, BMSc, as she explores how academic promotion policy serves as both a "mirror and a mold" for gender equity in the chiropractic profession.In this episode, we dive into a structural analysis of the Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College (CMCC) Collective Agreement, investigating why a profession that is now 60% female still faces a persistent 77% gender wage gap and a lack of women in senior leadership.Key topics covered include:The "Ivory Ceiling": How "neutral" promotion rules often undervalue the "feminized" labor of mentorship and pastoral care, creating a leadership bottleneck for women faculty."Quiet Sorting" and the Complexity Burden: A look at the gendered distribution of clinical work, where women often manage higher volumes of socially complex care at external sites—labor that is frequently excluded from traditional "prestige models" of clinical excellence.Biased Metrics: The impact of gender bias in intern evaluations and how these "rules of the game" can penalize women for performing essential relational work.A Roadmap for Equity: Dr. Hutchesson’s actionable recommendations for institutional reform, including "clock-stopping" provisions, mentorship maps, and the formal recognition of equity-oriented scholarship.Whether you are an educator, a clinician, or a student, this episode provides a practical framework for translating "diversity talk" into substantive structural equity across chiropractic and the broader allied health landscape.