Meet Bipasha Baruah, W4RES Advisory Board Member

Bipasha Baruah is Professor and Canada Research Chair in Global Women’s Issues at Western University.

Professor Baruah earned a PhD in environmental studies from York University, Toronto, in 2005. She specializes in interdisciplinary research at the intersections of gender, economy, environment, and development.

Most of her current research aims to understand how to ensure that a global low-carbon economy will be more gender equitable and socially just than its fossil-fuel based predecessor. Author of a book and more than 100 peer-reviewed articles, book chapters, and other works, Professor Baruah serves frequently as an expert reviewer and advisor to Canadian and intergovernmental environmental protection and international development organizations. The Royal Society of Canada named her to The College of New Scholars, Artists, and Scientists in 2015. “The College” is Canada’s only national system of multidisciplinary recognition for the emerging generation of Canadian intellectual leadership. Every year, it names individuals who have made exceptional professional contributions to Canada and the world within 15 years of completing their doctorates.  

Bipasha Baruah recently published three articles on gender equality in the clean energy sector:

• "Creating and Optimizing Employment Opportunities for Women in the Clean Energy Sector in Canada"
• "Navigating sticky floors and glass ceilings: Barriers and opportunities for women's employment in natural resources industries in Canada"
• "Indigenous women's employment in natural resource industries in Canada: Patterns, barriers and opportunities"