I am in my 32nd year of being a Professor in a STEM discipline in one of those precious few Canadian Universities in the top 100. My experience is that if any group is generally under represented in the hiring process it is the Canadian-born academic. In my department it seems that for every one Canadian-born that is interviewed, 9 others are non-Canadian. Almost all appointments that we make are non-Canadian. I do not understand just why Canadian-born young men and women do not want to pursue advanced degrees in STEM subjects.