
York University’s new AI professor job bars men, unless they say they’re women
9 October 2026
York University in Toronto is hiring a Canada Research Chair in Artificial Intelligence and the Arts — and qualified men are barred from applying because of their sex. The job is open only to applicants who tick a box saying they identify as women or “gender non-conforming,” which the posting says includes trans-identified males. So a man can’t apply as a man, but a man who ticks the identity box can. It’s at least the third AI research chair York has restricted this way, and the public is paying for it.


