Archives: women

Thursday, November 5, 2015

Women can start the conversation

You thought that you'd crossed the highest hurdle? Renate Ysseldyk suggests that getting the PhD was the easy part! Now comes juggling the rest of your life with your academic aspirations in a culture that does the talk (sometimes), but not the walk.  Sharing the reality of your experiences is a first step.  Read... More

Thursday, September 10, 2015

STEM Leaders Program

WISE Ottawa and the Women in Leadership Foundation (WIL) have partnered to bring women pursuing studies in Science and Engineering a mentorship program to support their professional and personal... More

Sunday, June 21, 2015

STEM women in Canada…

Despite more young women studying the STEM disciplines, it appears that little else has changed in the past 25 years.  Today, 22% of the STEM workforce is female (compared to 20% in 1987), and pay inequities continue.  Find out more at Gender inequality in STEM is very real for Canadian women. Thumbnail photo: Francoise Barr-Sinoussi, winner... More

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