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By noor on June 11, 2012
Changemakers is running a “collaborative competition where social entrepreneurs enter their ideas and programs to gain funding and support. Enter your idea or solution, or nominate an individual, organization, or partnership before the competition deadline on September 12, 2012. More than $200,000 in investments will be awarded to top entries. Entrants will also have the […]
By anoushka on June 7, 2012
On June 14 2012, Women in Mining (WIM) will be hosting a brown bag networking event, and launching WIM’s Run for the Cure Time & Date: June 14, 2012 @ noon Place: Fasken Martineau, 2900 – 550 Burrard Street, Vancouver Presenter: Carmin Osbourne – Run For the Cure Officer BC/Yukon Event Summary: Please join […]
By noor on June 1, 2012
What’s Holding Women Back? A key question at the Women in the Economy Conference At the women in economy conference, “a task force of business, government and academic leaders set out to confront obstacles that keep women from participating fully in the economy”. At the conference, they discussed issues that held women back, and put […]
By noor on June 1, 2012
Join CanWit for this unique event with Laurie Schultz, President and Chief Operating Officer of ACL. Laurie is responsible for leading the successful execution of ACL’s strategic growth plans and has been featured as one of Canada’s Top 20 Women in the IT Channel in addition to the Top 100 Women in North American Channel. Space is limited. […]
By anoushka on May 30, 2012
Join the BC Women in Energy Network for a tour of the energy-from-waste facility in Burnaby BC, operated by Covanta Energy. Burnaby Waste-to-Energy Facility, operating as Covanta Burnaby, began commercial operation in February 1988 serving Metro Vancouver. The facility is located in the commercial/industrial area of South Burnaby, British Columbia and processes approximately 25 percent […]
By anoushka on May 28, 2012
ERRATA: Please note changes in the schedule: May 29: Linc Kesler, Ph.D. May 31: Leila Harris, Ph.D. MECH 410E: Global Engineering Leadership Distinguished Lecture Series at UBC Upcoming Talks: May 29, 2012: Social and Political Dimensions of Water Use and Access Speaker: Leila Harris, Ph.D. (Assistant Professor, UBC: Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability, Institute […]
By anoushka on May 28, 2012
The second “Women in Physics Canada” conference will be held at the University of British Columbia Date: August 1-4, 2012 Website: http://www.physics.ubc.ca/~wipc2012 Early Bird (reduced fee) registration deadline: June 29, 2012 (Increased registration fees will be in effect afterwards) “The conference is aimed at young women in all areas of physics (including Engineering Physics and Astronomy) primarily […]
By anoushka on May 17, 2012
The article ‘Why The Engineering, Computer Science Gender Gap Exists’ talks about how “isolation, subtle discrimination and inherent gender differences could be keeping women underrepresented in the ‘hard’ sciences and tech” Read the rest of the article here.
By anoushka on May 17, 2012
The Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) Canada annually awards the IEEE Canada Women in Engineering prize to the nominee who has demonstrated substantial success in her undergraduate program and volunteer service to the IEEE. The prize as a whole recognizes the excellence in young women engineer professionals. This year, the prize was awarded […]
By anoushka on May 17, 2012
The article ‘Women Disappearing from Top Technology Jobs’ describes the current decline in the number of women in senior technology positions in the US: “Nine per cent of U.S. chief information officers (CIOs) are female, down from 11 per cent last year and 12 per cent in 2010, according to the survey by the U.S. […]
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