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6-8 Mar : 2013 Global Marathon

Women in engineering and technology around the globe are invited to attend 2013 Global Marathon, 6-8 March. Register now, create your profile and join the conversation! For more information about the community and this free virtual conference visitwww.inxpo.com/events/globalmarathon or email them at engineeringwomen@eweek.org.

Video :TED Talk – Revolutionizing Women in Engineering and Science

Natalie Panek from MDA Space Missions speaks at TEDx Toronto about revolutionizing women in engineering. Click here for the full video!

Congratulations :AJung Moon featured in IEEE WIE eBook

UBC’s own AJung Moon has been featured in IEEE WIE eBook. This is a great resource of profiles of women in engineering. http://www.ieee.org/ns/periodicals/WIE/issue1/index.html Please feel free to share the link, as this is a community resource.  In the coming weeks the Android and Apple apps of this resource will be launched. As a reminder, this is […]

Video : Science in Greenland: It’s a Girl Thing

Video response to “Science : It’s a girl thing” by a group of Dartmouth women graduate students. Link to their article : http://engineering.dartmouth.edu/news/science-in-greenland-its-a-girl-thing/

MAR 7: XX Evening Networking Event

The Society for Canadian Women in Science and Technology and Science World are once again collaborating to create a lively evening of networking! We will invite women studying science, technology, and engineering, and women who are considering career changes, to come to TELUS World of Science to meet women with careers in science and technology […]

Join Women in Engineering (WIE)

Women in Engineering is a student-led group that focuses on fostering an inclusive environment at UBC, runs personal and professional development workshops and networking and mentoring events.  The program is open to all female women students in Engineering – we hope you will consider joining us at an upcoming event. For more information about WIE: […]

Jan 22 – SCWIST hosts Family Movie Night

Please join SCWIST for a Family Movie Night with SCWIST President Maria Issa introducing this exceptional environmental enthusiast. Bring your questions and prepare to be surprised and enlightened! Miranda Andersen, filmmaker and environmental activist, discusses and shows her award-winning films. Date: January 22nd, 2013 Time: 4:30 – 5 PM check-in Location: Hycroft/UWC, 1489 McRae Avenue, […]

Jan 24 – WIE(VR) presents Entrepreneurship and Starting your own Consulting Business

Join Donna Denny as she shares her journey to business ownership and entrepreneurship. This interactive workshop will not only give you practical tips on how to start your own consulting business  but how to tackle the internal demons that say you can’t. Presentation Details Date: Thursday Jan 24th, 2013 Time: 6:30-9:30pm, talk starts at 7pm […]

UBC Wins bid to host NCWIE 2013

University of British Columbia has officially won the bid to host the National Conference on Women in Engineering 2013. Please stay tuned for more information.

FEB 2, 14, 22 : Math Challengers Regional Competitions – Volunteers Needed

Math Challengers is running competitons again this year and we are looking for volunteers to run the program and mark papers. The Math Challengers events this year are: Regional Competitions: Saturday, Feb. 2, 2013 at UBC (Volunteers needed!) Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013 at the Kelowna Okanagan Campus (Volunteers needed!) Friday, Feb. 22, 2013 at Camosun […]

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