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Report: Career Choices and Influencers in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math: an analysis in the Maritime Provinces

Dr. Tamara Franz-Odendaal, Department of Biology and NSERC Chair Women in Science and Engineering, (Atlantic Region), Mount Saint Vincent University, and her research team have completed the first phase of their five year study. Their objectives were to understand (i) the attitudes of grade 7-12 students in Atlantic Canada towards STEM subjects; (ii) their engagement […]

Article: Women in Astronomy – My successful experience with sexual harassment

A regular reader of the Women in Astronomy Blog has written an anonymous guest post about her experience with sexual harassment. What worked for her, might not work for everyone.  If you are being sexually harassed, please contact the sexual harassment officer at your institution for guidance on your particular situation. “In light of some recent […]

Mar 7: DAWEG WIE Vancouver Networking Event

DAWEG, in partnership with WIE(VR), Women in Engineering (Vancouver Region), will be hosting a Speaker and Networking Event to mark International Women’s Day on March 8, 2014. Entrepreneurship – Start-up Lessons Learned Hear from one woman who went from being an engineering student to navigating the start-up world, and learned some of the ins and […]