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May 29: APEGBC Vancouver & DAWEG career advancement for women panel & networking

APEGBC Vancouver Branch and APEGBC Dvivision for the Advancment of Women in Engineering & Geoscience are hosting a great panel and networking session on May 29, 2014.  Their event is open to all, including non-APEGBC members. From their website: DAWEG & APEGBC Vancouver Branch Panel Discussion “Career Advancement for Women in Engineering and Geoscience”. Schedule: […]

Article: New York comes knocking for B.C. women in technology

WWEST readers may be interested in this news release from the Ministry of International Trade and Responsible for the Asia Pacific Strategy and Multiculturalism: ************************ VANCOUVER – The B.C. Ministry of International Trade is partnering with the BC Innovation Council and the Canadian Consulate (New York) to offer B.C. women in technology the opportunity to […]

June 2: Symposium on Women in Engineering (Toronto, Ontario)

A Symposium on Women in Engineering will be held on June 2nd at the CSME International Congress at the University of Toronto,( June 1-4, 2014) organized by Prof Christine Q. Wu, University of Manitoba and Prof. Catherine Mavriplis, University of Ottawa and the NSERC Chair for Women in Science and Engineering, Ontario region. The symposium is devoted […]

Article: How to “mainstream” women in the workplace

On WWEST’s reading list: Caroline Simard, Sabina Nawaz and Francine Berman make the case for including gender diversity as a core business priority in Fast Company. “While most companies recognize that gender diversity is needed to build a stronger workforce and more innovative organizations, they mostly do not include it as a core business priority. […]