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Article: UBC women engineering students at all-time high

CBC interviewed Dr. Elizabeth Croft about UBC’s success in enrolling a record number of women students this year. She also discusses ways that employers can encourage women to pursue engineering careers. Click here for the article and radio interview.

Mar 31: Application deadline for Banff Centre Science Communications scholarship

SCWIST is offering a scholarship to a SCWIST member selected to attend the Science Communications 2015 Program, a professional development retreat for science communicators at the Banff Centre. Click here for more information.

Article: Fewer Women Run Big Companies Than Men Named John

A recent Ernst & Young report revealed that fewer large companies are fun by women than by men named John (and also men named David). This article examines how this measure can be an interesting way to quantify the Glass Ceiling Effect.

Article: Breaking down barriers for women engineers trained abroad

An article from The Source newspaper features MOSAIC’s new online pre-arrival service to help foreign-trained women engineers immigrate to Canada, which is funded by WWEST. Click here to read the article.

Happy National Engineering Month!

March is National Engineering Month and CWSE Ontario will be celebrating women in engineering with their #iEngineer: 30 Women in Engineering in 30 Days campaign, where they will share the stories of 30 woman making their mark as leaders, designers, researchers, and entrepreneurs in engineering across Ontario.