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Lassonde School of Engineering : Faculty Member positions

Lassonde School of Engineering at York University is hiring for new faculty positions. Please visit http://lassonde.yorku.ca/new-faculty/ for more information.

Congratulations : Stephanie Wilson receives Emerging Leader in Technology Award from Minerva Foundation

“Wilson, 25, says mechanical engineering is not a career that most people envision for women. That became more obvious to her during a meeting in Calgary with a client. When she got up to speak, she noticed that it took a couple of minutes for several of the 15 to 20 men in the room […]

Nova Scotia’s Welcoming Workplaces : HR Toolkit

Nova Scotia has recently launched  Welcoming Workplaces. This is an HR Toolkit and a SkillsOnlineNS resource for employers. W Please see the press release and direct link to the tool for more information. http://novascotia.ca/news/release/?id=20121017001 http://business.novascotia.ca/en/home/businessprograms_info/workforcedevelopment/nshrtoolkit.aspx

Nov 17: SCWIST presents Native trees of B.C. Walk

EVENT NAME: Native trees of B.C. Walk—Discovering Vancouver’s native trees. EVENT DATE: Saturday 17 November 2012. Sunday 18 November in case of rain. EVENT TIME: 10 am – noon LOCATION: Meet along North Lagoon Drive at Tatlow Walk in Stanley Park. There is plenty of parking along North Lagoon Drive. Learn about native trees in […]

Article: ‘Academic Motherhood’

This article provides great advice for institutions and women faculty about how to make family and tenure track careers work for women. “Do colleges support professors who are mothers trying to balance their parental and professional responsibilities? Every few months, there is a debate prompted by a campus controversy or a new study. Two scholars […]

Article: Want equal pay? Many women still not speaking up when it comes to salary

This article by Erin Andersen,examines the salary gap between the genders. “If you start low, it is hard to catch up,” says Dr. Elizabeth Croft, an engineering professor at the University of British Columbia who conducts an annual workshop on negotiating salaries for her female students. At the seminar, she points out that women often […]

Article: Gender bias makes women choose careers outside hard sciences

“Scientists have solved the mystery behind women opting for careers outside hard sciences, citing gender discrimination as a major reason. Both male and female scientists view gender discrimination as a major reason women choose to pursue careers in biology rather than physics, researchers from Rice University claim. The new study surveyed 2,500 biologists and physicists […]

Article: Women campus hires power IT workforce

“In a landmark for the IT industry, maybe for most industries, IBM India has this year hired more women than men during its campus recruitment. This is significant because it’s happened in an industry where mass recruitment is the norm. Of the campus recruitments done by IBM India till June, 52% were women — a quantum leap from the […]

Article : Diversity in Organizations by Dr. Elizabeth Croft and Jennifer Pelletier

WWEST’s very own Dr. Elizabeth Croft and Jennifer Pelletier are featured in the October issue of Innovation magazine. They examine diversity in organizations. “Recent labour studies indicate that demand for engineering and geoscience professionals in Canada will increase over the next decade.Combined with aging demographics, we may soon face significant shortages in many disciplines, particularly in western […]

YWCA High School Mentorship Program

YWCA is looking for mentors for their High School Mentorship Program. “What do mentors do? Mentors are the highly valued backbone of this program.  They are professional women who come from all over Vancouver, bringing a diverse range of careers and experiences.  Mentors are matched with students who have similar career and/or personal interests and […]

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