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MAR 5 : BC WEN Presents Energy Efficiency and Conservation Breakfast

Join the BC WEN in Victoria on March 5th for breakfast and a discussion on the role of energy efficiency and conservation in BC’s energy future. Hear from: Lisa Coltart, Executive Director of the BC Hydro PowerSmart Program Sarah Smith, Director of Energy Efficiency and Conservation with FortisBC Glenys Verhulst, Communications Coordinator with City Green […]

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 […]

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 […]

Nov 6 : SCWIST Personal Branding Workshop #4: The Art of Negotiation

Nov 6 : SCWIST Personal Branding Workshop #4: The Art of Negotiation

SCWIST Personal Branding Workshop #4: The Art of Negotiation Date : November 6th, Tuesday Time : 6:30PM Venue : YWCA Welch Room Guest speaker:  Carrie Gallant. For more information, please click here

Please Participate : Health and Well-being in the Workplace Study

Attention engineers! WWEST needs your help to figure out how to make your workplaces healthier and happier. All it takes is a few surveys and we’ll even give you a Starbucks gift card! Thanks in advance. Researchers at the University of British Columbia invite men and women to participate in a ground-breaking research project examining […]

OCT 12 : Opening the Door

Opening the Door Careers in Science What?   Opening the Door — Career Networking Event When?   Friday October 12th 2012, 3:30pm to 5:30pm Where?   Science World at TELUS World of Science Science World is excited to be hosting an Opening the Door event for grade 10 to 12 students interested in pursuing careers in the sciences at Science […]

Funding for students for The AIDS Support Organization

A great opportunity for three interested and qualified students to participate in a project with The Aids Support Organization (TASO) in Uganda, through Go Global. There is funding available for three students to move the Sustainable Livelihoods project forward in Term 2 (Jan-May). We are seeking upper level undergraduates and graduate students, and the application deadline is […]

Opportunity to Participate in a Project in Uganda with TASO (The Aids Support Organization)

The Aids Support Organization (TASO) is offering students an opportunity to participate in a project in Uganda, through Go Global. There is funding available for three students to move the Sustainable Livelihoods project forward in Term 2 (Jan-May). They are seeking upper level undergraduates and graduate students, and the application deadline is September 16th. Please […]

Survey on Immigrant Professional Networks in BC Conducted by Immigrant Employment Council of BC

The Immigrant Employment Council of BC (IEC-BC) is conducting a survey about immigrant professional networks in BC. If you are an immigrant please help by filling in the survey at https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/IECBC_Survey_Immigrant_Professionals_Science_Tech Please answer Immigrant Women in Science program of Society for Canadian Women in Science and Technology on question number 9: Which Professional Immigrant Network(s) […]

Article: Women Physicists Wade Into a Man’s World

“Girls are looking for opportunities to make a difference. What we don’t communicate well about fields like physics and engineering, is that these are careers where you can have a great impact… In high school we say, ‘Solve equations!’, ‘Do this study on the Milikan experiment!’ or ‘Document the number of electrons!’ Well, how exciting […]

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