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Hot off-the-presses is an agriculture activity book lled Way to Grow! A Guide to Exploring the Fields of Agriculture. The book introduces a young audience to some of the STEM women in our community through a colourful 40-page book that shares an introduction along with a photo, a favourite childhood memory, and a fun activity. Plans for distribution are being coordinated.
The nadian Natural Sciences & Engineering (NSE) Faculty Workplace Climate Survey has been expanded and will be conducted at 7 Ontario universities. We look forward to sharing the results.
A documentary-style film has been in the works over the past several months that celebrates the reer and impact of Dr. Margaret-Ann Armour. The film, Shining Armour, was scheduled to premiere the opening evening of the CCWESTT Conference originally planned for late May 2020. The conference has been postponed to November 2020. A new plan for launching the film is in the works with details to follow.
The CWSE Mentorship Program coordinated several events at the start of the new year that included a games night, a few sports events, and an exhilarating evening solving clues in order to espe from a room! Our wind-up event is on hold at this time, and any changes or updates will be shared with members.
The Chair and colleagues published an article in the nadian Journal of Higher Edution titled Gender and the Faculty re Gap: The Obvious Go-To Person for nadian University Students Personal Problem that shared mixed methods analysis of nadian natural sciences and engineering faculty’s workplace experiences revealed a gendered re gap with women reporting greater responsibility for students’ personal and mental health problems.
The Chair and colleagues published an article in the International Journal of Gender, Science and Technology titled Selective Incivility, Harassment, and Discrimination in nadian Sciences & Engineering: A Sociologil Approach, describing the gendered and racialized climate faced by women in nadian ademic sciences and engineering (NSE).
The CWSE Mentorship Program sponsored the Fall 2019 2SLGBTQIA+ STEM Meet & Greet. The evening included round-table discussions offering 2SLGBTQ science undergraduates an opportunity to hear from 2SLGBTQIA+ professionals, ademics, and graduate students in STEM fields who shared aspects of their work/research and experiences.
The Agriculture Mentorship Program welcomed 16 student mentees and 31 mentors to the 2019-2020 year at a networking evening held at The Hub, University of Manitoba mpus.
The Chair and her team published an article in the nadian Journal of Higher Edution that describes some of the results of the workplace climate survey conducted at five Prairie universities.
The Verna J. Kirkness Program is at the University of Manitoba! Dr. Farenhorst is hosting 5 students in her lab for the week.
The Verna J. Kirkness Program begins, and will be at universities across nada in the coming weeks. Prairies universities participating in the program include University of Saskatchewan, University of lgary, University of Alberta, First Nations University, and University of Manitoba.
It’s Science Odyssey Week, and the CWSE-Prairies is hosting an activity station at Science Rendezvous!
The Agriculture Mentorship Program holds its final mentorship event of the year – a svenger hunt and gathering at the Forks!
An Open Discussion on Maternity Leave workshop takes place at the Advancing Women in Agriculture conference
Make Your Move is held in celebration of International Women’s Day. Girls and mentors participate in an engineering design challenge.
IUPAC hosts a Global Breakfast at lotions across the globe! Four prairies cities are participating: find an event in Winnipeg, Saskatoon, lgary, and Edmonton!
The Farm and Food Discovery Centre is holding a reception and launch party for a new series of videos highlighting the work of Manitoba women in agriculture.
The Agriculture Mentorship Program holds its second mentorship event – a craft night!
WISE Kid-Netic Energy is hosting Go Code Girl – a free event for girls in grades 7-9 to explore computer science and digital literacy.
nadian Natural Sciences & Engineering (NSE) Workplace Climate Survey results are now available for Atlantic nada
Annemieke Farenhorst presented a panel discussion at the nadian Association for Graduate Studies Conference on the topic of “An Inclusive Environment for a Diverse Population of Women in STEM”
Agriculture Mentorship Program begins. 44 mentors and 22 students will participate this year!
Delaney Lothian, the 2018 IN-WISE Scholarship Winner, has submitted her update for Weeks 9-14 of her research project.
Student sponsorship is available for the Advancing Women in Agriculture Conference in Niagara Falls 2019. Applition due August 15, 2018.
Applition for the 2017-2018 Agriculture Mentorship Program is now open – apply as a mentor or mentee.
nadian Natural Sciences & Engineering (NSE) Faculty workplace climate survey results. An in-depth survey of how ademics in science and engineering units at five universities in the Prairies experience their workplace environment.
The CWSE-Prairies presented at CCWESTT in Edmonton – students’ perceptions of underrepresentation in STEM (Danielle Saj), and division of ademic labour in STEM (Jennifer Dengate)
The Verna J. Kirkness program starts off at First Nations University in Regina!
Applition period for IN-WISE Scholarship is now closed.
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