The following message is sent on behalf of the Office of the Vice-President, Research; Office of the Vice-President, Academic; and SFU’s Equity, Diversity and Inclusion initiative
Good morning,
On Friday, March 9th, 2018, Anne Webb, Senior Policy Adviser with the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), and Jennifer Houghton, Program Officer in NSERC’s Scholarships and Fellowships Division, will be presenting at the SFU Burnaby campus on NSERC’s Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Framework.
This presentation will highlight the Council-wide action plan to increase equity, diversity and inclusion as integral elements of NSERC policies, processes, indicators of research excellence, and evaluation criteria.
Please join us for this conversation. NSERC welcomes your questions and input.
Details:
Friday, March 9th, 2018
10:30am – 12:30pm
Halpern Building, Room 114
Kindly RSVP with Sarah Bartlett by emailing, vprsec@sfu.ca.
Background:
NSERC has been implementing initiatives to increase women and girls’ participation in natural sciences and engineering research since the 1980s. These initiatives are now being complemented by additional institutional commitments and a Council-wide action plan to increase equity, diversity and inclusion as integral elements of research excellence. One of the five strategic goals within the current strategic plan, NSERC 2020, is, “Building a Diversified and Competitive Research Base,” which includes equity as a key priority.
This presentation, recognizing the range of issues contributing to current participation rates of women, people with disabilities, Indigenous peoples, gender diverse people and members of visible minorities in science and engineering research in Canada, introduces the initiatives and actions NSERC is committed to and undertaking to increase equity, diversity and inclusion in research and in understandings of research excellence. We look forward to sharing our work and receiving questions and input.
Speaker Biographies:
Anne Webb is a Senior Policy Advisor, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion at NSERC. The focus of her work is integrating gender equity and diversity considerations into policies and programs, and facilitating gender-based analysis plus (GBA+) capacity building, across the Agency. Prior to joining NSERC in the fall of 2013 she worked for over 20 years in the non-profit sector, training academic and community-based researchers, designing and coordinating gender equality research internationally and in Canada to inform policy, program and institutional change.
Jennifer Houghton has worked at NSERC since 2002. She is currently a Program Officer in the Scholarships and Fellowships Division, and previously worked in the NSERC Research Partnerships Division. She holds a B.S. Soc. in Criminology, and both a B.A. and M.A. in Linguistics from the University of Ottawa. She has administered multiple funding programs, including Canada Postgraduate Scholarships, Postdoctoral Fellowships, Visiting Fellowships in Canadian Government Laboratories, Industrial Postgraduate Scholarships, Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplements, and Chairs for Women in Science and Engineering. Jennifer enjoys working to increase opportunities for girls and women in STEM fields and is very pleased to be involved with NSERC initiatives in this area.