WWEST Blog Archive

• WWEST Program Wrap Up
• Introducing Two New White Papers on Allyship and Negotiation in the Workplace!
• Dr. Frances Oldham Kelsey and Her Fight Against the FDA
• Check Out WWEST's New White Paper on Sponsors vs. Mentors!
• Women and Non-Binary Folks of Board Game Design
• Who is Quoted in the Media
• Dr. James Barry and Recognizing Trans Stories in the History of Science
• Depictions of Women in STEM: Hazel Brownlee-Wellington
• How Girl Guides are Closing the Gender Gap in STEM
• Depictions of Women in STEM: Dr. Dottie King
• Girls of Google: 5 Inspiring Success Stories of Women and their Careers at Google
• 7 Indigenous People in STEM You Should Know
• 10 Tips for Leaders to Inclusively Support Their Teams
• Managing Mental Health During the Pandemic
• Depictions of Women in STEM: Dr. Darcy Lewis
• Temple Grandin, Autism Acceptance and Why it’s Awesome to be Autistic in STEM
• Exploring the Struggles of Deaf People in STEM
• Trans Day Of Visibility in STEM: How to Be a Better Ally to Transgender and Non-Binary People in Workplaces
• International Women's Day: #ChoosetoChallenge
• Depictions of Women in STEM: Dr. Nyota Domonique of "Saturn's Child" by Nichelle Nichols
• Dr. Anne Innis Dagg: The Jane Goodall of Giraffes
• The UN's International Day of Women and Girls in Science
• Supporting Coding Careers for BIPOC, Women and Non-Binary People- Lighthouse Labs’ New BC Reskilling Project
• The Winter Solstice and the Woman Who Explored the Sun
• Access to Internet Advances “Economic Reconciliation” for Indigenous Communities
• The Women Who Started it All
• How Gender and Racial Inequality is Impacting Work Conditions During a Pandemic
• Depictions of Women in STEM: Zoey Clarke
• Depictions of Women in STEM: Jett Reno
• Dr. Theresa Tam and COVID-19
• Words Have Power: Avoiding Exclusionary Job Advertisements
• Depictions of Women in STEM: Dr. Jane Foster
• Science Activities for Kids
• Dr. Bonnie Henry and COVID-19
• Depictions of Women in STEM: Billie McEvoy
• Dr. Amy Le Vesconte: Her life and memoir
• International Women's Day 2020
• Depictions of Women in STEM: Michael Burnham
• Depictions of Women in STEM: Stacey McGill
• 2019: A Year in Review
• Depictions of Women in STEM: Dr. Sharon Hayes
• The Pink Tax
• Equity in Professorship
• Depictions of Women in STEM: Ms. Frizzle
• The Scully Effect
• Depictions of Women in STEM: Dr. Claire Saunders
• Lucy Wills
• CWSE National Chair Network Conference Funding Announcement
• Press Start: Diversifying and Destigmatizing Gaming
• Depictions of Women in STEM: Nomi Marks
• Supporting Women in Trades
• Depictions of Women in STEM: Honey Lemon and Go Go Tomago
• Media Depictions of Women: An Update
• Women Deliver Conference 2019
• 4 Ways to Create Equality in the Workplace for Women
• Science Odyssey 2019
• AI4All is Seeking Project and Program Mentors
• Depictions of Women in STEM: Lara Croft
• International Women's Day 2019
• Starting STEM Early
• What is Athena SWAN?
• Depictions of Women in STEM: Shuri, Black Panther
• 2018: A Year in Review
• Influential Women of Colour in STEM
• Is Passiveness in Wage Negotiations to Blame for Pay Gap?
• 7 Ways Failure Can Teach Us More than Success
• Depictions of Women in Media: Claire Huddensen
• Can Robots be Biased/Sexist/Racist?
• Women's History Month: Dr. Cecilia Kriegar
• Women's History Month: Dr. Dormer M. Ellis
• Women's History Month: Beatrice Worsley
• Women's History Month: Dr. Alice Wilson
• Science Literacy Week: Thelma Finlayson
• Depictions of Women in STEM: Dr. Ellie Sattler
• How Mansplaining Harms Women in STEM
• Hedy Lamarr: a mind that mixed arts and science
• Supporting Girls in STEM
• Depictions of Women in STEM: Willow Rosenberg
• LGBT STEM Day
• Depictions of Women in STEM: Dr. Temperance Brennan, Bones
• Interpreting Statistics
• Depictions of Women in STEM: Nanette Cole
• Women in STEM and Mental Health
• Science Odyssey & Science Rendezvous 2018
• Urban Work, Independent Work
• Parental Leave and Women in STEM
• Depictions of Women in STEM: Felicity Smoak and Dr. Caitlin Snow
• International Women's Day: Focus on India
• Women of Innovation
• Women in STEM on an International Scale
• A Shift in Focus: Retaining Women in STEM
• Yukon College’s Alison Anderson selected to champion STEM diversity in territory
• Women in STEM and the Economy
• #MeToo and a Call for Intersectionality in STEM
• 2017-18 WWEST and eng•cite Funding Partners Announced!
• 2017: A Year in Review
• Gender Summit 11 North America
• InnovateHER: Helping Women Entrepreneurs
• Getting Girls Into STEM: Then Versus Now
• Depictions of Women in STEM: Lee Hunter
• Women's History Month Part 4: Dr. Evelyn Merle Nelson
• Women's History Month Part 3: Elsie MacGill
• Women's History Month Part 2: Rachel Zimmerman-Brachman
• Women's History Month Part 1: Dr. Allie Vibert Douglas
• Part 3: Not Just Marie Curie: Other Women Physicists You Should Know
• Part 2: Not Just Marie Curie: Other Women Physicists You Should Know
• Part 1: Not Just Marie Curie: Other Women Physicists You Should Know
• Science Literacy Week 2017 in BC
• White Coat Myth: Not All Scientists Wear Lab Coats
• Framing the Faculty Gender Gap: A Summary
• Depictions of Women in STEM: Cosima Niehaus
• STEM Inspired Clothing
• Depictions of Women in STEM: Dr. Ryan Stone
• WWEST Goes to the Yukon
• How Marie Tharp Changed Geology
• Consultant Sought at University of Manitoba
• The Finkbeiner Test: 7 Rules to Avoid Gender Profiling
• 7 Inspiring TED Talks by Women in STEM
• GBA+ Awareness Week 2017
• Creating Connections 5.0: Event Recap
• Depictions of Women in STEM: Amy Farrah Fowler
• NSERC Funding Announcement
• More Women in STEM to Follow on Social Media!
• Lessons Learned from the Mining Industry
• So Long, Farewell
• CC 5.0 Women in STEM Spotlight: Anne Lavergne, SFU Faculty of Applied Sciences
• Meet the Women of Silicon Valley
• Transgender Day of Visibility in STEM
• Engendering Engineering Success
• CC5.0 Women in STEM Spotlight: Dr. Gwenn Flowers, SFU Faculty of Science
• Engineers: Always Inventing the Future (Part 2)
• International Women's Day 2017: Be Bold for Change
• Engineers: Always Inventing the Future
• Depictions of Women in STEM: Patty Tolan
• Job Opportunities: CWSE Strategy Advisor and Student Statistical Analyst
• Be an Ally for Women in STEM!
• We Marched. Now What?
• 'HER'story of the Tech Industry: When Women Were Computers
• Depictions of Women in STEM: Dana Scully
• 2016-17 WWEST and eng•cite Funding Partners Announced!
• 2016: A Year in Review
• Holiday STEM Activities: From Us to You
• Depictions of Women in STEM: Kaylee Frye
• Masculine Work Cultures Causing Gender Imbalance in STEM
• Progress, Hope, and the Next Four Years
• Bill C-243: A Success!
• Depictions of Women in STEM: Nyota Uhura
• Why Media Matters: Depictions of Women in STEM
• Girl Power Anthems to Beat the Winter Blues
• Because of Her: Women's History Month 2016
• Before Peter Rabbit: Beatrix Potter, Mycologist
• Science Literacy Week: STEM Activities and Experiments for Kids!
• STEM Students: A Driving Force of Innovation and Entrepreneurship
• Back to School STEM Activities for K-12 Students!
• Women in STEM to Follow on Social Media
• What Type of Scientist Are You?
• Gender Equality in STEM isn’t a Women's Issue– it’s an Everyone Issue
• Race and Gender Bias: Forces Driving Women of Colour out of STEM
• SFU’s Director of Entrepreneurship named one of Canada’s ten Innovation Leaders
• Job Opportunity: UBC Department of Mechanical Engineering – Solid Mechanics
• Study Finds that Women Seek Smaller Competitions due to Prescriptive Gender Norms
• You Could Be the Next Canadian Astronaut!
• 5 Videos to Change Young Girls’ View of STEM
• NSERC Chairs for Women in Science and Engineering Endorse Bill C-243
• Canadian Team makes it to Finals of 2016 Technovation Challenge
• Science Motivation Strongly Tied to Parents
• World Environment Day: How Women in STEM Can Help Save the Planet
• Dr. Lesley Shannon’s Article on Gendered Language Published in CRA
• Gender Diversity Among STEM Teachers: How It Can Impact Girls
• Engineers Canada Commits to Reach 30 by 30
• Is Your Income a Victim of Gender Bias?
• Do you have an implicit bias? Find out with Project Implicit
• Why it’s important to see “People Like Me” in STEM
• Missing Voices: The Disparity of Women in Research Authorship
• Ordinary Women: New video series challenges gender stereotypes!
• International Women’s Day 2016 – A Day in Review
• Nominate an Iconic Woman to Appear on a New Canadian Bank Note
• Apply for the Grace Hopper Scholarship: Deadline is March 30
• Registration is open for Science Summer Camps!
• SFU Hosts Technovation Challenge to Encourage Girls to Pursue Computer Science!
• Imposter Syndrome and its impact on success
• Study finds that Code Written by Women is Accepted at Higher Rate than Men, but only if Gender is Hidden
• Join the movement – share the hashtag #YouAreEmpowerment!
• Apply Now to Attend Computer Science Summer Camp with Google!
• March is National Engineering Month!
• SFU Engineering Science Professor Inducted Into Top Tier of Engineers
• WWEST is hiring SFU Work-Study and Co-op Students
• SFU Student’s experience at Catalyst Canada Honours Conference
• Science Odyssey: Ten Days of Discovery and Innovation!