WWEST Media Articles
"Want to Encourage Gender Diversity? Choose Your Words WISEly" by Dr. Lesley Shannon: Published in Computing Research News May 2016
WWEST Media Archive
The following links lead to media featuring WWEST or Dr. Lesley Shannon:
"Supporting women’s journeys to leadership," The Globe & Mail, April 4, 2019
"STEM to STEAM Education,"The Globe, April 4, 2019.
McKay, Jackie. "High demand for women in science and tech jobs in Yukon, says report," CBC, December 7, 2018.
"WWEST at Yukon College releases Current State of Women in STEM in Yukon report," Yukon College, December 6, 2018.
"UBC Okanagan professor tasked with increasing diversity in science,"Kelowna Capital News, September 20, 2018.
"Yukon scientists and engineers featured in Best of the WWEST podcast series," Yukon College, April 12, 2018.
"BC's Most Influential Women 2018: Stem Stars," BC Business, no date.
"The deck stacked against women in science," Nature, March 8, 2018
"Badass Women of SFU," The Peak, March 7, 2018
"Yukon College, SFU create new promotional position in Whitehorse," 96.1 CKRW, January 25, 2018
Blake, Emily. "STEM satellite program planned for territory," Whitehorse Daily Star, January 25, 2018.
"SFU engineering science professor Lesley Shannon named diversity champion." SFU News. March 27, 2017.
Gray, Jennifer Smith. "150 Days of Canadian Women in STEM: Week 6 Wrap Up." hErVOLUTION. March 26, 2017.
Favron, Cecile. "Gender disparities in engineering and computing science at SFU and its effects on female students." The Peak. March 13, 2017.
Moore, Dene. "Girl code." Business in Vancouver. February 22, 2017.
"Why these women chose a career in HPC." Compute Canada. July 14, 2016.
"SFU Technovation competition aims to get more girls into tech." CBC News. February 26, 2016.
Kielburger, Craig & Kielburger, Marc. "Have Your Say: How can we encourage more girls into science careers?" The Globe and Mail. September 23, 2015.
Van-Lane, Bruce. "Lesley Shannon named NSERC Chair for Women in Science and Engineering (B.C./Yukon)." IEEE Canadian Review. July 2015.
"Two new chairs will encourage women in science and engineering." Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. May 22, 2015.
"The Key to Increasing Innovation." Innovation Magazine. March 2015.