Congratulations to all SCWIST 2015 Science Fairs Provincial Award Winners! We look forward to learning more about your projects! This award of $100 is to be given to young women […]

  Date: Thursday May 7, 2015 Time: 3:00 – 6:00 pm Location: Life Sciences Institute, 2350 Health Sciences Mall, Room LSC3 All are welcome!  Register HERE The Entrepreneurial Toolkit Symposium is a […]

March 2015 SCWIST Newsletter

UBC Brown Bag Lunch Series: Make Possible Mentoring Network Workshop Date of Event: March 5, 2015 Speakers: Cheryl Kristiansen and Gwen Gnazdowsky SCWIST has launched its Make Possible Mentoring Network, part of […]

  March 18, 2015 – London, Ontario The Honourable Ed Holder, Minister of State (Science and Technology), joined by Susan Truppe, Member of Parliament for London North Centre, today announced […]

Putting Principles into Practice: Mentoring Coaching and Skills Workshop with Gwen Gnazdowsky & Cheryl Kristiansen Date of Event: Feb 25, 2015 Speakers: Cheryl Kristiansen and Gwen Gnazdowsky   In the […]

IWIS Collaboration Are you an internationally trained professional looking to expand your network in Canada? There is a unique opportunity to broaden your network of professionals through one-on-one meetings with […]

XX Evening 2015 Recap Thank You Letter From Event Organizer, Suzana Djordjevic-Stajic   This was my fourth year organizing the XX Evening, and this year, I had enormous help from […]

ms infinity outreach SCWIST at the Science Fair Fun Run Date: Sunday May 31, 2015 Time: 7:30 am – 12:00 pm Race Warm-up: 8:30 am Place: The Village (Athletes Way […]

Women on Board Resources Here are some resources regarding Board Opportunities and Initiatives to help get more women on boards: Canadian Board Diversity Council:  http://www.boarddiversity.ca/ Institute of Corporate Directors:  http://www.icd.ca/Home.aspx […]

XX Evening 2015 Recap Date of Event: March 3, 2015 In partnership with Science World at TELUS World of Science, the Society for Canadian Women in Science and Technology hosted […]

Congratulations to JOANNE MELVILLE, one of SCWIST’s Founding Members, for being nominated for 2015 YWCA Women of Distinction Award for Education, Training and Development. In addition to being a passionate teacher, […]

SCWIST Past President, Anna Stukas, Recognized for Positive Impact on Women in Engineering On November 26, 2014, our Past President, Anna Stukas, was honoured with the Philanthropy Award by Minerva […]

Networking: How to Use It Successfully to Further Your Career Date of Event: Feb 12, 2015 Speaker: Dr. Grace Lee, a successful entrepreneur and academic Networking is an important aspect […]

The radio CKNW Jon McComb Show interviewed Sandy Eix, Science Learning Lead for Science World and our past SCWIST Director, on what parents can do to introduce and encourage their […]

We are in the midst of an important study on Status of Women in Canada and on its imperative economic and social advantages. SCWIST is engaged with full power in […]

Good morning, Honourable Members. My name is Fariba Pacheleh, I am an engineer and the current president of the Society for Canadian Women in Science and Technology, SCWIST. For the […]

SCWIST Review: None of us are as smart as all of us: Teamwork strategies in STEM Overview by Emma Griffiths, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, SFU. SFU, […]

Conflict Resolution for the Professional Woman Speaker: Lindi Frost Where a group of people works together, very likely there is difference in opinions that may lead to conflict situations. As […]

1) What inspired you to pursue a career in life science/biotechnology? I come from health science, so my migration to the life sciences was motivated by a combination of the […]

Make Possible Mentoring Network                 SCWIST Becoming Leaders Workshop The Becoming Leaders Workshop held on Sept 17th was filled with a group of energetic, professional women with a passion for learning.   […]

MakePossible, WEB Alliance, & SCWIST Less than a month to launch our MakePossible mentorship beta version and we already have been engaged in many conversations and meetings that support its […]

On September 24th, 2014, IWIS organized an event in partnership with Back in Motion, and Simon Fraser University at the Surrey campus of SFU. While the seats were all sold […]

Get the Job You Really Want: 2 Essential Career Building Tools – Compelling Career Branding Statements & Information Interviews Presented by: Joanne Loberg, Career Coach & Certified Executive Coach of […]