Presidents Blog: August 2013
Dear SCWIST Community, Happy Summer! July has gone by way too fast, and I find the fabulous weather slipping away before I can enjoy it. So why can’t I slow […]
Read more »BC Student among the 15 Google Science Fair 2013 Global Finalists
Ann Makosinski was selected as one of four Canadian Regional finalists for the Google Science Fair. Ann Makosinski, a grade 10 student at St. Michael’s University School in Victoria, has […]
Read more »SCWIST is recognized for mentoring girls in STEM!
Our new President, Ms. Rosine Hage-Moussa, was interviewed by the Globe and Mail in which she explained her motivation on helping girls in pursuit of a career in STEM and […]
Read more »SCWIST 2013 Annual General Meeting [Event Recap]
/What a great AGM we had this year! Last year we thought we had the best turnout ever but this year we had double the turnout! Many thanks to all […]
Read more »What do our members have to say about SCWIST? Networking & Mentorship
Hi SCWIST Members! Last Summer (2012) we at SCWIST decided we needed to engage with our membership to get their input on the 2013 direction of SCWIST- particularly programming. For […]
Read more »The President’s Blog
Jan 2013 Hello SCWIST Members and Friends, Happy NEW YEAR!!! “We look at the present through a rear view mirror; we walk backwards into the future” This one of my […]
Read more »Why it might be true that you can’t become a mother and be a professor in STEM
/Guest Blog by Dr. Anne Steino Since moving to Vancouver in 2009 I have heard numerous people (women) explaining their choice to not have kids, as based on their career […]
Read more »Building an Online Profile to Benefit your Academic Career
By Jane O’Hara Creating your own online presence can have many benefits: first of all, it has evolved into a modern resume or CV, where all your educational and employment […]
Read more »Brains, Behaviour, Girls and Geeks
/By: Jane O’Hara It’s a fact that women today are still underrepresented in numbers in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), with the exception of life sciences […]
Read more »Thoughts on ‘Science. It’s a Girl Thing’
By Kristi Charish. This is a tricky blog to write. So much so I’ve been mulling over what I’m going to say all week. It’s not every day the science […]
Read more »On Science and Superheroes
/by Jane O’Hara. Let’s talk, people! Let’s communicate with society! What shall we talk about? Let’s talk about the things that we do in our everyday working lives that everyone […]
Read more »Update: Successful AGM
/By Kristi Charish Why you should attend the AGM this year All right, before you shut this blog post down, hear me out. I’m like most of you. I care […]
Read more »Two Worlds of Words
/by Pamela Lincez Sitting in the chair at a hair salon the other day (yes-scientific chicks are concerned with their hair styles), I was enjoying my ‘free time’ – flipping […]
Read more »Go forth and boldly network – it will pay off in a multitude of ways
/By Jane O’Hara A lot of people are scared of the concept of networking. The idea of moving around a room full of strangers, introducing yourself and giving a ‘sales […]
Read more »A Big Contributor, Largely Overlooked
/By Almas Does the name Harriet Brooks ring a bell? Harriet Brooks was the first Canadian nuclear physicist born on January 1st, 1876 in Ontario. Brooks was called second to […]
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