Events
Mar 21 – BC Immigrant Professionals Conference
BC Immigrant Professionals Conference Date: Saturday March 21 Time: 8:30 am – 4:30 pm (“Power of Mentorship” Panel with Ms. Anja Lanz: 12:00 – 1:00 pm) Place: Hilton Metrotown 6083 […]
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Event Recap: Alternate Health Careers in Canada
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 […]
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Event Recap: Attain Career Success
On July 10 2014, IWIS held another event focusing on sharing tips to achieve career success in BC as well as providing information to newcomers and graduate students. About 25 […]
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IWIS Event: Using Foreign Credentials to Attain Career Success
Using Foreign Credentials to Attain Career Success Date: July 10, 2014; 1:00 PM – 3:30 PM (networking starts: 1:00 PM, presentation starts: 1:30 PM) Location:Room: SUR 3280, Simon Fraser […]
Read more »Event Recap – IWIS Event: Deciphering Canadian Culture
How can each of us celebrate our heritage in Canada’s multicultural environment? This is the question that our speaker, Lorraine Graves, answered in the 5th IWIS event of the year […]
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IWIS Event: Deciphering Canadian Culture: What’s Appropriate? What’s Expected?
New to Canada? Want to know “what, when and how” to demonstrate professionalism at work? Date: Tuesday June 3, 2014 Time: 5:30 – 7:30 pm Location: The Wicklow Pub, 610 […]
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IWIS Event recap for: “Breast and Ovarian Cancer-Not Only a Disease for Older Women”
On May 8 2014, we were fortunate enough to have Katarina Rothe as our moderator for this Café Scientifique. Katharina is a PhD candidate at the Terry Fox Laboratory at […]
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Event Recap: “Cancer Prevention: It’s Not Just Your Genes”
On April 3 2014, IWIS hosted the third Cafe Scientifique to discuss the risks factors and preventive strategies of cancer. Our first speaker was Dr. Carolyn Gotay, who is a […]
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IWIS Event – CAFE SCIENTIFIQUE: Breast and Ovarian Cancer – Not Only a Disease for Older Women
When: May 8th, 2014, 6:00 – 8:00 pm Where: The Wicklow Pub 610 Stamps Landing Vancouver, BC RSVP: http://www.eventsbot.com/events/eb315369808 Speakers:
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IWIS Event – Cafe Scientifique: Cancer Prevention: It is Not Just Your Genes!
When: April 3 2014, 6:00 – 8:00pm Where: The Wicklow Pub 610 Stamps Landing Vancouver, BC RSVP: http://tinyurl.com/n8etl2r
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Event Recap: “Getting to the HEART of Preventing Cardiovascular Diseases”
On February 6 2014, IWIS hosted the second Cafe Scientifique to discuss the risk factors and preventive strategies of cardiovascular diseases. Dr. Gordon Francis, the Director at the Healthy Heart […]
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IWIS EVENT – Cafe Scientifique: Getting to the HEART of Preventing Cardiovascular Diseases
Cafe Scientifique: Getting to the HEART of Preventing Cardiovascular Diseases When: February 6th, 2014, 6:00pm – 8:00pm Where: The Wicklow Pub Address: 610 Stamps Landing Vancouver, BC Cost: Free […]
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Event Recap “How to market your skills to a job in a new field in a new country”
In today’s competitive job market, finding work requires more than just submitting resumes. This issue was the subject of this talk “How to market your skills to a job in […]
Read more »How to market your skills to a job in a new field in a new country?
Society for Canadian Women in Science and Technology Promotes, encourages and empowers women and girls in science and technology How to market your skills to a job in a […]
Read more »Event Recap – Effective Resumes
IWIS hosted another event on April 25, 2013. Nick Arden from SkillMatching.com talked about Effective Resumes to a small group gathered at Waves Coffee downtown. Everybody enjoyed their lattes and had a […]
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Recruiting Study Participants for Perimenopausal Hot Flush Study
Name of Study: Progesterone for Perimenopausal Hot Flushes and Night Sweats Purpose of this study: The purpose of this Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)-funded randomized controlled trial is to […]
Read more »Event Recap – How to Meet People and Get a Job?
Why doesn’t the best resume and writing skill always get you the job? This is the question that our speaker, Lorraine Graves, answered in the first IWIS event of the […]
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Effective Resumes
Nick Arden from Skill Matching will give us an exclusive presentation of online resume creation. He will answer the questions: Why Resumes? How Many Resumes? What should be, and should […]
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How to Meet People and Get a Job
“You can have the best résumé in the world but never get an interview. You can write the best English but no employer replies. Why not? It’s all about meeting […]
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IWIS Event Recap: Mitacs – Inspiring Innovation
On November 20, IWIS were delighted to invite Sang Mah, the Director of Business Development for Mitacs, to speak about the exciting research and training programs-available for both Canadian and […]
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Shabnam Rostabirad – Initiative and Leadership
Immigrating Women in Science (IWIS) is one of most popular and successful programs at SCWIST. Much of the success is attributed to the commitment, dedication and passion of the volunteers […]
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Discover MITACS, unique research and training programs
Are you looking for your first opportunity in the Canadian industry? If you are a current or potential graduate student or post-doctoral fellow, please join this IWIS event with MITACS. […]
Read more »IWIS Volunteer Featured on Global BC
Check out this Global BC news article featuring one of our IWIS volunteers, Elizabeth Velasque! Learn how businesses are finding help using Mitacs – a program that started at UBC […]
Read more »Event Recap – “True blood” vs. “Real blood” vs. “Synthetic Blood”
On June 12th, SCWIST hosted another successful Café Scientifque and had a stimulating discussion on the topic “True blood” vs. “Real blood” vs. “Synthetic Blood”! Dr. Gershon Growe and Dr. […]
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