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On Mai 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 […]

On Avril 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 […]

XX Event 2014 Recap It was my great pleasure to organize XX Evening 2014, an evening of networking and dynamic discussion, for women studying and working in science, engineering, and […]

Close your eyes; picture your ideal job environment. What do you see? Is it a multinational company or a startup? Listen to the sound around you; what do you hear? […]

The Chemistry of Beer, talk for laymen and scientist, by Ken Beattie, on Janvier 20th this year, was an outstanding success. Everyone who attended raved about the facts they learned […]

On Février 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 […]

What a fun night it turned out to be at SCWIST New Year Party!  We had almost 50 guests including some of the SCWIST founders, current members and new members!  […]

On Janvier 16 2014, IWIS hosted the first Cafe Scientifique to discuss the risk factors and preventive strategies of osteoporosis. Dr. Jerilynn Prior, a Professor of Endocrinology at UBC, gave […]

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 […]

On Novembre 27, 2013, SCWIST held the last Brownbag event of the Fall series, and it ended on a high note.  The room was filled with undergrads and graduate students, […]

SCWIST had a meet-up event at the Richmond Nature Park today, and a couple of our members were on-site to check it out. Owls were the topic of the day, […]

On Novembre 12th, in collaboration with UBC Computer Science and UBC eHealth Strategy Office, SCWIST organized a panel discussion featuring six experts in digital health. The focus of the evening […]

 “Stress: Bring it on!” After a bright sunny summer, fall is finally here! So are the monthly Brownbag sessions! On Octobre 2nd, 2013; we had our first Brownbag session of […]

Did you know, there are thousands of wild mushroom varieties in the Lower mainland? Some are highly poisonous while others are priced for their delicious flavours, up to $100/lb for […]

Le 28 septembre, la SCWIST a participé au Grand nettoyage canadien des littoraux, l’un des plus grands événements environnementaux au Canada et le troisième plus grand nettoyage au monde. L’événement annuel [...]

On Août 20th, the SCWIST team and members enjoyed a relaxing picnic at the Lacarno Beach. Under the gorgeous weather, we mingled while feasting on delicious food.  The most popular […]

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 […]

Date de l’assemblée générale annuelle SCWIST : lundi 17 juin 2013 Heure : 17 h 30 – 18 h 00 Inscription 18 h – 20 h 30 Lieu de l’assemblée d’affaires : Salle polyvalente Paetzold – Jim Pattison [...]

IWIS hosted another event on Avril 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 […]

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 […]

Rochelle Grayson was the facilitator and presenter of this BrownBag meeting on Bragging. Rochelle has a list of professional achievements as long as your arm (see her full bio), so […]

Janvier is not only the month to start fresh into a new year and make resolutions, it is as well National Mentoring Month. Started at Harvard University in 1997 and […]

On Novembre 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 […]

This Hallowe’en Brown Bag presented the topic of Communicating Science for discussion among the 6 panel members and 26 attendees. Sarah S. Chow, Science Communicator and PhD Candidate in Cardiovascular […]