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Attain Career Success [Event Recap]
/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 […]
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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“Breast and Ovarian Cancer-Not Only a Disease for Older Women” [Event Recap]
/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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Getting to the HEART of Preventing Cardiovascular Diseases [Event Recap]
/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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How to market your skills to a job in a new field in a new country [Event Recap]
/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 »Effective Resumes [Event Recap]
/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 […]
Read more »How to Meet People and Get a Job [Event Recap]
/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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Are Stem Cells the Future of Modern Medicine? [Event Recap]
/Written by Lee Ling Yang CIHR Café Scientifique Presentation On Thursday, May 31, SCWIST in conjunction with CIHR, hosted another successful Café Scientifique at the Wicklow Pub in scenic False […]
Read more »Networking: Accessing the Hidden Job Market [IWIS Event Recap]
/“Where, who and how should I network?” These questions and many more were answered at SCWIST’s Networking: Accessing the Hidden Job Market workshop on May 2 2012. Jennifer Trost, a […]
Read more »Five Steps to a Successful Career in Canada [Event Recap]
/Dr. Roslyn Kunin’s “Five Steps to a Successful Career in Canada” was one of our year’s most successful IWIS events. She elegantly explained the difficult subject of economics and concepts […]
Read more »CIHR Café Scientifique Event a Great Success! [Event Recap]
/First, a thank you to those of you who joined our event! It was a great evening with inspiring presentations from the speakers and very interesting discussions. The pub was […]
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