11 Nov 2017
#STEM4Every1, CanWomenSTEM150, Success, Technology
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Hackathon brings together local community to #UseDigitalForGood

When it comes to STEM skills it is well known by now that they are the future for career success. In order to achieve that, hackathons are a great start. We were super excited to have been part of the Gift The Code Hackathon as mentors to participants in this meaningful event.

According to Capital One, the main sponsor of this event,  “Innovation is driving change in sectors spanning finance, health, and business, with technologists pursuing the most transformative solutions to disrupt established industries. Around the world, entrepreneurs are applying their lenses not just to industry challenges but to issues of social interest. At home in Toronto, you would not be hard-pressed to find organizations that would benefit from the efficiencies of technology.” 

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15 Oct 2017
CanWomenSTEM150

#CanWomenSTEM150-150 Days of Canadian Women in STEM : Week 35 Wrap Up

#CanWomenSTEM150 Conference 2017

We are so grateful to everyone who participated and made this event a great success. Our diverse and dynamic group of speakers and panelists provided in-depth insight about the opportunities in STEM, diversity and gender equality.

A huge shout out to our amazing sponsors who supported us: Faculty of Science at Ryerson, Salesforce and Lighthouse Labs, thank you for Silver Sponsorship; thank you to 20 Toronto Street Conference and Events for hosting us in your beautiful space; thank you to media and community partners. We want to thank the speakers and panelists who inspired and engaged us all day and, not to forget, we want to thank everyone who attended and participated in the discussion.

We sincerely hope that the conference was all everyone expected it to be and that the young students who visited took advantage of the opportunity meeting with our women professionals in their respective fields of STEM. And we encouraged them to pass on the learnings from the event to their fellow friends to learn more about #STEM.

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26 Sep 2017
CanWomenSTEM150
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“Numbers don’t lie.”

“Numbers don’t lie.”
 

This is a common and well-known quote that I am pretty sure that we are all familiar with. The same applies to the low number of women in STEM.

Statistics show that although 59% of women are Science and Technology graduates, only 23% of them hold an Engineering degree and only 30% of them are Math and computer science, graduates. In 1987, only 20 % of the people working in STEM fields were female, a number that has raised up to only 22 % to date. While there is a lot of buzz going on around this issue, not enough is being done to include women in these fields and to focus on diversity beyond gender. Talk alone will not create change yet knowing who to speak to will make a big impact in changing the ratio for women in STEM.  More