21 May 2017
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#CanWomenSTEM150- 150 150 Days of Canadian Women in STEM: Week 14 Wrap Up

As we wrap up the 14th week of the 150 Days of Canadian Women in STEM campaign, planning for the closing conference is in full swing. The social media campaign continues to introduce inspiring women in STEM fields, past and present, and the Canadian Women in STEM Conference on July 15th is your chance to meet some of them. The conference theme is “Success Stories and Strategies for Closing the Gender Gap” and you will hear from women who are working hard to do that.

This conference is designed to bring together women and professionals in STEM for knowledge exchange and as as a learning platform to support diversity and close the gender gap Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math fields. Delegates will have the opportunity to hear talks from industry-leading professional women, and participate in an interactive panel discussion about challenges and how to succeed in fields in which women have typically been underrepresented. This event will provide an opportunity for open dialogue and will provide tools and strategies for women in STEM and for those who are considering STEM careers in the future.

Get your ticket today to be a part of this exciting and innovative event. You can also donate a ticket to a student who you think would benefit from the opportunity to learn from and network with the speakers, panel members, industry professionals, and other students interested in STEM.

For a preview of the type of inspiring roles models who will be at the event, read about the six successful women in STEM that we introduced over social media this week:

  • Lexi Benson, Aerospace Engineering student
  • Helen Belyea, Navy lieutenant and Canada’s second female Geologist
  • Leslie Bone, Molecular Science PhD student specializing in cancer biology
  • Yaa Otchere, web developer and digital strategist
  • Dr. Brie Edwards, scientist with the Wildlife Conservation Society Canada
  • Katie Gibbs, co-founder and Executive Director of Evidence for Democracy

Get your tickets today for the Canadian Women in STEM Conference on July 15th!

Between now and July 15, follow hEr VOLUTION’s 150 Days of Canadian Women in STEM on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter
 to read unique and inspiring stories of Canada’s females who are having an impact in STEM.

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 Learn more about 150 Days of  Canadian Women in Stem.

Visit the blog for a wrap up of the featured stories each week. 

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23 Apr 2017
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#CanWomenSTEM150- 150 Days of Canadian Women in STEM: Week 10 Wrap Up

Science and the Earth have been the recent focus, as the annual Earth Day was celebrated around the world on April 22, and as people in many cities participated in the March for Science that same day.

Earth Day was started in 1970 as an environmental teach-in to draw attention to environmental issues, and that goal continues today. Events around the world showcased environmental issues, promoted advocacy, and demonstrated ways that citizens can take action to protect our Earth. The theme for this year’s celebration was Environmental and Climate Literacy, focusing on education with the belief that “Education is the key to advocacy and advocacy is the key to change.”

In Washington D.C. and many other communities around the world, including several in Canada, in addition to regular Earth Day activities, thousands of people participated in the first March for Science. “The March for Science is the first step of a global movement to defend the vital role science plays in our health, safety, economies, and governments.”

At hEr VOLUTION, we believe that it is crucial that all citizens have access to education about science and other STEM fields. “Knowledge is power” and with more knowledge about climate change and environmental concerns, the more power citizens have to take positive steps. With the 150 Days of Canadian Women in STEM campaign, and the concluding Canadian Women in STEM Conference on July 15, hEr VOLUTION aims to show girls and young women that careers in STEM fields are possible for them, and that they can make a contribution in these areas that are so vital to our future. This week, the social media campaign showcased six women in STEM as great examples of this:

  • Mena Ann Kinal, scientist, researcher, and women’s health advocate
  • Ulrike Bahr-Gedalia, President and CEO of Digital Nova Scotia (DNS), the industry association for Nova Scotia’s digital technologies sector.
  • Sylvia Fedoruk, physicist, educator, and lieutenant-governor of Saskatchewan
  • Jo-Anne Reynolds, entrepreneur who founded SpikeBee, an online marketplace for finding and enrolling in summer camps
  • Krysta Coyle, Ph.D candidate, researcher, and advocate of girls’ and women’s rights
  • Agnes Sime Baxter, pioneering mathematician

 

Between now and July 15, follow hEr VOLUTION’s 150 Days of Canadian Women in STEM on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter to read unique and inspiring stories of Canada’s females who are having an impact in STEM.

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 Learn more about 150 Days of  Canadian Women in Stem.

Nominate an inspiring Canadian woman in STEM to be featured.

Visit the blog for a wrap up of the featured stories each week. 

Use hashtag #CanWomenSTEM150 to help us spread the share these women’s stories.

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02 Apr 2017
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#CanWomenSTEM150- 150 Days of Canadian Women in STEM: Week 7 Wrap Up

Astronomy. Biology. Physics. Research computing. Structural engineering. Chemical engineering. Women’s work? Absolutely! Though these fields historically have been considered to be for men, the women that we highlighted this past week as part of the 150 Days of Canadian Women in STEM initiative, are examples of just how significant the impact of women in these areas is. Two of the women braved the extremely gender biased world of science and engineering in the mid-2oth century and helped to open doors for the four others who are leading in science, computing, and engineering fields today. The profiles of these featured women show that when it comes to the STEM fields, women have long been making significant contributions, and are continuing to do so.

If you didn’t get to read the profiles of the inspiring women that we introduced this week, you can read them now:

Between now and July 15, follow hEr VOLUTION’s 150 Days of Canadian Women in STEM on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter to read unique and inspiring stories of Canada’s females who are having an impact in STEM.

Re-post and share and forward!

 Learn more about 150 Days of  Canadian Women in Stem.

Nominate an inspiring Canadian women in STEM to be featured.

Visit the blog for a wrap up of the featured stories each week. 

Use hashtag #CanWomenSTEM150 to help us spread the share these women’s stories.

26 Mar 2017
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#CanWomenSTEM150- 150 Days of Canadian Women in STEM: Week 6 Wrap Up

This week we passed the quarter-way mark in our 150 Days of Canadian Women in STEM campaign. During this time, we have built up a database that showcases over 30 Canadian women involved in STEM careers. The profiles of these women serve to show a breadth of talent and skills of women in this country. In just over 40 days, we’ve featured a wide variety of scientists and teachers and mentors and doctors and researchers and innovators.

We hope that teachers and advocates and mentors will use this growing database to help motivate young girls and women who are starting out. There are endless options for them to make their mark in science, technology, engineering, and math in Canada. We are excited to see how this database expands as we move closer to the final event on July 15.

Once again, this week, we focused on women who have helped to shape our history, and women who are deeply focused on STEM right now. Catch up on their unique and inspiring stories:

Between now and July 15, follow hEr VOLUTION’s 150 Days of Canadian Women in STEM on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter to read unique and inspiring stories of Canada’s females who are having an impact in STEM.

Re-post and share and forward!

 Learn more about 150 Days of  Canadian Women in Stem.

Nominate an inspiring Canadian women in STEM to be featured.

Visit the blog for a wrap up of the featured stories each week. 

Use hashtag #CanWomenSTEM150 to help us spread the share these women’s stories.

19 Mar 2017
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The momentum is continuing to build for hEr VOLUTION’s 150 Days of Canadian Women in STEM campaign, leading up to the big wrap up event in July.

People continue to nominate their colleagues, friends, and family members, and many strong women are nominating themselves. They all understand the importance of showcasing the achievements of women in STEM in Canada in order to inspire more girls and young women to pursue careers in these fields.

Once again, we focused on women from Canada’s history, women with years of success in active STEM careers, and women who are just getting started — the past, present, and future of Canadian women researching, learning, doing, and teaching.

This week, these inspiring women were introduced:

Between now and July 15, follow hEr VOLUTION’s 150 Days of Canadian Women in STEM on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter to read unique and inspiring stories of Canada’s females who are having an impact in STEM.

Re-post and share and forward!

 Learn more about 150 Days of Women in Stem.

Nominate an inspiring Canadian women in STEM to be featured.

Visit the blog for a wrap up of the featured stories each week. 

Use hashtag #CanWomenSTEM150 to help us spread the share these women’s stories.

01 Mar 2015
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SPARKED BY SOCIAL JUSTICE -Octavia Grace Ritchie England

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Much has been written about the first women doctors of Canada, and especially Ontario’s Emily Howard Stowe, the first woman to practice medicine in Canada, and her daughter August Stowe Gullen, Canada’s female first medical school graduate.

In fact, Maclean’s magazine did a feature on Stowe and Canada’s women doctors way back in 1910. The pioneer feminist rose to fame in Canada in the 1970’s as this Google ngram clearly reveals. More