Les STIM incluent les sciences, les technologies, l’ingénierie et les mathématiques.
Project Acorn is a radical community-building space for youth aged 16-24 from 2SLGBTQ+ identities, families, and communities. For four days, Project Acorn brings together youth and those in solidarity with youth and creates a safer, empowering, and liberating space, where people can share knowledge, make connections and build bridges.
The SEAT Program, funded by the Federal Government, aims to empower young women to think of careers in STEM/STEAM. This program will give young women between the ages of 15-30 years old the opportunity to work together on a STEAM related community-based project that will focus on creating positive change for our community and also earn volunteer hours.
Through mentorship, visibility campaigns, and more, these scientists are pushing for inclusion and change in traditionally heteronormative fields.
Becky Raichur is an innovative entrepreneur who has co-founded several companies. Her background in mathematics and computer science has enabled her to blaze new paths of programming and cloud computing to keep ahead of the curve in-app, search, and online development.
Oilsands remediation expert Chelsea Benally fulfils their lifelong dream to help the environment after being sidetracked. Chelsea Benally knew she’d landed a good, secure job when she was hired by Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, N.M.
A study by Engineering Science student Deb Raji (Year 4 + PEY) and researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is underscoring the racial and gender biases found in facial-recognition services. Raji spent the summer of 2018 as an intern at MIT’s Media Lab, where she audited commercial facial technologies made by leading companies such as Microsoft, IBM and Amazon. The researchers discovered that all of them had a tendency to mistake darker-skinned women for men.
Individuals with disabilities who are not in the labour force are faced with the misperception that they are either unable or unwilling to work. Failure to recognize and address these myths and negative stereotypes results in discrimination and the exclusion of individuals with disabilities from the workplace despite their willingness and ability to actively participate in the labour force.
Women in Communications and Technology is the only Canadian coast-to-coast non-profit organization that inspires and supports women to achieve their highest career potential in Canada’s digital economy through professional development, mentorship, advocacy and research. WCT has worked to close the gender gap, promote female leadership and advance diversity across a range of industries including information, communication, media and technology.
Women in Scholarship, Engineering, Science, & Technology (WISEST) focuses on creating effective programs to empower women (and other underrepresented groups) to pursue, impact, and succeed in the fields of science, engineering, and technology. WISEST is thrilled to launch its new 5-Year Strategic Plan which will help focus and re-energize our organization as we continue to grow and respond to the needs of our stakeholders, click here for more details.
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Canada’s mission is to enable life-changing mentoring relationships to ignite the power and potential of young people
Canada 2067 is a national initiative to shape the future of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) learning, focusing on Kindergarten to Grade 12. Canada 2067 is contributing to Canada’s commitment to meeting the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal #4 – ensuring inclusive and equitable quality education for all.
DAWN Canada was founded in 1985 following a meeting between seventeen women from across Canada who came together to discuss issues of mutual concern. Women with disabilities face many barriers. Indigenous women, LGBTQ, older women, women of colour or immigrant women encounter even more discrimination and more barriers.
Natalie Panek is truly an inspiration. Along with being a trailblazing space engineer, Natalie is dedicated to inspire, empower and uplift young women in science & engineering.
After she was diagnosed with a progressive condition, Rebecca McMurrer feared the time and effort she had put into building a nursing career would go to waste
A study was released about the Spring 2021 enrollment, which showed a dramatic decrease in total undergraduate enrollment. And there were significant loses in programs associated with science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM).
Established in 1992, The Canadian Coalition of Women in Engineering, Science, Trades and Technology (CCWESTT) is a voluntary, non-profit national coalition of individual members and groups from across the country who advocate for a diverse and inclusive Canadian Science, Engineering, Trades and Technology (SETT) workforce. CCWESTT strives for inclusion, compassion, respect, cooperation, trust and integrity in our partnerships and collaborations. The long history of the Coalition, shared core values, collaborative efforts and significant regional and national activities of member groups have provided a firm base from which CCWESTT has built a national voice for women in SETT to change, build, and lead policy and practice for a diverse workforce.
The Government of Canada has created some initiatives listing some networks, career tools, fairs and competitions that they support.
Girls’ programmers, as well as those who are building programs for girls, get together for an intensive training session. The training is based on popular education and encourages critical thinking and movement towards action. Through creative and interactive activities, opportunities are provided to talk about programming for girls, as well as build skills in a variety of areas.
Equity, diversity and inclusion are high-priority values across the post-secondary sector, with institutions aspiring toward social justice principles in all areas of their mission and operations. If post-secondary institutions are committed to supporting and equipping each and every student, it is a shared responsibility to consider the diversity of identities and experiences within student populations.
Participants will build, launch, dissect and soar their way through an engaging week-long program based on some of our favourite activities, experiments and projects from our 30-year history of STEM outreach on the University of Toronto’s St. George campus!
Women of color in science face a double whammy of discrimination, according to a report released 21 January. The results show how stereotypes of different groups play out in the scientific workplace and demonstrate the biases women in science confront regardless of their race.
A national organization that propels and celebrates women’s advancement in all job sectors. The organization holds events, offers career development and mentorship programs, and hosts Canada’s Most Powerful Women: Top 100 awards.
The Creating Authentic Spaces toolkit and education program was created to challenge transphobia and to foster environments that are inclusive of gender identity and gender expression.
YPT provides professional development, fellowship, and networking for young professionals in the transportation field.
