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150 Days of Canadian Women in STEM

As Canada celebrates its 150th birthday, we want to take this opportunity to celebrate 150 days of Canadian women in STEM. They have paved the way to innovation and they will continue to inspire our future generation of young women who one day will be looking for female role models in STEM fields. http://bit.ly/CanWomenSTEM150

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#CanWomenSTEM150 My name is Luisa Tellez, and I am a Structural #Engineer, I currently work with a consulting company where I am part of the team working on the #structural #design of the underground stations for the Eglinton Crosstown Light Rail Transit (ECLRT).

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#canwomenstem150 A serial entrepreneur and philanthropist, Natasha Raey’s primary work focuses include: #healthcare, women’s empowerment and medical marijuana. Natasha is the current Chief Relationship Officer at GradsLikeMe

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#CanWomenSTEM150 Professor Marianne Hatzopoulou is a Civil Engineering #Professor and Tier 2 Canada #Research Chair at the University of Toronto in the #Transportation Engineering research group, having completed her post-doctoral studies at MIT, and a prior professorship at McGill University.

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#CanWomenSTEM150 Dr. Veena Rowat was born India. She moved to Ottawa, Ontario in 1968. She is the 1st Canadian woman PhD graduate in #electrical #engineering and the only woman in her 1973 graduating class at Queens University, Kingston, Ontario. In 1974

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Angella Mignon-Smith has a passion for learning. She's been fortunate enough to see her career grow and evolve. She started off her early career as a #metallurgist working in the #Steel industry, and made the move to #Nuclear, where she'd been involved in large scale reactor refurbishment projects.

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Cristina Rodrigo is an aspiring dentist in her fourth year studying Biomedical Sciences at Ryeson University. In her second year at Ryerson, she co-founded the Chemistry and Biology Research Leaders Challenge to create more opportunities for students to bring research skills learned in classroom to solve real world challenges.

#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!

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#CanWomenSTEM150 Dr. Franklin received her PhD in experimental physics at the Technical University of Berlin, after she and her parents survived the holocaust. She arrived in Toronto in 1948 to pursue a post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Toronto and worked as a senior scientist at the Ontario Research Foundation (1952-1967). She became the first female professor in UofT’s Faculty of Engineering in 1967.

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#CanWomenSTEM150 As the Executive Director for WestGrid, Lindsay Sill helps bring together computing facilities, research #data management services, and a network of #technical experts to meet the needs of today's researchers in Western Canada.

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#CanWomenSTEM150 Nadia Aubin-Horth is a professor in the Department of #biology at Université Laval. Her research topic is behavioural #endocrinology and #ecological #genomics. She is a leader in her field, has an extended network of collaborators worldwide and has given several invited talks at prestigious conferences and institutions.

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#CanWomenSTEM150 Armed with a Chemical #Engineering degree (University of Waterloo) and a MBA (Schulich School of Business), Jenise Lee is the Founder and CEO of @CertClean - North America’s leading certification for safer beauty and personal care products. The certification allows shoppers to instantly recognize beauty products free from ingredients known to cause harm to human health.

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#CanWomenSTEM150 Helen Hogg-Priestley was a faculty member in astronomy from 1936 until her death in 1993. She was Canada's best-known and most beloved astronomer, as a result of her excellence in teaching, research, professional service, and especially in communication of astronomy to the public.

#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.

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#CanWomenSTEM150 Eva Martinez embodies a lifelong passion for #aerospace and #aviation. A former air cadet and a graduate of the #Royal #Military College of Canada, Eva holds a Bachelor of #Engineering degree with a specialty in Aerospace. Before retiring as a Major in 2002, Eva worked as an #Aeronautical Engineer in the Royal Canadian Air Force. Eva was actively involved in various committees for the militaries of North, Central and South America throughout her military career.

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#CanWomenSTEM150 Dr. Lesley Shannon is an #engineer, #teacher, and #activist, who cares deeply about promoting #science, engineering, and #technology careers to women. Her primary area of interest within engineering is #Computing #System #Design, including #architectures, design methodologies, and #programming models. When she’s not teaching courses in SFU’s Engineering Science department, Dr. Shannon is busy advocating for women and other under-represented groups in #STEM.