Advocacy, Networking, & Support for Alberta STEM Programs that Promote Diversity and Inclusion
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Advocacy, networking and support for STEM programs that promote diversity

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Recruitment

Supporting Alberta STEM programs for young women, rural and aboriginal youth

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Retention

Supporting Alberta programs for STEM graduates at any career stage

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Recognition

Acknowledging excellence through awards, scholarships, and idea development

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Sep

20

2017

150 Women of Inspiration - AWSN members nominated

By hutchins

Three AWSN members have been nominated for Canadian Business Chicks 150 Women of Inspiration awards. See their interviews with Monica Kretschmer, Founder and CEO of Canadian Business Chicks and Women of Inspiration (click on their name). To learn more about Canadian Business Chicks and their Women of Inspiration event Saturday, September 30, 2017, Telus Convention Centre, Calgary.

Alicia Bjarnason - AWSN President

Sophia Fairweather - AWSN Board and Honorary Executive

Deanna Burgart - Power to Choose Chair (incoming), Founder of GAIA

Sep

18

2017

National Science Literacy Week

By hutchins

AWSN is celebrating Science Literacy Week, 2017 through an interesting collaboration with a Calgary teacher and AWSN member, Cheryl Wecels (WinSTEM Recognition Award 20016). Read about the experiment in Octobers's STEM Education Today. Nominate someone like Cheryl Wecels for a WinSTEM recognition award today!

Power To Choose Aboriginal Youth STEM Camp

By hutchins

Read Nicole Dunsdon's story in UCalgary's Utoday about our camp's impact on one young lady.

Aug

24

2017

STEM Education Today

By fzyshani

STEM Learning Lab has released their magazine "STEM Education Today" and will be taking subscriptions starting Sept, 2017.

STEM Education Today is a free resource that provides a platform where everyone can become a part of an ever-growing network of global innovation and change.

READ it by clicking on on the cover.

Aug

08

2017

Power To Choose is the only Canadian winner of FIRST 2017 STEM Equity Community Innovation Grant

By fzyshani

Nimi and soldering with Cybermentor at PTC2016

FIRST® Announces 2017 STEM Equity Community Innovation Grant Winners. Underserved and underrepresented students from 17 communities to receive grants facilitating hands-on learning and problem-solving opportunities.

GE Lights Up Grand Central With Women of Science

Wednesday, September 20, 2017 - 11:52

There are plenty of ways to recognize the pioneering women who've made unique contributions to science, technology, engineering, and math. But GE chose an unorthodox strategy by creating custom-designed animations of 12 influential women in STEM and projecting them onto the ceiling of Grand Central Terminal in New York City.

Liberals can afford to spend $8-billion a year on daycare program: IMF

Thursday, August 3, 2017 - 11:09

|“Canada succeeds when women and girls are given opportunities to succeed.”

International Monetary Fund researchers say the federal government can afford to spend $8-billion annually to reduce the cost of child care spaces nationwide because the program would pay for itself.

The proposal is more than 10 times what the Liberals have promised to spend annually over the next decade on child care.

The IMF predicts the cash would... Read more

Let’s talk about women in STEM

Wednesday, August 2, 2017 - 15:04

|“Just as we need to find opportunities to communicate with younger women, we need to find opportunities to communicate with men and get them involved so they can understand what we’re dealing with and what we want.”

At first glance, award-winning film Hidden Figures seems like your typical Oscar-nominated movie: great plot, superb actors, eye-catching visuals, and an inspiring story. But there’s more that meets the eye.

Based on a... Read more

Aug

24

2017

STEM Education Today

By fzyshani

STEM Learning Lab has released their magazine "STEM Education Today" and will be taking subscriptions starting Sept, 2017.

STEM Education Today is a free resource that provides a platform where everyone can become a part of an ever-growing network of global innovation and change.

READ it by clicking on on the cover.

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