Send a great reference letter.  Happy chat by email.  Text message or message through LinkedIN.  Find a way to reach out to a former female student or instructor or even your graduate supervisor and wish them Happy WinSTEM week! 

For 2016, TEDx Innovations created a list of 5 selected talks by women from the world of coding to celebrate Ada Lovelace day.   Enjoy these while we build our own list of TED Talks for you to enjoy.

Government and non-for-profit sectors offer some of the most stable employment opportunities in Canada, and also some of the most rewarding. Is there a place here for people with background in technology and science? What are the growth opportunities, and what are the obstacles that you can face on this path? Join MentorUP discussion series on October 10, and learn from other guests and field professionals how a degree in science and technology can be used to build a career in government and non-for-profit sectors.

The evening will be held as a part of WinSTEM week, which celebrates women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.

An opportunity to network with fellow mentors and volunteers who have volunteered their time to Operation Minerva. This network event will allow the exchange of ideas for how to engage the grade 8 participants as we maintain their interest in STEM and show the day-in-the-life of a women in a STEM career.  Additionally, this will give an opportunity for the mentors and volunteers to expand their external networks. 

This will be an informal event where you can show up at any time however we will have Karen McPherson, MLA for Calgary-Mackay-Nose Hill area join us at 5:30pm for a Key Note talk. 

Meet AWSN Executive team for 2017-2018. 

The Women Who Propelled Us, from Missiles to the Moon to Mars

Author: Nathalia Holt    ISBN 978-0316338929

Rise of the Rocket Girls is a book outlining the history of the “human computers’ at the Jet Propulsion Lab from the 1940s to the 2000s.  Even the first core group of students included a talented mathematician who happened to be a woman.  From that point on, JPL “computers” were almost always women.  The first supervisor, Macie Roberts, would only hire women because of her concern of any disruption caused by mixing a man into her department. Women were not allowed to be engineers at the time and these jobs were a God send to any young woman who had a sharp mind and an interest in the sciences.