SFU Brown Bag Conflict Resolution, Negotiation and Navigating Your Academic Career with Brian Green Date of Event: April 13, 2015 Speaker: Brian Green In another edition of the Brown Bags Lunch Time Series co-organized by SCWIST, the SFU Office of Graduate Studies and the SFU Postdoctoral Association, SFU PDA President Emma Griffiths interviewed the SFU Faculty […]
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Event Recap: Brown Bag UBC Mar 5 – Make Possible
UBC Brown Bag Lunch Series: Make Possible Mentoring Network Workshop Date of Event: March 5, 2015 Speakers: Cheryl Kristiansen and Gwen Gnazdowsky SCWIST has launched its Make Possible Mentoring Network, part of the Government of Canada’s Status of Women Initiative to advance women in science and technology. To introduce this mentoring network, UBC Brown Bag Lunch Series […]
Event Recap: Brown Bag Feb 25 – Mentorship
Putting Principles into Practice: Mentoring Coaching and Skills Workshop with Gwen Gnazdowsky & Cheryl Kristiansen Date of Event: Feb 25, 2015 Speakers: Cheryl Kristiansen and Gwen Gnazdowsky In the latest Brown Bags Lunch Series, participants not only talked the talk, but learned how to walk the walk when it comes to mentorship. Cheryl Kristiansen […]
Event Recap: XX Evening 2015 – Thank You Letter from Suzana
XX Evening 2015 Recap Thank You Letter From Event Organizer, Suzana Djordjevic-Stajic This was my fourth year organizing the XX Evening, and this year, I had enormous help from Samaneh Khakshour. The event was a great success, with over two hundred people in total, including SCWIST Board Directors, volunteers, Science World Staff, and Wonder […]
Event Recap: XX Evening 2015
XX Evening 2015 Recap Date of Event: March 3, 2015 The Society for Canadian Women in Science and Technology, in partnership with Science World at TELUS World of Science, hosted their annual XX Evening networking event. Having never attended myself, I had no idea what to expect. The evening was lots of fun and very […]
Event Recap: SFU & UBC Brown Bag – Make Possible
Make Possible Mentoring Workshops Date of Event: Feb 26 @ SFU; Mar 5 @UBC Speakers: Cheryl Kristiansen and Gwen Gnazdowsky Graduate students recently participated in Make Possible Mentoring Workshops held at UBC and SFU as part of the SCWIST Brown Bag Series. Gwen Gnazdowsky from One Conversation led a hands-on workshop on how to create […]
Event Recap: UBC Brown Bag – Effective Networking
Networking: How to Use It Successfully to Further Your Career Date of Event: Feb 12, 2015 Speaker: Dr. Grace Lee, a successful entrepreneur and academic Networking is an important aspect of our careers and personal lives. It builds a network of people that can provide us with opportunities we may not have been exposed to, […]
Event Recap: 2015 New Year – New Beginnings Party
New Year New Beginnings Party Date of Event: January 27, 2015 For the fourth year in a row, SCWIST held their New Year – New Beginnings Party at the University Women’s Club of Vancouver. This event was not only about the new beginnings, it was also about celebration and continuation of the wonderful work from previous […]
BrownBag Event Recap: Don’t let the bastards grind you down
Don’t Let The Bastards Grind You Down: On Being a Female Leader with Dr. Claire Cupples SFU Brown Bag Lunch Series – Event Recap Date of Event: Jan 22, 2015 Speaker: Dr. Claire Cupples, Dean of Science & Faculty of Molecular Biology & Biochemistry (MBB), SFU It is a common […]
BrownBag Recap: SCWIST Review: None of us are as smart as all of us: Teamwork strategies in STEM
SCWIST Review: None of us are as smart as all of us: Teamwork strategies in STEM Overview by Emma Griffiths, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, SFU. SFU, Burnaby Campus, held Oct 23 2014 “Thinker-Doer”, Anamaria Crisan, otherwise known as Bioinformatician/Biostatistician extraordinaire at the BC Centre for Disease Control, knows how to work […]