Status of Women committee  That's required.

Status of Women committee  The science, technology, and innovation strategy that was released in December had a new piece in there that was putting $10.9 million per year into NSERC's PromoScience fund. That has been a core funder of many of the outreach organizations across the country. I hope it will be

Status of Women committee  It's a complex question. Again, it's very hard to say there's a magic bullet. I think we've covered a lot of it. It's around experiences and knowledge and awareness, and the recognition that social influences are very strong. I'm still struck by the number of times I hear “I di

Status of Women committee  It's a big one.

Status of Women committee  Yes.

Status of Women committee  Let's Talk Science hasn't done any analysis on some of the funding and research allocations, but I know that NSERC has done quite a number of gender-specific program reviews, and with the women in engineering chairs, has actually produced a number of reports looking at things lik

Status of Women committee  There must be a database of female scientists who are here.... People such as Elizabeth Cannon get named to things numerous times. The president of the U of A, Indira Samarasekera, is on quite a number of things. I think it's about getting access to the names. I've been really im

Status of Women committee  It is beyond me to comment. I don't know.

Status of Women committee  It's the perception of kids.

Status of Women committee  Most people don't know that the ring signifies safety, a commitment to safety, right? A lot of people don't understand that.

Status of Women committee  Twenty years ago there were very few organizations that were actually in this space. Universities didn't have science outreach offices. Flash forward now and there are hundreds and hundreds of organizations. Only a few have a national perspective, but there are literally hundreds

Status of Women committee  I might be able to tell you more in October. In the field right now we're doing a survey of parents that complements the one we did with the kids last year, helping to understand what parents' perceptions around STEM careers are, the type of work that would be within STEM, and un

Status of Women committee  Sure, just quickly on mentoring, while I absolutely agree that it's critical to get more women in mentoring roles, I would not like to do it at the exclusion of engendering men in helping with this. I have a Ph.D. in physiology and some of the best mentors I've ever had in my ent

Status of Women committee  Now the nearest one is “STEAM”, because we need to include the arts. But this is where I think the labels break down, so recommend or come up with a word that we can all use and get behind.

Status of Women committee  My experience kind of builds on what Dorothy touched on, which is the social implications. Often women will veer towards the fields that they feel are having an impact, whether it's an impact on society or an impact on other people. In terms of the connection between things like