Status of Women committee  I think it will, but if the number of tenure-track positions continues to decrease, it will still have a limited impact, because the number of jobs available for young scientists in general is still decreasing compared to the number of scientists who are graduating. In many field

Status of Women committee  I would like to see better federal oversight of universities, because if the number of tenure-track positions has been increasing, perhaps the federal government could legislate that the funding be contingent upon having a certain proportion of students to full-time faculty, or s

Status of Women committee  There's been a lot of research demonstrating that it's not actually a lack of interest among girls, it's the barriers they face as they move forward within STEM careers. A lot of the representations that I mentioned are big barriers. It's been indicated that having more accurat

Status of Women committee  It happens continually. It starts in childhood but it continues all the way up to the point that women are looking to enter STEM careers. The leakiest point of the pipeline is the post-doctoral fellowship.

Status of Women committee  Currently the Ph.D. is typically followed by one or more post-doctoral fellowships in Canada, which are contract positions where Ph.D.s work in research labs, continuing to do research, and continuing to apply for tenure-track positions, which is what they're trained to do. In a

Status of Women committee  That's a good question. I think one thing is to continue to support programs in science promotion, and there are already a lot of great programs out there, so that support needs to continue. I'm also going to turn to other countries that can help us explore this question. There

Status of Women committee  Bringing videos of actual women scientists into schools and having visits from actual women scientists have both been very successful in terms of breaking stereotypes. I've noticed that there have been changes in the media over the past several years. Women are often being portra

Status of Women committee  We have received funding over the years from NSERC on several occasions through their PromoScience grants. A number of companies have given smaller donations, and individuals have given smaller donations. We don't have formal data on the exact number of girls who have gone throug

Status of Women committee  In Oakville.

Status of Women committee  Thank you for your involvement with CAGIS Oakville.

Status of Women committee  Thank you for inviting me here. I am Larissa Vingilis-Jaremko, and I am the founder and president of the Canadian Association for Girls in Science, CAGIS. CAGIS is a national volunteer-run science club for girls aged seven to 16. Chapters hold monthly events for members during