Women in STEM
          Women are still widely underrepresented in STEM and have less opportunities than men to reach the top levels of science. While studies have shown that gender differences in grades are disappearing, many studies also show that stereotypes and biases make men perceived as higher achievers. These cognitive biases make it harder for many women to be recognized as great scientists. The Women is STEM - Supporting Sisters project at the University of Lethbridge aims to help overcome these biases. Using a co-operative research model, women already at the university working together will be reached out to in order to create a stronger and safer working environment. This project will offer mentorship, career training, etc. to support women in the STEM community and provide the tools to empower women to succeed in STEM as a career.

          We have helped start this process by creating several posters for women in STEM at the U of L as part of the national Science Literacy Week (https://www.scienceliteracy.ca/). These “I Am A Scientist” posters will be circulated across campus, shared on social media, and posted at our local libraries.




The above is an example of one of the posters and of it being shown in the University of Lethbridge. The others are on our social media pages. Here are the names of some people we have made posters for.

Professor Shawn Bubel
Professor Arundhati Dasgupta
Dr. Susan Findlay
Professor Jennifer Mather
Dr. Chelsea Matisz
Professor Jenny McCune
Professor Gerlinde Metz
Professor Sharon Pelech
Professor Jackie Rice
Professor Stacey Wetmore
Dr. Ying Zheng

Wiki
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