As a child growing up in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Renee Horton spent many nights staring at the night sky, wondering what might exist beyond our universe. "My interest in…
Some people go through life following a traditional or linear career path, others listen to the fire inside and pursue it relentlessly. Diane Nalini de Kerckhove fits into…
Tara Macdonald grew up surrounded by science: her mom was a biologist who had run her own consulting company since 1994, and her dad was a geologist. "I inherited…
A logical thinker and always ready for a challenge, Victoria Kaspi chose to pursue physics when she was studying in CÉGEP in Québec. "I always liked math," she recalls,…
When Shohini Ghose was a young girl growing up in India, she wanted to be an astronaut. "The first Indian astronaut went to space when I was a child,"…
Dr. Ursula Franklin was many things: physicist, educator, feminist, holocaust survivor, and peace activist to name a few. To capture her life story in a blog post simply won’t do her…
Caroline Fox didn’t plan to become a scientist. In fact, as a child she wanted to be a musician, an astronaut, or a firefighter. “I work with quite a…
Dawn Bazely is a Professor of Biology at York University. It was the first tenure-track position she applied for after her postdoc in 1989, and she’s been there ever…
Have you heard of Beakerhead, Canada’s smash up of art, science and engineering? If not, you’re missing out. Held every September since 2013 in Calgary, Alberta, Beakerhead bills itself as…
Anna Warwick Sears isn’t one to succumb to impostor syndrome, a trait that has helped her immensely on her career path. “I once sat on a women in science…