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…
Dr. Kathy Lewis never planned to become a professor in the University of Northern British Columbia’s (UNBC) Ecosystem Science and Management program. “During my PhD, I saw what junior professors…
At Canadian Science Publishing (CSP), we publish Sarah Boon’s Women in Science blog series, first started in July 2014, and now with a dozen posts featuring Canadian women in science. Promoting…
Originally from the United Kingdom, Imogen Coe can’t remember a time when she wasn’t interested in science and how the natural world works. “I always wanted to figure…
Dr. Rita Winkler is a Research Hydrologist with the British Columbia (BC) Ministry of Forests, Lands, and Natural Resource Operations (MoFLNRO) in Kamloops, BC. She received a BSF in…
Dr. Kathy Bleiker is the first to tell you that she didn’t find her passion for forest entomology and scientific research until her mid-20s, thanks in large part to the…
When Usha Srinivasan, PhD, thinks of the characteristics that have served her best in her career, the words optimistic, fearless, and relentless are what come to mind. "I found career…
Christie Bahlai has been interested in science since she was a child – though she didn’t see it that way at the time. “My parents were both high school…
Deborah Martin-Downs has never let being a woman get in the way of her ability to do science. “Once I was 8 1/2 months pregnant and out in the…