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Femmes en sciences et en ingénierie WISE/FSI |
| Ottawa-Carleton Chapter | WISE choices for a better world... |
There are some exciting news to share this
year with our members and members-to-be!
The new executive has restructured the
Ottawa-Carleton Chapter to include two new
student Branches created over the summer.
An enthusiastic team is leading each Branch.
The students will participate in many if our
Chapter's events and they have also planned
some of their own. All of these initiatives
will provide the platform for a very
educational and entertaining year for WISE
members.
It is a privilege for me to be associated with
the Ottawa-Carleton WISE Chapter. In July
1997, I permanently moved back to my
native town, the city of Ottawa to become
the chair holder of the NSERC/Nortel Joint
Chair for Women in Science and Engineering
in Ontario. In this capacity, I am currently
concentrating my main efforts on both the
recruitment and the retention of women in
fields where there are well-paying and
interesting jobs. I also feel that the
mentoring that this organisation can provide
women in all fields related to science and
engineering, students and professionals, can
be most valuable when such support is
needed. We all have periods of great
strength and success, and moments of
vulnerability or stress, and the nurturing that
can be provided to us in these times is
invaluable.
I hope to see many of you join the Chapter in
the very near future. The quality and content
of our programs will be enhanced by an
increased membership. Please send me or
other members of the executive some
suggestions of events and ideas that you
would like to see in our future programs.
We are there to serve YOU!
Un message de la présidente
Une nouvelle année commence pour notre
Chapitre Ottawa-Carleton des femmes en
sciences et en ingénierie et vous allez trouver
un programme des plus intéressant!
L'exécutif est fier de vous donner plusieurs
bonne nouvelles, dont la création d'une
section étudiante dans chacune des deux
universités de la région. Nous aurons aussi
l'occasion de rencontrer d'excellentes
conférencières, tel que Margaret Burbidge,
astro-physicienne. Nous avons également
planifié une visite de Julie Payette pour
l'automne 1999.
Nous espérons que certaines d'entre vous
allez considérer un poste de leadership dans
notre prochain exécutif lors des élections en
mai 99.
Au plaisir de vous voir bientôt!
| Ottawa-Carleton WISE Executive 1998-1999 |
| President | Monique Frize |
| Vice-President | Sue Kolloru |
| Treasurer/Membership | Ann Therriault |
| Secretary | Jennifer Flanagan |
| Programs | Colleen Ennett |
| Newsletter/Publicity | Natalie St.Denis-Byrne |
| Education Outreach | Paula Terpstra |
| CCWEST Rep. | Sue Kolloru |
| Past President | Anne Gribbon |
Student Branches:
| U of O Coordinator | Louise Vaillancourt U of O Web site: | http://www.science.uottawa.ca |
| Carleton Coordinator | Rebecca Llewellyn Carleton Web site: | http://WISE.engsoc.carleton.ca |
WISE choices for a better world...
| Coming Events... |
Wine and Cheese - Networking Event
For: Professionals and students
Date: October 27, 1998
Time: 6 to 8 p.m.
Where: University of Ottawa, Colonel By Hall, Room A707
For professionals and students, members and non-members, this event will enable women in
related fields of science and engineering to share some stories and make new friends. Debbie
Pinard, Director, Software Development at Mitel Corporation and Ann Therriault geologist at
NRCan, Geological Survey of Canada, will join us and share a few anecdotes with us. If you are
not a member, this is your chance to meet us, and see what our organisation is all about. Tickets
for the next event "Women in Science - The Glass Ceiling Then and Now" will be available at this
event.
Debbie Pinard is currently Director, Software Development at Mitel Corporation. She has
worked in the telecommunications industry since 1979 after graduating from the University of
Ottawa with a B.Sc. in mathematics and a B.Sc. in physics. In 1981 she joined Mitel to work on
call processing for Mitel's SX2000 PBX. In the following years, she held various positions within
the company, all related to the topic of call control. In 1993 she was promoted to Director of the
Strategic technology group, which worked on next generation convergent communications
systems, using intelligent agent technology. Debbie is now working on applying these techniques
to Mitel's next generation products. She currently holds 19 patents, with 20 pending.
Ann Therriault is currently a geologist at NRCan Geological Survey of Canada and is
completing a Ph.D. in geology at the University of Ottawa. She worked at NASA's Johnson
Space Centre in Houston for a period of three years while doing her master's thesis at the
University of Houston. The purpose of her research was to "artificially" reproduce lunar regolith
(sand). Since 1995, she has published a number of papers discussing impact craters and shock
metamorphism. Further to her professional activities, Ann is the mother of a one year old girl and
enjoys team sports as well as playing the piano.
WISE choices for a better world...