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MARCH 2001 NEWSLETTER
Women in Science and Engineering/Femmes en sciences et en ingenierie
www.wise-ottawa.ca
CONTENTS:
1.0 Coming Events
1.1 Dinner Event: Pay Equity - The Gender Gap
Guest speaker Elizabeth Millar, March 29, 2001
1.2 Mentor-Mentee Lunch for Information About Grad Studies
Carleton University, April 5, 2001
2.0 Recap of Past Events
2.1 Networking Event in January 2001
2.2 WISE Ottawa's President Interviewed on Epress.ca
3.0 ICWES12 Update
4.0 Sponsors
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1.0 COMING EVENTS
1.1 DINNER EVENT: PAY EQUITY - THE GENDER GAP
Guest speaker Elizabeth Millar, March 29, 2001
PAY EQUITY - THE GENDER GAP: Past, Present and Future
Elizabeth Millar was the driving force behind the long and arduous campaign to reduce wage discrimination in the Federal Public Service and other jurisdictions. For nearly 20 years she worked tirelessly and uncompromisingly to achieve full equality for women in the workplace and full respect for the legal rights of women. She worked, as a member of the Public Service Alliance of Canada, from the inception to the final pay equity settlement of \\$3.6 billion. Ms Millar received degrees from Memorial University and Carleton University. She was awarded the YWCA Women of Distinction award in May 2000, in the Business and Professions category. A widely recognized expert in the field of pay equity, Ms Millar has worked with unions, labour organizations and provincial governments to promote an understanding of pay equity principles and practices.
Ms Millar will speak about pay equity in Canada: its history, her involvement, the difficulties encountered, and its future.
Thursday, March 29, 2001
5:30pm cash bar, 6:15pm presentation, 7:00pm dinner
The Outaouais Room, RA Centre
2451 Riverside Drive, Ottawa (Tel. 733-5100)
Tickets must be purchased by Tuesday, March 27, 2001. Limited number of tickets available. Women and men, members and non-members are invited to attend.
Student members \\$15, Regular Members $20, Non-members $25
For more information or to purchase tickets, please contact Delphine at delphine@sce.carleton.ca or 520-2600 Ext. 5719. Tickets can also be purchased from WISE Executive Members.
We ask your assistance in advertising for this event by posting the attached poster in your workplace or school.
1.2 MENTOR-MENTEE LUNCH FOR INFORMATION ABOUT GRAD STUDIES
Carleton University, April 5, 2001
As part of the mandate for the NSERC/Nortel Joint Chair for Women in Science and Engineering, Monique Frize and the WISE Ottawa Chapter invite you to participate in a Mentor-Mentee Lunch. The luncheon presents an opportunity to mentor female students and encourage them to consider graduate school. We will show a brief video on 'graduate school' as well as have 2 lunch speakers who have useful and inspirational stories about grad school. Grad studies will prepare a summary of the dates and timing of applications/funding/scholarships to be handed out to the students.
Thursday, April 5, 2001
11:30am to 1:00pm
Fenn Lounge, Carleton University
FREE
For more information or to reserve a spot at the lunch, contact Moyra McDill at tel 520-2600 Ext. 5710, fax 520-5715 or mmcdill@mae.carleton.ca.
All members of the WISE Ottawa Chapter are invited. A similar event will be organized at the University of Ottawa. Information will follow shortly.
2.0 RECAP OF PAST EVENTS
2.1 NETWORKING EVENT IN JANUARY 2001
On Thursday, January 18, 2001 nearly 200 women and men attended the Joint Networking Event at the Canadian Museum of Nature organized by WISE, the Wired Woman Society, DigitalEve and CWC (Canadian Women in Communications). Our guest speaker was Carol Stephenson, President and CEO of Lucent Technologies Canada. Carol gave a magnificent talk offering her ideas of how to succeed in the workplace. Carol's presentation was video-recorded by Epress and can be viewed by clicking on the link http://www.epress.ca/vid4.asp?vod=wom-jan19-1 or going to their website (www.epress.ca) and searching for Carol Stephenson. On Epress's website, you'll also find an interview by Heidi Jane with Carol Stephenson that was taped a few days before the Networking Event. Overall, the event was quite successful, and the organisers from the different women's groups have agreed to organize another event together in the future.
2.2 WISE OTTAWA'S PRESIDENT INTERVIEWED ON EPRESS.CA
Also on Epress, WISE Ottawa's president, Colleen Ennett, was interviewed by Heidi Jane to promote WISE and discuss other women's issues. Please click here http://www.epress.ca/vid4.asp?vod=wow-feb12-1 to view the video clip or search their website (www.epress.ca) for Colleen Ennett.
3.0 ICWES12 UPDATE
The 12th International Conference of Women Engineers and Scientists (ICWES12) is a dynamic international conference which occurs every three years in a different location around the world. The ICWES12 Conference brings together engineers, scientists, social scientists and students to challenge the world to a new vision of women's roles and contributions in the areas of science, engineering and technology.
The event will bring important issues such as the environment and the impact of technology on women and society to the attention of all participants and the public. The Conference consists of a series of presentations and posters on technical topics and on issues of concern to women engineers and scientists.
The Conference will be held from Saturday, July 27 to Wednesday, July 31, 2002, in Ottawa.
The Call for Papers for ICWES12 has been mailed out and the new website also has all of the information about the conference: www.icwes12.org.
Important deadlines are as follows:
Paper and panel summaries: July 15, 2001
Full paper, panel and poster submissions: October 1, 2001
Notification of acceptance: January 15, 2002
Camera ready version: March 1, 2002
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