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Events and Activities
WinS Student Meetups
WinS hosts regular meetups for Laurier students and faculty. Contact us at wins@wlu.ca or follow us on social media (@laurierwins) for more info!
WinSights
Hosted on Medium, "WinSights" is a collection of research-backed resources for inclusive science by the Laurier Centre for Women in Science (WinS).
Contact us at wins@wlu.ca to find out how you can volunteer with this exciting science communication project!
WinS Events
- We love talking about science and EDI! We host invited speakers and our members give presentations at events at Laurier and elsewhere. If you would like a speaker at your event, please contact us at wins@wlu.ca
- Our popular art+science+gender photo exhibits have travelled around Canada and internationally. Contact us to find out how you can host our exhibits in your venue.
- We enjoy organizing and participating in science outreach events. Watch this space for upcoming events or contact us for sponsorship or partnership in your event.
Past Events
Check out photos from our events on Instagram. Some highlights of our past events include:
- Building Equitable Trades: WinS fourth photo-research exhibit, created in collaboration with Conestoga College, featuring women in skilled trades paired with empirical evidence discussing representation in the trades.
- Her Space, Her Time: How Trailblazing Women Scientists Decoded the Hidden Universe. Read the incredible book written by WinS Director Dr. Shohini Ghose.
- CanPhysCounts: A paper exploring the diverse identities of physics students and professionals in Canada.
- WinS 10 year anniversary: The Laurier Centre for Women in Science (WinS) celebrated our 10 year anniversary in 2023, wow!
- The Chairs for Women in Science and Engineering Program: Thirty Years of Action Across Canada, from 1989 to 2021: Book written by Dr. Catherine Mavriplus, summarizes 30 years of the NSERC program.
- Dimensions Charter Launch: What an honour to host the launch of Canada’s Dimensions Charter!
- #TurningTablesInSTEM: The third in our popular photo-research exhibit series.
- Iron Willed: A travelling exhibit on women in STEM that WinS helped to design.
- TEDWomen: WinS Director Dr. Shohini Ghose speaks at TEDWomen 2018.
- A chat with Jocelyn Bell Burnell: A discussion on the UK Athena SWAN program.
- Her Spacetime: An evening of art, science and music.
- #DistractinglyHonest: An interactive photo-research exhibit on sexism in science.
- International Day of Women and Girls in Science: Laurier students attended a UN celebration of the first International Day of Women and Girls in Science.
- NASA Mars event launch: WinS celebrated the launch of NASA’s MAVEN Mission to Mars! Our WinS director and outreach coordinator were inside the Kennedy Space Centre and shared the experience live on Twitter.
- Women and Science: A gender-focused conference at Perimeter Institute.
- Discovery Square: A community event for children in Kitchener.
- WinS launch reception: Melissa Franklin, chair of Physics at Harvard University, co-discoverer of the top quark, and the first female tenured faculty member in Physics at Harvard, delivered greetings and inspiration at our launch event in 2012.
- March 22, 2016: Gravitational waves for all: A talk by Shohini Ghose.
- March 8, 2016: International Women's Day celebration: A talk by Eden Hennessey.
- Feb. 25, 2016: The Hunting Ground: Film screening and Q and A.
- Feb. 11, 2016: UN celebration of first International Day of Women and Girls in Science.
Fall
- Nov. 17, 2015: The gender gap in Canadian labour markets: A talk by Tammy Schirle, Lazaridis School of Business and Economics and Director of the Laurier Centre for Economic Research and Policy Analysis.
- Oct. 6, 2015: Robots! A talk by Catherine Holloway, Clearpath Robotics.
- Sept. 15, 2015: #DistractinglySexist Research Photo Exhibit.
Spring/Summer
- WinS sponsors Women of Waterloo (WOW) awards gala.
Winter
- March 30, 2015: WinS co-hosts a talk by Karen Lockridge, principal, pension actuary and sustainability champion, Mercer & Chair, Canadian Institute of Actuaries‘ Committee on Climate Change and Sustainability.
- March 28, 2015: WinS co-sponsors Nerd Fest 2015, featuring a talk by WinS Director Shohini Ghose.
- March 8, 2015: International Women's Day: Film screening, panel discussion and reception.
Fall
- Fifth IUPAP International Conference on Women in Physics.
Spring/Summer
- June 2014: WinS is co-sponsoring the Theory Canada 9 conference at Laurier. Registration is free for all participants and accommodation is free for students.
- May 5, 2014: Informed Opinions Workshop.
Winter
- April 9, 2014: WinS co-sponsors a talk by Dr. Alice Cronin-Golomb for Parkinson's Awareness Month.
- March 8, 2014: International Women's Day.
- March 6, 2014: WinS co-sponsors a talk by Tom Rand about climate change.
Fall
- Planning for the IUPAP International Conference on Women in Physics is underway.
- Nov. 18, 2013: NASA MAVEN Mars launch event.
- Oct. 15, 2013: Ada Lovelace Day.
Spring/Summer
- Aug. 26-30, 2013: AMMCS 2013 conference, Minisymposium on Women in Math and Science.
- July 8-12, 2013: G.E.N.I.U.S Camp for grade 7-9 girls, Laurier Enriched Academic Program.
- July 2013: WinS participates in Discovery Square, Kitchener.
- May 13, 2013: WinS participates in CSA Tweetup of astronaut Chris Hadfield's return to Earth from the International Space Station.
Winter
- April 19, 2013: Math and Science PD Day for high school teachers, Eastwood Collegiate Institute.
- April 3, 2013: Mentorship Matters! Co-hosted by WinS and Canadian Women in Technology Waterloo Chapter.
- March 27, 2013: WinS is proud to sponsor TEDxYouth@Waterloo.
- March 26, 2013: CAP/WinS Lecture: Dr. Alison Lister.
- March 8, 2013: International Women's Day Workshop.
- March 7, 2013: Inspiring Future Women in Science.
- Feb. 14, 2013: 1 Billion Rising Laurier.
Fall
- WinS launch.
- Public Lecture by biologist Mary Rumpho.
- WinS members organize Canadian Society of Plant Biologists Regional Meeting.
- WinS at Southern Ontario Space Research and Technology (SO Space) Festival.
- WinS at Steel Rails.