Leveraging the Brilliance and Energy of African Women in Engineering and Math
Black History Month
Leveraging the Brilliance and Energy of African Women in Engineering and Math
DATE: February 11, 2022
TIME: 4 p.m. (EST)
LOCATION: Zoom https://wilfrid-laurier.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_NDB0xF23RFy8qC_IG3M6KA
Join our distinguished panel of engineers and mathematicians as we mark the International Day for Women and Girls in Science and Black History Month.
SPEAKERS:
- Bai Bintou Kaira, P.Eng Operations Team Leader | MBA Candidate ’23, USC Marshall | Co-founder | Inclusion and Belonging Leader
- Comfort Mintah, PhD, Lecturer Mathematics University of Waterloo
- Prof. Elsie Effah Kaufmann, Founding Head of the Department of Orthotics and Prosthetics at the University of Health and Allied Sciences, Ghana and Associate Professor Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Ghana
- Theresa Nyabeze, P.Eng, Senior Specialist Mine Engineering, Mineral Resource Mineral Reserve Governance, Co-Chair at Diversity & Inclusion Committee - Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum
- Moderator: Iretomiwa Olukiyesi, P.Eng, FEC, Founding Director of Black Engineers of Canada
HOSTED BY:
The Tshepo Institute for the Study of Contemporary Africa
In partnership with the Laurier Office of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, The Centre for Student Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, and M2 Discovery.