A Woman to Celebrate: Gertrude Elion
For International Women’s Week, we will be highlighting a woman a day for the week of March 7-11. These women have contributed immensely to the way our world works today. Gertrude Elion was born in 1918 and grew up in the Bronx in New York City. She was an avid learner, loving all her courses…
A Woman to Celebrate: Mariya Zerova
For International Women’s Week, we will be highlighting a woman a day for the week of March 7-11. These women have contributed immensely to the way our world works today. Mariya Zerova was born into a working-class family in Ukraine in 1902 and spent her childhood in Kyiv. She graduated from Mariinskaya secondary school with…
A Woman to Celebrate: Sau Lan Wu
For International Women’s Week, we will be highlighting a woman a day for the week of March 7-11. These women have contributed immensely to the way our world works today. Dr. Sau Lan Wu was born in the early 1940s in Japanese occupied Hong Kong during World War II. She grew up in poverty while…
A Woman to Celebrate: Katherine Johnson
For International Women’s Week, we will be highlighting a woman a day for the week of March 7-11. These women have contributed immensely to the way our world works today. Katherine Johnson was born in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia in 1918. She was brilliant with numbers and soared through her schooling, attending high school…
A Woman to Celebrate: Katia Krafft
For International Women’s Week, we will be highlighting a woman a day for the week of March 7-11. These women have contributed immensely to the way our world works today. Katia Krafft was born Catherine Conrad, on April 17th 1942 and spent her childhood in Guebwiller, France. At the age of 17, after seeing the…
IUPAC Global Women’s Breakfast
Dal WIC is excited to be hosting this year’s IUPAC Women’s Breakfast at Dalhousie! The event will be taking place virtually at 10:30 AM AST on Wednesday February 16th, 2022. The IUPAC Global Women’s Breakfast is an annual event that takes place at locations across the world, celebrating and supporting women chemists. At this year’s…
Picture a Scientist Documentary Screening
Dal WIC is excited to announce that we will be hosting a screening of Picture a Scientist! This documentary explores the inequities faced by three women scientists: biologist Nancy Hopkins, chemist Raychelle Burks, and geologist Jane Willenbring. This screening is for those in the Dalhousie community and will take place at 6:00 PM on Thursday October…
Dal WIC Annual General Meeting
Dal WIC’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be held virtually on Monday, September 20th at 11:30 AM (ADT). If you are a member of the Dalhousie community, please join us to: Learn about the work that Dal WIC does Give your input on our annual plan for future initiatives and events Hear about the various…
Join us at Dalhousie’s Belong Speaker Series
We are excited to announce that we will be hosting one of the talks for Dalhousie’s Belong Speaker Series: Breaking Barriers. This lecture series features many budding researchers and aims to increase the visibility of BIPOC folks in STEM fields. Attendees will have the opportunity to learn about the speaker’s research and can join the…
New: Explore Blog Posts by Topic!
Don’t have time to read through all of our blog posts but are interested in a specific equity, diversity, or inclusion issue? A new feature has been added to our website that allows users to filter blog posts by topic. Just scroll to the bottom of the webpage and click on the topic that most…
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Dalhousie Working for Inclusion in Chemical Sciences 