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: Alice Ball

For International Women’s Week, we will be highlighting a woman a day for the week of March 8-12. These women have contributed immensely to the way our world works today. Alice Ball was born on July 24th 1892 in Seattle, Washington. She was the first woman and first person of colour to receive a Master’s

A Woman to Celebrate: Mary Jackson

For International Women’s Week, we will be highlighting a woman a day for the week of March 8-12. These women have contributed immensely to the way our world works today. Mary Jackson was born in Hampton, Virginia on April 9th, 1921. She obtained her post-secondary education from the Hampton Institute in the fields of mathematics and

The History of Black Nurses in Canada

Historically, Black people in Canada have been excluded from many White spaces. Because of this, Black women in North America formed a group called the Black Cross, an organization of Black nurses and medics that operated similarly to the Red Cross. The Black Cross came to Canada during the first world war. However, because Black students were banned at many institutions (like McGill, Dalhousie, and University of

Having ADHD in STEM

Raven Baxter is a molecular biologist and award-winning science communicator who also happens to have attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD. Check out this episode of the Faster Than Normal podcast where she talks about how her attention disorder has impacted her experience navigating the education system and a career in science industry. Raven says that “science is perfect for people with ADHD . .